1554 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



L. antelucana Mont., L. sp., Arctosa littoralis (Hentz). Typical lepidus (Say) occurs from 



Mexico to British Guiana and Ecuador. 

 Pompiius atramentarius Dahlbom, 1843. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 48. 

 Pompilus philadelphicus Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym., v. 3, p. 423. 9. 

 Pompiius philadelphicus var. sericatus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 202. 9. 

 Sericopompilus plutonis Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 228. 6. 

 Notiochares a7igusiiceps Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 227. 9. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 13-15 (prey, nest). —Evans, 1951. Amer. 

 Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 233-234 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 

 28: 18 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 71-72 (prey 

 transport, nest). 



Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus ANOPLIODES Banks 



Anopliodes Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 225, 226. 



Type-species: Anopliodes viodestus Banks. Monotypic (=Anoplius bolli Banks). 



boUi Banks. Tex. to Kans., Mo., and N. J.; Mexico (Tamaulipas). 



Anoplius bolli Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 61: 104. 6. 



Anopliodes modestus Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 226. 9. 

 parsonsi (Banks). South. Fla.; Cuba, Mexico south to Costa Rica. 



Psammochares parsoyisi Banks, 1944. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 94: 183. 9 . 



Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus ARACHNOPHROCTONUS Howard 



Arachnophroctonus Howard, 1901. Insect Book, pi. VII, figs. 11, 14. 



Type-species: Sphex tropica Fabricius. Desig. by Pate, 1946. 

 Arachnophila Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 86. Preocc. 



Type-species: Pompiius divisus Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 Anoplinelius Banks, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc 69: 84. 



Type-species: Pompiius clotho Smith. Monotypic. 

 Arachnodaicter Pate, 1946. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 72: 74. N. name. 



Day (1974) synonymized the subgenus Pompilinus Ashm. under the subgenus Arachnophroc- 

 tonus How. This action was taken too late to be used in this edition of the catalog. 



The wasps of this group inhabit sandy places, where they nest in short burrows in the earth, 

 stocking their burrows with errant spiders of several families. They visit flowers of many kinds. 



Taxonomy: Day, 1974. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Ent., Bui. 30: 379-380 (subgeneric syn.). —Day, 

 1974. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Ent. Bui. 31: 49-51 (identity of Anoplinelius Bks.). 

 acapulcoensis (Cameron). L. Austr. Zone, Ariz, to Fla. and south. N. J., south to Guatemala. 



Ecology: Visits flowers of many kinds. 

 Pompiius acapulcoensis Cameron, 1893. Biol. Cent.- Amer., Hym., v. 2, p. 198. 6. 

 Psammochares bellicosus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 224. 6. 

 Lophopompiius a7itilone Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 82. 6. 

 americanus ambiguus (Dahlbom). Tropical and L. Austr. Zones, Greater Antilles and Panama 



to Calif., Utah, Kans., and Ala. Ecology: Nests in sand-clay soil. Parasite: Evagetes 



mohave (Bks.). Prey: Arctosa littoralis (Hentz), Lycosa spp., Schizocosa crassipes 



Walck.; Peucetia viridans Hentz. 

 Pompiius ambiguus Dahlbom, 1845. Hym. Europaea, sup. 1, p. 452. 9. 

 Pompiius coruscus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 156. 9 . 

 Pompiius juxtus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 128. 9. 

 Pompiius subargenteus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 129. S. 

 Anoplius puella Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 121. 6. 

 Pompilinus orthodes Banks, 1944. Zool. 29: 112. 9. 

 Anoplius varunus Banks, 1947. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 99: 419. S. 



Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 270 (prey transport, nest, parasite). 

 — Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18 (prey, nest). — Hurd and 

 Wasbauer, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 169 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. 



