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Priocnemis germana (Cresson, 1867)

Pompilus germanus Cresson, 1867:116, ♀. 3 ♀♀, Connecticut, Delaware (Am. Ent. Soc. and E. Norton); Loktionov et al., 2017Loktionov, V.M., A.S. Lelej & Z.-F. Xu 2017. Review of the Priocnemis hyalinata species-group (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 4254 (5):551-562.:553, Syntypes 3 ♀♀ (ANSP). - 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); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:226 (listed); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:92 (listed). - As Cryptocheilus germanus: - As Priocnemis germana: - Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:92 (listed); Krombein, 1963Krombein, K.V. 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76:255-280. (distribution); Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1968Kurczewski, F.E. & E.J. Kurczewski 1968. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) with a discussion of factors in prey selection. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41 (1):1-33. (distribution), 4 (hosts); Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1972Kurczewski, F.E. & E.J. Kurczewski 1972. Host records for some North American Pompilidae, second supplement. Tribe Pepsini. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 45 (2):181-193.:185 (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); Evans, 1997Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197. (distribution); Kurczewski, 1999Kurczewski, F.E. 1999. Comparison of spider wasp faunas from two ecologically distinct sites in Erie County, Pennsylvania (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72 (4):339-360. (distribution), 343 (biology); Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011Leavengood, Jr. J.M., Waichert, C. & Rodriguez, J. 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161 (March 2011):1-8. (distribution); Leavengood et al., 2011Leavengood, J.M., C.Waichert & J. Rodriguez 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161:1-8. (distribution); Loktionov et al., 2017Loktionov, V.M., A.S. Lelej & Z.-F. Xu 2017. Review of the Priocnemis hyalinata species-group (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 4254 (5):551-562. (distribution); Kurczewski et al., 2020Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert, K.C. Kissane, D. Ubick & J.P. Pitts 2020. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891 (1):1-112. (distribution), 37 (prey). - As Priocnemis germanus: - Provancher, 1882Provancher, L. 1882. Faune Canadienne (Continué de la page 15.). Naturaliste Canadien 13 (146):33-51.:42 (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.:272 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:226 (listed). - As Salius germanus: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 226 (listed).
Pompilus iridipennis Cresson, 1867:127, ♂. 5 ♂♂, New Jersey, West Virginia (Am. Ent. Soc. and coll. Mr. E. Norton). Synonymized with Priocnemis pompilus (Cresson, 1867) by Banks, 1935Banks, N. 1935. The males of certain Priocnemis (Psammocharidae). Psyche 42 (3):162.:162. - 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); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:204 (listed); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:92 ( listed as synonym of Priocnemis germana (Cresson, 1867)); 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.:1532 ( listed as synonym of Priocnemis germana (Cresson, 1867)). - As Agenia iridipennis: - 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.:272 (listed). - As Ageniella iridipennis: - Banks, 1944Banks, N. 1944. Psammocharidae (spider-wasps): Notes and descriptions. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94 (4):165-187.:179 (key male). - As Pseudagenia iridipennis: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 204 (listed).

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Area distribution map

map of Priocnemis germana (Cresson, 1867)

Distribution

USAUnited States
 (Loktionov et al., 2017)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Loktionov et al., 2017)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Evans, 1997; Loktionov et al., 2017)
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (Cresson, 1867; Dalla Torre, 1897)
USA-DEUnited States - Delaware
 (Cresson, 1867)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011 new; Leavengood et al., 2011)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Krombein, 1963)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Loktionov et al., 2017)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Cresson, 1867 [as Pompilus iridipennis Cresson, 1867]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pseudagenia iridipennis (Cresson, 1867)])
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1968; Kurczewski, 1999)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pseudagenia iridipennis (Cresson, 1867)])
USA-WVUnited States - West Virginia
 (Cresson, 1867 [as Pompilus iridipennis Cresson, 1867])

Literature

  • Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248.
  • Banks, N. 1935. The males of certain Priocnemis (Psammocharidae). Psyche 42 (3):162.
  • Banks, N. 1944. Psammocharidae (spider-wasps): Notes and descriptions. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94 (4):165-187.
  • 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. 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.
  • Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197.
  • Krombein, K.V. 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76:255-280.
  • 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. 1999. Comparison of spider wasp faunas from two ecologically distinct sites in Erie County, Pennsylvania (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72 (4):339-360.
  • Kurczewski, F.E. & E.J. Kurczewski 1968. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) with a discussion of factors in prey selection. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41 (1):1-33.
  • Kurczewski, F.E. & E.J. Kurczewski 1972. Host records for some North American Pompilidae, second supplement. Tribe Pepsini. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 45 (2):181-193.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert, K.C. Kissane, D. Ubick & J.P. Pitts 2020. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891 (1):1-112.
  • Leavengood, J.M., C.Waichert & J. Rodriguez 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161:1-8.
  • Leavengood, Jr. J.M., Waichert, C. & Rodriguez, J. 2011. A distributional checklist of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Florida. Insecta Mundi 0161 (March 2011):1-8.
  • Loktionov, V.M., A.S. Lelej & Z.-F. Xu 2017. Review of the Priocnemis hyalinata species-group (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with description of a new species from China. Zootaxa 4254 (5):551-562.
  • Provancher, L. 1882. Faune Canadienne (Continué de la page 15.). Naturaliste Canadien 13 (146):33-51.
  • Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.