Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1557 



Genus ANOPLIUS Subgenus POMPILINUS Ashmead 



Psammochares Latreille, 1796. Precis Caract. Gen. Ins., p. 115. Suppressed by Internatl. 



Comn. Zool. Nomencl., Op. 166, 1945. 

 Pompilinus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 85. 



Type-species: Pompilus cylindricus Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 Anopliella Banks, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 225, 227. 



Type-species: Pompilus tenebrosus Cresson. Orig. desig. 



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

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



Wasps of this group inhabit gardens, waste places, clay banks, and sandy areas; they prey 

 upon a wide variety of spiders and nest in short galleries in the earth. 



Revision: Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 12-58. 



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

 californiae Evans. L. Sonor. Fauna, N. Mex. to Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Baja California). 

 Ecology: Has been taken on Helianthus and Tamarix. 

 Anoplius {Pompiliims) californiae Evans, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 128. 9, 6. 

 clystera (Banks). L. and U. Sonor. Fauna, Tex. and south. Calif, to Colo, and cent. Calif.; 

 Mexico (Chihuahua, Baja California). Prey: Lijcosa sp. 

 Pompiloides clystera Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 302. S. 

 Pompilinus submarginatus Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 146, figs. 14, 17. S. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1968. Ent. News 79: 254-255, fig. 4 (redescription female). 



Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 35: 398 (prey). 

 cylindricus (Cresson). Conn., south. Ont., N. W. T., cent. Oreg. s. to Fla.,Tex. and Calif.; Mexico 

 (Chihuahua). Ecology: Nests in sandy places. Prey: Geolycosa wrightii (Em.), G. sp. 

 Pompilus cylindricus Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 92. cJ. 

 Arachnophila brevihirta Banks, 1945. Psyche 52: 105. 9. 

 Pompilinus truncatus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 15. S. 

 Pompilinus subtruncatus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 17. S. 

 Pompilinus hispidus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 23. S. 

 Pompilinus clavipes Dreisbach, 1958. Ent. News 69: 61, figs. <S. 



Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 19 (prey). 

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

 estellina (Banks). U. Sonor. and Transit. Faunas, Calif, and N. Mex. to Alta., s. to Guatemala. 

 Ecology: Nests in pre-existing crevices or burrows in soil. Prey: Lycosidae sp. ? 

 Pompiloides estellina Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 303. d, (9 misdet.). 

 Pompilinus utahensis Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 145, figs. 15, 16. 6. 

 Pompilinus minutus Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 147, figs. 7, 8. 6. 



Biology: Evans, 1964. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 305-306 (prey, nest). 

 fraternus (Banks). L. and U. Austr. Zones, N. Mex. and Fla. to Colo., Nebr., and southeast. N. 

 Y.; Mexico (Tamaulipas, Sonora). Ecology: Nests on protected beaches and on elevated 

 salt flats inland in pre-existing crevices or burrows. Parasite: Ephuta s. sabaliana 

 Schus. Prey: Lycosa watsoni Gertsch, L. carrana Bryant, Sosippus floridanus Sim., 

 Pardosa longispinnata Tull.; Habronattus sp., Pellenes sp. 

 Lophopompilus fraternus Banks, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 120. 9. 

 Pompilinus dowi Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 12. i. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 440, figs. 35-37 (larva). 



Biology: Krombein and Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 56: 231 (prey transport, nest). 

 — Evans, Krombein, and Yoshimoto, 1955. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 50: 77-84, 3 figs, 

 (hunting behavior, prey, nest, life history). 

 insolens (Banks). Transcont. in Transit and U. Austr. Zones, Maine, Ont. and B. C. s. to Ga., 

 Tex. and Calif., s. in Mexican central plateau to Veracruz and Morelos. Prey: Maevia 

 vittata (Hentz). 

 Pompiloides insolens Banks, 1912 (1911). N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 226. 6. 



