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Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)

Pompilus fuscipennis Say = Lepeletier, 1845
Ceropales apicàlis Say, 1837:366,Indiana;Indiana; Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207, Type ♂, no longer extant. - Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.:180 (listed); 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.:273 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:280 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus cinctipes Cresson, 1867); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207 (listed). - As Pompilus apicalis: - As Sericopompilus apicàlis: - Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270. (distribution), 204 (key female), 205 (key male), 207 (listed), 208 (description female), 209 (biology, description male), 210 (distribution); 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, 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.:66 (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); Kurczewski, 1981Kurczewski, F.E. 1981. Observations on the nesting behaviors of spider-wasps in southern Florida (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). The Florida Entomologist 64:424-437. (distribution); Hook et al., 1990Hook, A.W., H.E. Evans & J.E. Gillaspy 1990. Pompilid wasps of Brackridge Field Laboratory and of the Greater Austin Area. Sphecos 20:17-18. (distribution); Evans, 1997Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197. (distribution); 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); Kurczewski et al., 2024Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West & C. Waichert 2024. New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 1034:1-32. (distribution, hosts [Hibana gracilis (Hentz) (Anyphaenidae), Araneidae, Lycosidae, Oxyopidae, Philodromidae, Thomisidae, and Salticidae]).
Pompilus fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845:434, ♀. ♀, Philadelphie (Musée de M. Serville); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207, Type ♀, location of type not known to author. - 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), 102 (listed); 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); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:324 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus sordidus Smith, 1855); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)); 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.:1548 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)). - As Anoplius fuscipennis: - Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)). - As Anoplius fuscipennis: - 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.:51 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)). - As Pompilogaster fuscipennis: - Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)).
Pompilus sordidus Smith, 1855:160 Replacement name for Pompilus fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845 by Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.:160. - Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.:160 (listed); 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.:102 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845); 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 as synonym of Pompilus fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 324 (listed); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)); 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.:1548 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)).
Pompilus cinctipes Cresson, 1867:102, ♂. 5 ♂♂, West Virginia (Am. Ent. Soc. and coll. Mr. E. Norton). Replacement name for Ceropales apicalis Say, 1837 by 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.:102 (It may be the xm of fuscipennis). - 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.:102 (listed); 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. (distribution), 271 (listed); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:280 (listed); Ashmead, 1904Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps of the superfamily Vespoidea. Part 4. . The Canadian Entomologist 36:5-9.:82 (comb. nov.); 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.:107 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)); 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.:1548 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837), listed as synonym of Ceropales apicalis Say, 1837). - As Anoplius cinctipes: - Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)). - As Psammochares cinctipes: - Banks, 1917Banks, N. 1917. New fossorial Hymenoptera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:97-116.:108 (listed); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)). - As Sericopompilus cinctipes: - Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.:207 ( listed as synonym of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)); Krombein, 1950Krombein, K.V. 1950. An annotated list of wasps from Nags Head and the Kill Devil Hills (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 65:262-272. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Sericopompilus apicalis (Say, 1837)

Distribution

USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (Lepeletier, 1845 [as Pompilus fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845]; Evans, 1950 [as Pompilus fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845]; Evans, 1950)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Evans, 1997)
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (Evans, 1950; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Evans, 1950; Krombein et al., 1979; Kurczewski, 1981; Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011; Leavengood et al., 2011; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
USA-ILUnited States - Illinois
 (Evans, 1950; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Say, 1837)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Evans, 1950; Krombein, 1963)
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Evans, 1950; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (Krombein, 1950 [as Sericopompilus cinctipes (Cresson, 1867)])
USA-NEUnited States - Nebraska
 (Evans, 1950; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-OHUnited States - Ohio
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Evans, 1950; Krombein et al., 1979; Hook et al., 1990)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pompilus sordidus Smith, 1855])
USA-WVUnited States - West Virginia
 (Cresson, 1867 [as Pompilus fuscipennis Lepeletier, 1845]; Cresson, 1887 [as Pompilus cinctipes Cresson, 1867])

Literature

  • Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps of the superfamily Vespoidea. Part 4. . The Canadian Entomologist 36:5-9.
  • Banks, N. 1917. New fossorial Hymenoptera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:97-116.
  • 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. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:133-270.
  • Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197.
  • Hook, A.W., H.E. Evans & J.E. Gillaspy 1990. Pompilid wasps of Brackridge Field Laboratory and of the Greater Austin Area. Sphecos 20:17-18.
  • 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. 1950. An annotated list of wasps from Nags Head and the Kill Devil Hills (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 65:262-272.
  • 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. 1981. Observations on the nesting behaviors of spider-wasps in southern Florida (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). The Florida Entomologist 64:424-437.
  • 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., R.C. West & C. Waichert 2024. New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 1034:1-32.
  • 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.
  • Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Suites à Buffon. Hyménoptères, III. Roret, Paris. 1-646.
  • 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.
  • Say, T. 1837. Descriptions of new species of North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described [Concluded from p. 305]. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 (4):361-416.
  • Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.