Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1667 



holosericHs Mel., P. cellariiis Mel., P. xanthopodus Mel, Bicellaria pedinata Mel., 



Rhamphomyia sp.; Chrysotus sp., Peloropeodes sp., Thrypticus willistoni (Whir.); 



Conioscinella melanclwlica Beck., C. sp., Meromyza sp., Oscinella sp., Chlorops sp.; 



Agromyza sp., Liriomyza sp., Melanagromyza sp., Ophiomyia labiatarum Her., 



Phytobia sp., Phytomyza sp.; F.s(7a ajigustata Cr., P. ros«e F.; Rhagolefis faiista (0. S.); 



Pliinomia elegans Curr.; Coenosiinae sp.; preferred prey are Brachycera and 



acalyptrate Cyclorrhapha. Predator: Philanthus pacificus Cr. 

 Cra6ro niaculiclypeus Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 189. 9, c?. 

 Thyreopus (Crossocerus) daeckei Rohwer, 1910. Ent. Soc. Wash., Free. 12: 51. 9. 



Biology: Kurczewski, Burdick and Gaumer, 1969. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 77: 92-104, 8 figs, 

 (nest, prey transport). —Evans, 1970. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 140: 491-492 (nest, prey). 

 minimus (Packard). N. B. to Ont., N. W. T., Maine to N. C. west to S. Dak. and Tex. 

 Blepharipus viinimus Packard, 1867. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 6: 377. 9,6. 

 Crabro propinquxs Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 189. 9. Preocc. 

 Crossocerus (Crossocerus) pelas Pate, 1944 (1943). Lloydia 6: 280. N. name. 

 planifemur Krombein. N. Y. to N. C, W. Va. Ecology: Nests in abandoned beetle borings in 

 logs. 

 Crossocerus (Crossocerus) planifemur Krombein, 1952. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 181. 9, 



(c5 misdet.). 

 Crossocents (Crossocerus) spangleri Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 16. 6,(9 

 misdet.). N. syn. (R. C. Miller). 



Biology: Krombein, 1952. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc. 54: 182 (nest). 

 planipes (Fox). Newfoundland to B. C, Yukon, N. W. T., Alaska, Maine to Ga. west to Wash, 

 and Calif. Ecology: Usually nests in vertical sand or clay banks, but has been found 

 nesting in level or gently sloping bare soil; nests are 10-40 cm long, straight or curved, 

 rarely branched; cells arranged in irregular linear series or tight clusters, up to 7 cells 

 per nest, each new group of cells started at a point farther along main burrow than 

 most recent cell of preceding group; females investigate and eventually renovate 

 pre-existing burrows and holes; 6-20 prey stored per cell; newly captured prey stored in 

 cell at end of burrow or at unwidened end of burrow. Prey: Procladius bellus (Lw.); 

 Chelifera sp., Chersodromia sp., Drapetis sp., Hilara testacea Lw., Leptopeza borealis 

 Zett., Oedalia oliioensis Mel., Platypalpus holosericus Mel; Rhamphomyia pusio Lw., 

 Trichina nura Mel.; Chrysotus sp.; Psila sp.; Homoneura disjimcta (Johns.), Minettia 

 sp.; Meromyza sp., Parectecephala saiiguinolenta (Lw.). 



Crabro incavus Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 188. 9. 



Crabro planipes Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 193. 6. 



Crabro (Crossoceros (!)) cockerelli Rohwer, 1908. Ent. News 19: 255. "9" = 6, 6. 



Taxonomy: Bohart and Menke, 1976. Sphecid wasps of world, p. 402 (synonymy). 



Biology: Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 21 (nest). —Krombein, 1964. Brooklyn 



Ent. Soc, Bui. 58: 119-120 (nest, prey). 

 similis (Fox). Ont., Vt. and N. Y. to Fla., Mich., Wis., Ohio, 111., Tenn. 



Crabro similis Fox, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 191. 9. 



Stenocrabroflavitrochantericus Viereck, 1904. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 30: 242. 9. 

 wesmaeli Vander Linden. N. W. T.; widespread in Europe, Russia, Manchuria and Japan. 

 Ecology: In Europe nests in sand, loess and clay cliffs, cells scattered 2-5 cm below 

 surface, burrows Hnear or simply branched, up to 9 cells per nest, stores 8-39 prey per 

 cell; newly captured prey stored in open cell at end of burrow. Prey: In Europe 

 Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, Agromyzidae, Ephydridae, 

 Tipulidae, Chloropidae, Empididae, Chamaemyiidae, Simuliidae; Psocoptera; 

 Cicadellidae; Anthocoridae. 



Crabro Wesmaeli Vander Linden, 1829. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci., Belles-Lettres 

 Bruxelles 5: 65. 9,6. 



Ceratocolus Ziegleri Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 748. 9. 



Ceratocolus maurus Lepeletier and Brulle, 1834. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 3: 748. 9. 



