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ventralis (Banks). Austrorip. to Alleghanian Fauna, Tex. and Fla. to Man., Ont., and N. S. 

 Ecology: Nests in sand and in hard-packed soil Prey: Agelenopsis naevia (Walck.); 

 Lycosa helluo Walck., Schizocosa saltatrix (Hentz), Trochosa frondicola (Em.). 

 Psammoclmres ventralis Banks, 1910. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 18: 120. 6. 



Biology: Wasbauer and Powell, 1962. Kans. Ent. See, Jour. 35: 399 (prey). -KurczTewski and 

 Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 23 (prey). — Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. 

 Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 375-376 (prey transport, nest). 

 virginiensis (Cresson). N. S., Sask., and B. C, s. to Wash., Colo., Mo., and Ga. Ecology: Occurs 

 in open woods; nests in pre-existing cavities in dead wood. Prey: Agelenopsis 

 pennsylvanica (Koch), A. utahana (Chamb. and Ivie), Wadotes calcaratus (Keys.); W. 

 hybridus (Em.), Coras juvenilis (Keys.); Amaurobius bennetti (Blackw.); Pardosa 

 lapidicina Em. 

 Pompilus virginiensis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 92. S. 



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



Biology: Evans and Yoshimoto, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Misc. Pub. 3: 81-82 (prey hunting and 

 transport, nest, life history). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1968. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 41: 

 22 (prey transport). —Kurczewski and Kurczewski, 1973. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 72 

 (prey). 



Genus POMPILUS Fabricius 



The species of this genus prey upon errant spiders, principally of the families Lycosidae, Sal- 

 ticidae, and Pisauridae; they nest in sand or soft earth so far as is known. 



Genus POMPILUS Subgenus POMPILUS Fabricius 



Pompilus Fabricius, 1798. Sup. Ent. System., p. 212. 



Type-species: Pompilus pulcher Fabricius. Desig. by Internatl. Comn. Zool. 

 Nomencl, Op. 166, 1945. 



Members of the typical subgenus occur only in the Old World. 



Genus POMPILUS Subgenus HESPEROPOMPILUS Evans 



Pompilus subg. Hesperopompilus Evans, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 50: 141. 

 Type-species: Pompilus orophilus Evans. Orig. desig. 



The seven known species of this subgenus occur in western North America south into Baja 

 California and Sonora. 



Revision: Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 358-370. 

 hilli Evans. Calif. (Pomona Mts.). 



Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) hilli Evans, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 183. S. 



idahoensis Evans. Idaho (Gooding). 



Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) idahoensis Evans, 1966. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 367. 9. 



jacintoensis Evans. South. Calif, and Ariz.; Mexico (Baja CaHfornia, Sonora). 



Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) jacintoensis Evans, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 50: 146. 9 



{6 misdet.). 

 Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) evagetoides Evans, 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 217. 6. 



orophilus Evans. Transit. Fauna, Alta. and Nebr. to N. Mex. and Calif.; Mexico (Sonora). 

 Pompilus orophilus Evans, 1947. Ent. News 58: 14. 9 . 



rufopictus Evans. South. Calif, and Ariz, in deserts. 



Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) rufopictus Evans, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 50: 144. 9. 

 Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) boharti Evans. 1951. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 77: 216, figs. 

 176,204. 6. 



Serrano Evans. South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Pompilus {Hesperopompilus) serrano Evans, 1966. Amer Ent. Soc, Mem. 20: 369, figs. 58, 



83. 9, 6. 



