1556 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp Studies Afield, pp. 45-58 (prey, nest). -Krombein, 1953. 

 Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 275-276 (prey, nest, life history). -Krombein, 1953. Ent. Soc 

 Wash Proc 55" 116-117 (prey, nest). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. boc, Jour. 

 28- 18 '(prey, nest). -Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 102-103 (prey, nest). 

 -Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 73-74 (nest, prey, parasite). 

 -Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 397 (prey). -Kurczewski, 1963 

 (1962). Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 57: 88-89 (prey). -Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 

 2201: 11-13 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 68 

 (prey, nest, parasite). 

 moestus (Banks). L. Sonor. Fauna, east. Tex. to southeast. Ariz.; Mexico. 



Pompiloides moestus Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 226. 9. 

 Anoplms comanche Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 121. 6. 



occidentalis (Dreisbach). Calif. (Redwood City). 



Arachnophroctonus occidentalis Dreisbach, 1954. Amer. Midland Nat. 52: 437, figs. 13, 17. 



6. 

 relativus (Fox). Mass., Ont. and B. C. to Fla., Tex. and Calif., mostly in U. and L. Austral 



Zones, south in Mexico at higher altitudes to Oaxaca and Guerrero. Ecology: Occurs in 



fields and prairies; nests in sand and heavier soil. Prey: Lycosa rabida Walck., L. 



antelucana Mont., Arctosa littoralis (Hentz), Geolycosa missouriensis (Bks.), G. sp.; 



Agelenopsis naevia (Walck.), A. pennsylvanica (Koch). 

 Pompilus relativus Fox, 1893. Canad. Ent. 25: 114. 9. 

 Psammochares (Allocyphonyx) hesione Banks, 1910. Psyche 17: 250. 6. 

 Psammochares difficilis Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 105. 9. 

 Anoplius confraternus Banks, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 201. 9. 

 Psammochares henshawi Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 226. 9. » 



Arachnoproctonus (!) variegatus Dreisbach, 1957. Ent. News 68: 72, 2 figs. 3. 



Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 251-252 (nest, prey). —Evans and 



Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 28: 18 (nest, prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. 



Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 72-73 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. 



Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 14-15 (prey, nest). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. 



Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 371-372 (prey hunting). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. 



Soc, Jour. 46: 68-69 (prey, nest). 

 semirufus (Cresson). Tex. and Fla. to Mont., Man., and N. B. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: 

 Lycosa gulosa Walck., L. rabida Walck., L. pmictulata Hentz, L. avida Walck., L. spp., 

 Schizocosa crassipalpis (Em.), S. crassipes (Walck.), S. saltatrix (Hentz), S. bilineata 

 (Em.), S. ocreata (Hentz), S. spp., Pardosa milvina Hentz, P.falcifera Camb., P. sp. near 

 modica (Blackw.), P. distincta (Blackw.), P. sp. near floridana Bks., P. spp., Trochosa 

 pratensis (Em.), T. avara Keys.; Agelenopsis pennsylvanica (Koch), A. sp.; Amaurobitis 

 sp. 



Pompilus semirufus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 100. 9. 



Pompilus divisus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 100. 9. 



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



Biology: Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 277-280 (prey, nest, life history). —Evans, 

 1953. Syst. Zool. 2: 168-169 (nest, prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1955. Kans. Ent. Soc, 

 Jour. 28: 18 (prey, nest). —Krombein, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 60: 103 (prey, nest). 



— Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 61: 194 (prey). —Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 75-76 (prey, nest, life history). —Kurczewski, 1963. Brooklyn 

 Ent. Soc, Bui. 57: 89 (prey transport). —Evans, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 306 (prey 

 transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 16-18 (prey). 



— Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 372 (prey). —Kurczewski 

 and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 69 (nest, prey). 



xerophilus Evans. L. Sonor. Fauna, Tex., N. Mex., to cent. Calif, and Utah; Mexico (Baja 

 California). 

 Anoplius xerophilus Evans, 1947. Ent. News 58: 10. 9, S. 

 Arachnophroctonus gaigei Dreisbach, 1954. Amer. Midland Nat. 52: 438, figs. 4, 11. i. 



