Superfamily POMPILOIDEA 1559 



distincta (Blackw.); Xysticus elegans Keys., X.ferox (Hentz); Phidippus whitmanii 

 Peckh. 

 PompiUnus rectangularis Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 18. S. 



Biology: Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 20-21 (prey). 

 — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 374 (prey). —Kurczewski 

 and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 70 (prey). 

 splendens (Dreisbach). L. and U. Austr. Zones, Fla., Tex., and Ariz, to Alta., Man., Ont., and 



Maine; Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango). Ecology: Nests in sandy areas. Prey: Agelenopsis 



pennsylvanica (Koch), A. spp.; Araneus patagiatus Clerck; Pisaurina mira (Walck.); 



Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.); Pardosa distincta (Blackw.), P. Tnilviyia (Hentz), P. sp. 



near florida7ia Bks., Schizocosa crassipes (Walck.), S. saltatrix (Hentz), S. sp., Trochosa 



avara Keys., Arctosa littoralis (Hentz), Geolycosa wrightii Em., Lycosa avida Walck., L. 



frondicola Em., L. sp.; Xysticus pellax Camb., X.ferox (Hentz), X.funestus Keys., X. 



elegans Keys., X. sp.; Thanatus formicinus (Clerck); Marpissa pikei (Peckh. and 



Peckh.), PeUenes coronatus (Hentz), P. agilis Bks., P. sp., Phidippus audax (Hentz), P. 



darns Keys., Habronattus viridipes (Hentz); Castianeira longipalpns (Hentz), C. sp. 

 PompiUnus splendens Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 20. S. 

 PompiUnus pseudoreductus Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 21. i . 

 PompiUnus ohioensis Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 29: 24. S. 

 PompiUnus shappirioi Dreisbach, 1952. Amer. Midland Nat. 48: 148, figs. 5, 6. S. N. syn. 



(H. E. Evans). 



Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 320 (prey). — Krombein, 1959. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., Proc 61: 194 (prey). — Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 35: 398 

 (prey). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 21-22 (prey). 

 —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 374-375 (prey). 

 —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 70 (prey). 

 stenotus bequaerti (Dreisbach). Tex. and Fla. to Alta., Minn., Mich., and N. C. Ecology: Nests 

 in sand. Prey: Lycosa sp. 

 PompiUnus bequaerti Dreisbach, 1949. Ent. Amer. (n. s.). 29: 16. 6. 



Biology: Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 13 (prey transport). 

 stenotus stenotus (Banks). South. Fla. and Ala. Ecology: Nests in sand. Prey: Lycosa sp., 

 Trochosa sp. 

 Pompiloides stenotus Banks, 1914. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 22: 302. 6. 



Biology: Krombein and Evans, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 230 (prey, nest). 

 —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 70 (prey). 

 subcylindricus (Banks). L. Austr. to Transit. Zones, Fla., Tex., and Ariz, to Utah, Minn., Que., 

 and Vt.; Mexico to Morelos and Guerrero. Ecology: Nests in sand and gravelly soil. 

 Parasite: Evagetes parvus (Cr.). Prey: Xysticus gulosus Keys., X. banksi Bry., X.ferox 

 (Hentz), X. triguttatus Keys., X.funestus Keys.; Micaria sp. 

 Pompiloides subcylindincus Banks, 1917. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 61: 103. 9, d. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 440 (larva). 



Biology: Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 76: 288 (prey). —Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 Trans. 77: 315 (prey). —Krombein, 1953. Wasmann Jour. Biol. 10: 281 (prey). —Evans and 

 Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 77-78 (prey transport, nest, life history, 

 parasite). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 18-19 (prey). 

 tenebrosus (Cresson). Transcont. in Canad. and Transit. Zones, entering U. Austr. Ecology: 



Nests in sand. Prey: Schizocosa saltatrix Hentz, Trochosa avara Keys., Tarentula kochi 



Keys., Lycosa frondicola Em., L. avida Walck., L. baltimoriana Keys.; Xysticus gulosus 



Keys., X.ferox Hentz, Thanatus formicinus (Oliv.). 

 Pompilus tenebrosus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 453. 9. 

 Pompiius compactus Provancher, 1895. Nat. Canad. 22: 111. 9. 

 Pompiloides canadensis Banks, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 82. i. 

 PompiUnus drakei Dreisbach, 1958. Ent. News 69: 62, 2 figs. 6. N. syn (H. E. Evans). The 



unique holotype is a teratological specimen. 



