Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1711 



sayi Cresson. Gulf Coast, Miss. Valley, and Great Plains States west to Colo, and N. Mex.; 

 north. Mexico. Ecology: Nests in small numbers (3-10) in loose to compacted sand, 

 makes a 1-3 celled nest with an accessory burrow, stores 14 or more flies per cell. 

 Parasite: Amobiopsis confundens Tns., Senotainia nibrive7itris Macq., S. opiparis 

 Reinh., S. sp. in trilineata (Wulp) complex. Prey: Stratiomyidae sp.; Chlorotabanus- 

 crepuscularis Beq., Chrysops flavida Wied., C. spp., Hybomitra hinei wrighti Whit., 

 Silvius quadrivittatus Say, Tabanus cheliopterxis fronto 0. S., T.fratellus Will., T. 

 lineola F., T. melanocerus lacustris Stone, T. nigripes Wied., T. quinquevittatus Wied.; 

 Exoprosopa fasciata Macq., E . fascipennis noctula Wied., Geron sp., Phthiria sp., 

 Poecilanthrax lucifer F., Systoechiis solitus Wlkr., S. vulgaris Lw., Villa cypris Meig., 

 V . flavicostalis Paint., V. lateralis Say, V. molitor Lw.; Furcifera punctipennis Wied.; 

 Ablautus nigronotum Wilcox, Erax tabascens Bks., E. sp., Mallophorina laphroides 

 Wied., Asilidae sp.; Allograpta obliqua Say, Eristalis agrorum F., E. albifrons Wied., E. 

 tenax L., Microdon rufipes Macq., Syrphus sp., Volucella pusilla Macq., V. sp.; Musca 

 domestica L., Orthellia caesarion Meig.; Phaenicia caendeiviridis Macq.; Sarcophaga 

 ventricosa Wulp; Archytas analis F., Belvosia slossonae Coq., Fabriciella actiiiosa 

 Reinh., F. egiila Reinh., F. latigena Tot., Gonia sequax Will., Juriniopsis sp., 

 Paradidyma si7igularis Tns., Phorocera daripennis Macq., Prosenoides flavipes Coq., 

 Tachinidae sp. 



BembexO) sayi Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 467. 9. 



Bembix latifrons Parker, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 52: 116. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 82: 60, figs. 94-97 (larva). 



Biology: Rohwer, 1909. Univ. Colo. Studies 6: 245 (nest, prey). — Hungerford and Wilhams, 

 1912. Ent. News 23: 247 (nest, prey). —Evans, 1957. Studies on compar. ethology Bembix, 

 pp. 48-59, figs. 11-12 (mating, nest, prey, egg, life cycle, parasite). —Evans, 1966. Compar. 

 ethology and evolution of sand wasps, pp. 288-298, figs. 155-158 (nest, prey, parasites). 

 — Alcock and Gamboa, 1975. Ariz. Acad. Sci., Jour. 10: 154, fig. 1 (nest). 



Species Group Cinerea 



These species nest in soil with a high sahne content, make simple multicellular nests, and place 

 the egg on the first fly brought into the cell. 



cinerea Handlirsch. N. J. to Fla. west to Tex. Ecology: Nests in very large aggregations on 



salt flats in heavy black soil with high salt content, makes 1-2 cells per nest, stores 11-17 

 medium sized prey per cell. Parasite: Dasynmtilla cypris (BL), D. vesta sappho (Fox). 

 Prey: Eulalia evansi James, Hedriodiscus dorsalis F.; Tabanus lineola F., T. 

 nigrovittatus Macq., T. vittiger bellardii Szil., T. spp.; Anthrax anale Say; Eristalis 

 albifrons Wied.; Dimecoenia austrina Coq.; Lispe'sp. near sordida Aid., Phyllogaster 

 sp.; Phaenicia cluvia Wlkr.; Gymnopsoa texana Tns.; Cistogaster sp. 

 Bembexd) cinerea Handlirsch, 1893. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl, Sitzber. 102: 837. i, 

 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 82: 59, fig. 109 (larva). 



Biology: Krombein and Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 235 (nest). — Krombein and 

 Evans, 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 233-234 (nest, prey, parasite). —Evans, 1957. 

 Studies on compar. ethology Bernbix, pp. 78-94, figs. 19-23 (male sun dance, mating, nest, 

 prey, egg, life cycle, parasite). 

 hinei Parker. La., Tex., coastal only. Ecology: Nests in hard packed sand beach above high-tide 

 mark, occasionally in large aggregations, makes at least 5 cells per nest, stores 7-13 prey 

 per cell. Prey: Eulalia cincta Latr.; Tabanus lineola F., T. nigrovittatus Macq.; 

 Eristalis albifrons Wied. 

 Bembix hinei Parker, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 52: 86. i, 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 156 (larva). 



Biology: Hine, 1906. La. State Crop Pest Comn., Cir. 6: 27 (nesting site, prey; misdet. as 

 belfragei Cr.). — Strandtmann, 1953. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 26: 48-49 (nest, prey). —Evans, 

 1957. Studies on compar. ethology Bernbix, pp. 94-104, figs. 24-26 (nest, prey transport, 

 egg, life cycle). 



