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Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1713 



Pyrellia serena Meig., Quadndaria a^mosa Zett., Siphona irritans L., Spilogona sp., 

 Stomoxys calcitrans L.; Eucalliphora lilaea Wlkr., Lucilia illustris Meig., L. sp., 

 Phaenkia sericata Meig., Phormia regina Meig., Pollenia rudis F.; Eumacronychia sp., 

 Sarcophaga derelicta Wlkr., S. importuna Wlkr., S. planifrons Aid., S. quenda Wlkr., 

 Senotainia flaincomis Tns., S. trilmeaia (Wulp); Bonellimyia glauca Brooks, Cuphocera 

 stricklandi Curr., Dinera sp., Microphthahna disjuncta Wied., Nearclnis duplaris 

 Reinh., Paradidyma singidaris Tns., Peleteria confusa Curr., Ptilodexia sp., 

 Siphoplagia spinulosa Big., Trochilodes skinneri Coq., Winthemia quadripHsfidata F. 



Be7)ibexil) spinolae Lepeletier, 1845. Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 3, p. 227. 6. 



Bembexd) similans Fox, 1895. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 47: 358. 6, 9. 



Bembexd) connexus Fox, 1895. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 47: 360. 6,9. 



Bembex(\) primaaestate Johnson and Rohwer, 1908. Ent. News 19: 378. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 82: 58, fig. 108 (larva). 



Biology: Walsh and Riley, 1869. Amer. Ent. 1: 126 (nest, prey). — Peckham and Peckham, 

 1898. Wis. Geol. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 2: 58-76 (nest, prey, parasite, life cycle). —Barber, 

 1915. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 17: 187-188 (parasite). —Parker, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 

 52: 127-131 (mating, nest, prey transport, life cycle, cocoon). — Rau and Rau, 1918. Wasp 

 studies afield, pp. 37-38 (nest, prey, parasite ?). —Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24 

 (7): 29, fig. 8 (nest). — Krombein, 1936. Ent. News 47: 95 (prey, parasite). —Evans, 1957. 

 Studies on compar. ethology Bembix, pp. 17-36, figs. 6-7 (mating, nest, prey capture and ^ 



transport, egg, life cycle, parasites). —Evans, 1966. Compar. ethology and evolution of 

 sand wasps, pp. 311-315, fig. 160 (nest, prey, parasites). 



Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99 (14): pi. 21, figs. M-P (male 

 genitalia). 

 cameroni Rohwer. Southwest. U. S.; centr. Mexico. Ecology: Nests in alluvial soil with sand on 



surface and frequently silt or loam beneath surface. Prey: Esenbeckia delta Hine; Geron 



sp., Phthiria sidphurea Lw.; Eristalis latifrons Lw.; Musca domestica L., Orthellia 



caesarion Meig.; Peleteria sp., Plagioprosp fiery sa parvipalpis Wulp. 

 Bembyx{\) cameroni Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 467. d. 

 Bembix festiva Parker, 1929. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 75 (5): 118. 6. 

 Bembix rohweri Maidl and Khma, 1948 (1944). In Lohrmann, Muenchen. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 



34: 424. N. name for cameroni Roh. which is not preocc. 



Biology: Evans, 1966. Compar. ethology and evolution of sand wasps, pp. 310-311 (nest, 



prey). 

 nubiiipennis Cresson. Miss. Valley, Great Plains and southwest. States; Mexico (San Luis 

 Potosi). Ecology: Nests in large aggregations in hard-packed soil, makes 1-5 cells per 

 nest, stores up to 48 prey per cell. Parasite: Pamopes chrysopra sinus Sm.; 

 Miltogrammini spp. Prey: Hedriodiscus truquii (Bell.), Nemotelits trinotatus Mel., 

 Stratiomys jamesi Steysk., S. meigenii Wied., S. nigriventris Lw.; Tabaniis sidcifrons 

 Macq., T. trimacidatus Beauv.; Anthrax anale Say, A. irrorata Say, Bombylius io Will., 

 Exoprosopa emarginata Macq., E.fasciata Macq., Poecilanthrax lucifera (F.), 

 Sparnopoliiis brevirostris Macq., Villa spp.; Neorhynchocepkalus sackenii (Will.); 

 Atomosia piiella (Wied.), Diogmites misellus Lw., D. umbrinus Lw., Erax sp. near 

 tubercidatus Coq., Proctacanthella cacopiloga (Hine); Eristalis arbustontm (L.), E. 

 tenax (L.); Chrysomyza demandata (F.), Tetanops luridipennis Lw.; Paracantha culta 

 (Wied.); Musca domestica L., Orthellia caesanon (Meig.), Stomoxys calcitrans (L.); 

 Bufolucilia silvaru7n (Meig.), Lucilia illustris (Meig.), Phoenicia caeruleiviridis (Macq.), 

 P. sericata (Meig.), Polletna rudis (F.); Sarcophaga assidua Wlkr., S. derelicta Wlkr., S. 

 helicis Tns., S. Ihenninieri R.-Desv., S. rapax Wlkr., S. sinuata Meig., S. ventricosa 

 Wulp, S. sp.; Aplomya theclarum (Scud.), Archytas apiciferus Wlkr., A. metallicus 

 (R.-Desv.), Gymnoclytia occidua (Wlkr.), Hyalomyodes triangulifera (Lw.), Phorocera 

 claripennis Macq., P. tachino^noides Tns., Trichopoda pennipes (F.). 



Bembex{\) nubiiipennis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 218. 6,9. 



Bembix nubilosa Parker, 1929. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 75 (5): 140. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1959. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 85: 42 (larva). 



