Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1555 



Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 76-77 (prey transport, nest). — Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. 

 Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 397 (prey). 

 americanus americanus (Palisot de Beauvois). Cent. Tex. and north. Ga. to S. Dak., Minn., 



south Ont, and southeast. N. Y. Ecology: Nests in clay. Prey: Pardosa milvina (Hentz), 



P. sp.; Philodroynus sp. 

 Pompilus a7nericayius Palisot de Beauvois, 1811. Ins. Afr. Amer., p. 117. 9. 

 Po7>ipilus plebejus Dahlbom, 1845. Hym. Europaea, v. 1, p. 60. 9. 

 Psammochares albomarginatiis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 114. 6. 

 Pompiloides agnema Brimley, 1928. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc, Jour. 43: 204. S. 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 10-11 (prey transport, nest). 



— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 15 (prey). 



americanus trifasciatus (Palisot de Beauvois). Austrorip. Fauna, N. C, Ga. and Fla. Prey: 

 Geoiycosa hubbelli Wall. 

 Pompilus trifasciatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1811. Ins. Afr. Amer., p. 118. 9. 

 Psannnochares eurydice Banks, 1921. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 14: 19. 9. 



Biology: Kurczewski, 1963. Fla. Ent. 46: 212 (prey). 

 apiculatus apiculatus (Smith). Tropical and L. Sonor. Zones, south Calif., Ariz., and cent. Tex. 

 to Panama. Ecology: Occurs along sandy streambanks and seashores. 

 Pompilus apiculatus Smith, 1855. Cat. Hym. Brit., Mus., v. 3, p. 157. 9. 

 Pompilus coruscus Smith, 1879. Descr. New Species Hym. Brit. Mus., p. 155. 9. Preocc. 

 Arachnophroctonus apiculatus hondurensis Dreisbach, 1954. Amer. Midland Nat. 52: 439. 

 6. 

 apiculatus autumnalis (Banks). Austrorip. and Carol. Faunas, Tex. and Fla. to Ga., west. N. 

 Y., south. Onl., Minn., and Kans. Ecology: Nests in sand. Parasite: Evagetes mohave 

 (Bks.). Prey: Arctosa littoralis (Hentz). 

 Pompiloides autumnalis Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 301. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 442, fig. 49 (larva). 



Biology: Evans, Lin and Yoshimoto, 1953. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 61: 61-78 (prey transport, 

 nest, parasite, life history). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18 

 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 74-75 (prey transport, 

 nest, parasite). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 15 (prey). 



— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 371 (prey). — Kurczewski 

 and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68 (prey, nest). 



apiculatus pretiosus (Banks). Coastal plain, Fla. to Maine. Ecology: Nests in sand, especially 

 along bodies of water. Parasite: Senotainia litoralis Allen. Prey: Arctosa littoralis 

 (Hentz), Lycosa helluo (Walck.). 



Psammochares pretiosa Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 119. 6 . 



Pompiloides autumnalis var. atlanticus Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 301. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 442 (larva). 



Biology: Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 272-275 (prey, nest, life history, parasite). 



— Krombein and Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 56: 230 (prey). —Krombein, 1959. Ent. 



Soc Wash., Proc 61: 194 (prey). —Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 11 (nest, 



prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 15-16, fig. 3 (prey, 



nest). 

 marginalis (Banks). Ariz., Tex., and Fla. to Utah, Man., south. Ont., and Mass. Ecology: Nests 

 in sand. Parasite: Evagetes mohave (Bks.). Prey: Geoiycosa pikei (Marx), G. wrighti Em., 

 G. missouriensis Bks., G. spp., Lycosa baltimoriana Keys., L. carolinensis Walck., L. 

 frondicola Em., L. avida Walck., L. sp. near lenta Hentz, L. sp. near ceratiola Gertsch 

 and Wall., L. spp., Arctosa littoralis Hentz; Pellenes coronatus (Hentz). 



Sphex tropica Fabricius, 1775. Systema Ent., p. 350. 9. Preocc. 



Psammochares marginalis Banks, 1910 (June). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 118. 9, cJ. 



Psammochares castella Banks, 1910 (Dec). Psyche 17: 248. 6. 



Psammochares fabricii Banks, 1933. Psyche 40: 6. N. name. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 441, figs. 31-34, 48 (larva). 



