Superfamily SPHECOIDEA 1717 



plana (Fox). Great Plains States. 



Monedula plana Fox, 1895. Acad. Nat, Sci. Phila., Proc. 47: 367. S. 

 pulchella (Cresson). Colo, to Calif. Ecology: Usually makes unicellular nest in sand but rarely 

 2 cells, stores as many as 19 moths in a completed cell. Prey: Leptotes maiina Reak.; 

 Loxostege sitnilalis Guen.; Characoma proteella Dyar. 

 Monedula pulchella Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 471. 6,9. 

 Stictiella melanostema Parker, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 52: 30. S, 9. 



Taxonomy: Gillaspy, 1963. Ent. News 74: 252 (synonymy). —Evans, 1964. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 Trans. 90: 260-261, fig. 42 (larva). 



Biology: Gillaspy, Evans and Lin, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 560, 562-563 (nest, prey, 

 sleeping aggregation). 

 serrata (Handlirsch). Fla., Ga., N. C. Ecology: Nests in fine-grained sand, makes unicellular 

 nest, stores 12 to more than 21 moths per cell, practices both mass and progressive 

 provisioning. Parasite: Senotainia sp. near nibriventris Macq. Prey: Elasmopalpus 

 lignosellus (Zell.); Hellula wgatilis (Hulst); Bactra verutana ZelL, Eucosminae sp.; 

 Crambus satrapellus Zink. C. quinquareatus ZelL, C. sp., Argynia argentana Martyn; 

 Jocara sp. 

 Monedula serrata Handlirsch, 1890. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl., Sitzber. 99: 143. <5. 



Taxonomy: Evans and Lin, 1956. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 82: 51, figs. 59-62 (larva). 



Biology: Gillaspy, Evans and Lin, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 561-562, fig. 1 (nest, prey 



transport, egg, life cycle). — Krombein, 1964. Amer. Mus. Novitates 2201: 19-20 (nest, prey 



transport, life cycle, cocoon). 

 speciosa (Cresson). Alta., Ariz., Sask., Colo., N. Mex., Nebr., Kans. 



Monedula speciosa Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc. 4: 470. 9. 

 spinifera (Mickel). Alta., Kans., Nebr. 



Stictia spinifera Mickel, 1916. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 42: 418. 6. 



Stictiella melampous Parker, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 52: 43. 6. 

 tuberculata (Fox). Idaho, Nev., Wash. 



Monedula tuberculata Fox, 1895. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 47: 366. S. 



Genus GLENOSTICTIA Gillaspy 



Glenostictia Gillaspy, 1962. In Gillaspy, Evans and Lin, Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 563. 

 Type-species: Monedula pulla Handlirsch. Orig. desig. 



This genus occurs only in the Nearctic Region and all species are found in America north of 

 Mexico. So far as known the members of the genus practice progressive provisioning and prey 

 upon adult Hymenoptera, Diptera and Hemiptera. 



Biology: Gillaspy, Evans and Lin, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 563-566 (ethology). 

 argentata (Fox). Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Nests in sand dune, practices progressive 

 provisioning. Prey: Primarily Bombyliidae. 

 Stictiella argentata Fox, 1923. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (4) 12: 434. 6, 9. 



Biology: Alcock, 1975. Southwest. Nat. 20: 339 (nest, prey). 

 bifurcata (Fox). South. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California, Sonora). 



Stictiella bifurcata Fox, 1923. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 12: 431. 6. 



Stictiella bifurcata var. albicera Fox, 1923. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (4) 12: 432. 6. 



Stictiella directa Fox, 1923. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc (4) 12: 433. cJ, 9. 

 bituberculata (Parker). Ariz., Calif., N. Mex. 



Stictiella bituberculata Parker, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 52: 36. d, 9. 

 clypeata (Gillaspy). West. Tex. to south. Calif.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Guerrero). Prey: 

 Apiocera augur 0. S.; Tubifera latifrons (Lw.). 



Stictiella clypeata Gillaspy, 1959. Pan-Pacific Ent. 35: 187. 6,9. 



Biology: Painter, 1936. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 24: 192 (prey; misdet. as tenuicomis (Fox)). 

 —Gillaspy, Evans and Lin, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 55: 563 (prey). 



