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Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)

Pompilus tenebrosus Cresson, 1865:453, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Colorado Territory, 1864 (leg. Mr. James Ridings); 2 ♀♀, Colorado Territory, 1864 (leg. Mr. James Ridings); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:301, Type ♀ (A.N.S.P., no. 417). - Cresson, 1867Cresson, E.T. 1867. Notes on the Pompilidæ of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1 (1867/1868):85-150. (distribution), 89 (listed); Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Provancher, 1882Provancher, L. 1882. Faune Canadienne (Continué de la page 15.). Naturaliste Canadien 13 (146):33-51.:39 (description female); Cresson, 1887Cresson, E.T. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, North of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society Supplementary Volume:1-350.:271 (listed); Fox, 1893Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25. (distribution), 9 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 326 (listed); Cockerell, 1901Cockerell, T.D.A. 1901. Some insects of the Hudsonian Zone in New Mexico. - V. Psyche 9:272-273. (distribution); Pate, 1946Pate, V.S.L. 1946. The generic names of the spider wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompiloidae) and their type species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 72:65-137.:72 (listed); Dreisbach, 1949Dreisbach, R.R. 1949. Psammocharini (Hymenoptera) of the north america and the antilles: key to genera; new species and key to males of Pompilinus. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 29 (1-2):1-58.:28 (listed); Junco y Reyes, 1959Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95.:53 (listed); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:51 (listed). - As Anopliella tenebrosa: - Banks, 1939Banks, N. 1939. Notes and descriptions of native Psammocharidae. The Canadian Entomologist 71:225-231.:227 (comb. nov.); Dreisbach, 1949Dreisbach, R.R. 1949. Psammocharini (Hymenoptera) of the north america and the antilles: key to genera; new species and key to males of Pompilinus. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 29 (1-2):1-58.:28 (listed). - As Anoplius tenebrosus: - Dreisbach, 1949Dreisbach, R.R. 1949. Psammocharini (Hymenoptera) of the north america and the antilles: key to genera; new species and key to males of Pompilinus. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 29 (1-2):1-58.:28 (listed); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361. (distribution), 303 (biology); Evans, 1951Evans, H.E. 1951. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part III. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 77:203-340. (distribution); Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1973Kurczewski, F.E. & E.J. Kurczewski 1973. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Third supplement. Tribe Pompilini. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 46 (1):65-81.:70 (hosts); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Alm & Kurczewski, 1984Alm, S. and F.E. Kurczewski 1984. Ethology of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 86 (1):110-119. (distribution), 110 (prey); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:51 (listed); Kurczewski et al., 1987Kurczewski, F.E., E.J. Kurczewski & R. Norton 1987. New prey records for species of Nearctic Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60 (3):467-475.:473 (prey); Spofford et al., 1989Spofford, M., Kurczewski, F. & Downes, W.Jr. 1989. Nearctic species of Miltogrammini (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) associated with species of Aculeata (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea, Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 62 (2):254-267. (prey/host [host of Metopia argyrocephala (Meigen)]); Evans, 1997Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197. (distribution). - As Pompilinus tenebrosus: - Dreisbach, 1949Dreisbach, R.R. 1949. Psammocharini (Hymenoptera) of the north america and the antilles: key to genera; new species and key to males of Pompilinus. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 29 (1-2):1-58.:27 (listed), 31 (key male). - As Psammochares tenebrosus: - Banks, 1917Banks, N. 1917. New fossorial Hymenoptera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:97-116.:108 (listed); Dreisbach, 1949Dreisbach, R.R. 1949. Psammocharini (Hymenoptera) of the north america and the antilles: key to genera; new species and key to males of Pompilinus. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 29 (1-2):1-58.:28 (listed).
Pompilus compactus Provancher, 1895 Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:301, Type ♀ (Q.P.M., no. 301). Synonymized with Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865) by Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:301. - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1559 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:51 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)). - As Anoplius compactus: - Banks, 1919Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248. (distribution), 233 (key female), 234 (listed); Junco y Reyes, 1959Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95.:50 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)).
Pompiloides canadensis Banks, 1919:82, ♀. ♀, Truro, Nova Scotia, 12 Aug. (leg. Matheson); ♀, Val Morin, Canada, 29-30 July (leg. Ouellet); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:302, Type ♂ (C.U., no. 680). - Dreisbach, 1949Dreisbach, R.R. 1949. Psammocharini (Hymenoptera) of the north america and the antilles: key to genera; new species and key to males of Pompilinus. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 29 (1-2):1-58.:28 ( listed as synonym of Pompilinus tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:302 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1559 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:51 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)).
Pompilinus drakei Dreisbach, 1958:62, ♂. Holotype ♂, Craberry Lake, N. X., 7/28/1917 (Am. Mus., acc. 5136, leg. C.J. Drake). - Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1559 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)); Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.:51 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)).

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Area distribution map

map of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson, 1865)

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Dalla Torre, 1897; Banks, 1919 [as Anoplius compactus (Provancher, 1895)]; Krombein et al., 1979)
CAN-BrCCanada - British Columbia
 (Evans, 1950 [as Pompilus compactus Provancher, 1895]; Evans, 1950)
CAN-NeFCanada - Newfoundland
 (Evans, 1950)
CAN-NoSCanada - Nova Scotia
 (Banks, 1919 [as Pompiloides canadensis Banks, 1919]; Evans, 1950 [as Pompiloides canadensis Banks, 1919]; Evans, 1950)
CAN-NoTCanada - Northwest Territories
 (Evans, 1950)
CAN-YukCanada - Yukon Territory
 (Evans, 1950)
MEXMexico
 (Fox, 1893)
USAUnited States
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Evans, 1951 new)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Banks, 1919 [as Anoplius compactus (Provancher, 1895)]; Evans, 1950)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Cresson, 1865; Cresson, 1867; Dalla Torre, 1897; Evans, 1997)
USA-MEUnited States - Maine
 (Cresson, 1867)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Cockerell, 1901; Evans, 1950)
USA-NVUnited States - Nevada
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (Alm & Kurczewski, 1984)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-SDUnited States - South Dakota
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872)
USA-UTUnited States - Utah
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-WIUnited States - Wisconsin
 (Evans, 1950)

Literature

  • Alm, S. and F.E. Kurczewski 1984. Ethology of Anoplius tenebrosus (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 86 (1):110-119.
  • Banks, N. 1917. New fossorial Hymenoptera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:97-116.
  • Banks, N. 1919. New Psammocharidae and Philanthidae. The Canadian Entomologist 51:81-85.
  • Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248.
  • Banks, N. 1939. Notes and descriptions of native Psammocharidae. The Canadian Entomologist 71:225-231.
  • Cockerell, T.D.A. 1901. Some insects of the Hudsonian Zone in New Mexico. - V. Psyche 9:272-273.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1865. Catalogue of Hymenoptera in the collection of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, from Colorado Territory (Continued from page 313). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:426-488.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1867. Notes on the Pompilidæ of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1 (1867/1868):85-150.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, North of Mexico. Transactions of the American Entomological Society Supplementary Volume:1-350.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
  • Dreisbach, R.R. 1949. Psammocharini (Hymenoptera) of the north america and the antilles: key to genera; new species and key to males of Pompilinus. Entomologica Americana (n. s.) 29 (1-2):1-58.
  • Dreisbach, R.R. 1958. Two new species in the genus Pompilinus (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with photomicrographs of the genitalia and subgenital plate of the male. Entomological News 69:61-65.
  • Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.
  • Evans, H.E. 1951. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part III. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 77:203-340.
  • Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197.
  • Fox, W.J. 1893. Report on some mexican Hymenoptera, principally from lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.2 (4):1-25.
  • Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1959. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gen. Anopilus Duf. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 35:41-95.
  • Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
  • Kurczewski, F.E. & E.J. Kurczewski 1973. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Third supplement. Tribe Pompilini. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 46 (1):65-81.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., E.J. Kurczewski & R. Norton 1987. New prey records for species of Nearctic Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60 (3):467-475.
  • Pate, V.S.L. 1946. The generic names of the spider wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompiloidae) and their type species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 72:65-137.
  • Provancher, L. 1882. Faune Canadienne (Continué de la page 15.). Naturaliste Canadien 13 (146):33-51.
  • Spofford, M., Kurczewski, F. & Downes, W.Jr. 1989. Nearctic species of Miltogrammini (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) associated with species of Aculeata (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea, Apoidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 62 (2):254-267.
  • Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.