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Chirodamus pyrrhomelas (Walker, 1866)

Pompilus pyrrhomelas Smith = Walker, 1866 - 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).
Pompilus pyrrhomelas Walker, 1866:341 - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 314 (listed); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:18 (listed); Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:45 (listed). - As Calopompilus pyrrhomelas: - Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:45 (comb. nov.); Evans, 1997Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197. (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), 7 (prey); Kurczewski & West, 2022Kurczewski, F.E. & R.C. West 2022. Host selection and nesting behavior of Nearctic trapdoor spider-hunting spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae, Pompilinae). Insecta Mundi 0959:1-24. (distribution), 5 (hosts); Kurczewski et al., 2022Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2022. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928:1-32. (distribution, hosts); Kurczewski et al., 2023Kurczewski, F.E., M. Hedin & R.C. West 2023. Nesting behavior of the spider wasp Calopompilus pyrrhomelas (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0980:1-7. (distribution, hosts); 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 [Calisoga longitarsis (Simon) (Nemesiidae), Eucteniza ?panchovillai Bond and Godwin (Euctenizidae)]). - As Chirodamus pyrrhomelas: - Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:18 (listed); Krombein, 1958Krombein, K.V. 1958. Family Pompilidae. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 170-186.:170 (prey [Female Antrodiaetus pacificus Simon]); 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, 1993Evans, H.E. 1993. New records of Pompilidae from the Southern Rocky Mountain States. Sphecos 24:15. (distribution); Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:45 (listed); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536. (distribution).
Cryptocheilus rugosus Banks, 1917:101, ♀. Holotype ♀, Washington: Wawawai, June (M. C. Z., 10,011, leg. W. M. Mann); ♀, Arizona: Oak Creek Canon, 6,000 ft. (leg. F. H. Snow). - Banks, 1919Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248. (distribution), 246 (key, listed); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:18 ( listed as synonym of Chirodamus pyrrhomelas (Walker, 1866)); 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.:1524 ( listed as synonym of Chirodamus pyrrhomelas (Walker, 1866)). - As Onochares rugosus: - Banks, 1933Banks, N. 1933. New Psammocharidae from the United States. Psyche 40:1-19.:9 (comb. nov.).
Cryptocheilus inaequalis Banks, 1917:102, ♂. Holotype ♂, Washington: Camp Umatilla, 27 June 1882 (M. C. Z., 10,013, leg. Samuel Henshaw). - Banks, 1919Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248. (distribution), 246 (key, listed); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:18 ( listed as synonym of Chirodamus pyrrhomelas (Walker, 1866)); 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.:1524 ( listed as synonym of Chirodamus pyrrhomelas (Walker, 1866)).

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Area distribution map

map of Chirodamus pyrrhomelas (Walker, 1866)

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Dalla Torre, 1897)
CAN-BrCCanada - British Columbia
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Kurczewski & West, 2022)
MEXMexico
 (Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021; Kurczewski & West, 2022)
MEX-ZacMexico - Zacatecas
 (Kurczewski et al., 2024)
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Kurczewski et al., 2020; Kurczewski & West, 2022; Kurczewski et al., 2022; Kurczewski et al., 2023; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Evans, 1993; Evans, 1997; Kurczewski & West, 2022)
USA-IDUnited States - Idaho
 (Banks, 1919 [as Cryptocheilus rugosus Banks, 1917]; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-MTUnited States - Montana
 (Kurczewski & West, 2022)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NVUnited States - Nevada
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Kurczewski et al., 2023)
USA-ORUnited States - Oregon
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Kurczewski et al., 2020)
USA-UTUnited States - Utah
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-WAUnited States - Washington
 (Banks, 1919 [as Cryptocheilus rugosus Banks, 1917]; Banks, 1919 [as Cryptocheilus inaequalis Banks, 1917]; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-WYUnited States - Wyoming
 (Kurczewski & West, 2022)

Literature

  • Banks, N. 1917. New fossorial Hymenoptera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:97-116.
  • Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248.
  • Banks, N. 1933. New Psammocharidae from the United States. Psyche 40:1-19.
  • 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. 1993. New records of Pompilidae from the Southern Rocky Mountain States. Sphecos 24:15.
  • Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197.
  • Krombein, K.V. 1958. Family Pompilidae. In: Krombein, K.V. (Ed.). Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico - Synoptic Catalog. Washington: U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. First Supplement, 305 pp. 170-186.
  • 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. & R.C. West 2022. Host selection and nesting behavior of Nearctic trapdoor spider-hunting spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae, Pompilinae). Insecta Mundi 0959:1-24.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., M. Hedin & R.C. West 2023. Nesting behavior of the spider wasp Calopompilus pyrrhomelas (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0980:1-7.
  • 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.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2022. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928:1-32.
  • 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.
  • Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.
  • Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536.