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salebrosns Paint., V. sp.; Volucella fraudulenta Will., V. mexicana Macq., V. unipuncta 

 Curr., V. spp., Syrphidae spp.; Acrosticta mexicana Cole, A. sp.; Limnophora sp., 

 Mydaea sp., Phyllogaster cordyluroides Stein; Sarcophaga johnsoni Aid., S. spp., 

 Senotainia kansensis Tns.; Archytas marmoratus Tns., Chaetogaedia sp. near analis 

 Wulp, Goniochaeta plagioides Tns., Olenochaeta kansensis Tns., Phorocera 

 tachinomoides Tns., P. sp., Promasiphya confusa Aid., Ptilodexia sp., Tachinophyto sp. 

 near vanderwulpi Tns., Xenoppia monela Reinh. 



Bem6ia- dentilabris Handlirsch, 1893. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl, Sitzber. 102: 794. 

 9. A nomen oblitum. 



BembexO) U-scripta Fox, 1895. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc, p. 362. 6,9. The valid name 

 for this taxon chosen by the first revisers. 



Bembix arcuata Parker, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 52: 81. d, 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 155, figs. 41, 63 (larva). —Evans, 1961 

 (1960). Psyche 67: 45-61 (possible syn. of arcuata). 



Biology: Evans, 1957. Studies on compar. ethology Bembix, pp. 104-108, figs. 27-28 (nest, 

 prey). —Evans, 1961 (1960). Psyche 67: 45-61, 2 figs, (male sun dance, mating, nest, prey, 

 egg, life cycle). —Evans, 1966. Compar. ethology and evolution of sand wasps, pp. 317-321, 

 figs. 162-164 (nest, prey). 



Species Group Amoena 



Members of this group make simple nests with one or more accessory (false) burrows, place 

 the egg on the first prey brought into the cell, and do not level the mound of excavated earth at 

 the nest entrance. 



amoena Handlirsch. West. Canada and U. S. Ecology: Nests in colonies in soil varying from 

 sandy loam to coarse sandy gravel, makes 1- or 2-celled nest provided with 1-2 

 accessory burrows, probably stores more than 30 large prey per cell. Parasite: 

 Dasymutilla creusa var. bellona (Cr.); Pamopes edwardsii Cr. ?; Physocephala texana 

 Will. ?; Miltogrammini sp.; Exoprosopa dorcadion 0. S., Villa melasoma (Wulp). Prey: 

 Anoplodonta nigrirostris Lw., Hedriodiscus varipes Lw.; Hybomitra captonis Mart., H. 

 fulvilateralis Macq., H. liorhina Phil., H. opaca Coq., H. osbumi Hine, H. phaenops 0. 

 S.; Poecilanthrax sackeni Coq., Systoechus fumipennis Paint., Villa altemata Say, V. 

 eumenes (0. S.), V.fulviana nigricauda Lw., V. harveyi Hine, V. lateralis Say, V. 

 sinuosa jaeyuiickeana 0. S.; Thereva sp.; Asilus sp., Cyrtopogon glarealis Mel., 

 Promachus sp.; Chrysotoxum ypsilon Will., Eristalis anthophorinus Fall., E. barda Say, 

 E. latifrons Lw., Eupeodes volucris 0. S., Helophilus hybridus Lw., Metasyrpkus 

 lapponicus Zett., M. meadii Jones, Scaeva pyrastri L., Stenosyrphus pullulus Snow, 

 Syrphus jonesi Fluke, S. opinator 0. S., S. ribesii L., S. vitripennis Meig., Volucella 

 esuriens (F.); Tetanocera vicina Meig.; Helina punctata R.-Desv., Limnophora 

 magyiipunctata Mall., Lispe brevipes Aid., Mydaea persimilis Mall., Phaonia monticola 

 Mall., Pyrellia cyanicolor Zett.; Calliphora vici7ia R.-Desv., C. vomitoria L., 

 Cynomyopsis cadaverina R.-Desv., Eucalliphora lilaea Wlkr., Lucilia illustris Meig., 

 Melanodexiopsis sp., Phomiia regina Meig., Protophormia terraeyiovae R.-Desv.; 

 Sarcofahrtia montanensis Prkr., Sarcophaga spp., Macronychia sp.; Acroglossa 

 hesperidarum Will., Arctophyto sp., Argenteopalpus signiferus Wlkr., Bonellimyia 

 subpolita Brks., Eumegaparia flaveola Coq., Fabriciella brevirostris Tot., F. rostrata 

 Tot., Gonia porca Will, G. spp., Melanodexia sp., Melinocera flavicomis Br., Mericia 

 alberta Curr., M. ampela Wlkr., M. arcuata Tot, M. bicarina Tot., M icrophthalma 

 disjuncta Wied., Paramuscopteryx sp., Peleteria iterans Wlkr., P. neotexensis Brks., 

 Ptilodexia sp., Rhachogaster algens Wied., Siphosturmiopsis sp., Spallanzania sp., 

 Trochilodes skinneri Coq. 

 BembexO.) amoeiia Handlirsch, 1893. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. KL, Sitzber. 102: 769. 

 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 90: 270-271, fig. 53 (larva). 



Biology: Evans, 1957. Studies on compar. ethology Bembix, p. 59 (nesting site, prey). 

 — Evans, 1966. Compar. ethology and evolution of sand wasps, pp. 269-288, figs. 149-154 

 (mating, nest, prey, egg, life cycle, parasite). 



