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Episyron quinquenotatus quinquenotatus (Say, 1835)

Pompilus 5-notàtus Say, 1835:304, ♀. ♀, 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.:217, 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.: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.:96 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus biguttatus Fabricius, 1798); 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 biguttatus Fabricius, 1798). - As Episyron 5-notatus: - As Episyron quinquenotatus quinquenotatus: - 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), 215 (key female), 217 (key male, listed), 218 (description female), 219 (description male), 220 (biology, distribution); Evans, 1959Evans, H.E. 1959. The larvae of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Ann. Ent. Soc. America 52:430-449. (distribution), 439 (description larvae); Kurczewski, 1961Kurczewski, F.E. 1961. Some observations and prey records of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) from Northeastern United States. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 56 (1):23-24. (distribution), 24 (prey); 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). First supplement. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41 (3):367-382. (distribution), 370 (hosts); 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), 9 (hosts); 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.:67 (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 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 [Araneus gemmoides Chamberlin and Ivie (Araneidae)]). - As Pompilus biguttatus 5-notatus: - 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.:218 (listed). - As Pompilus quinquenotatus: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:276 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus biguttatus Fabricius, 1798); 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.:217 (listed); Junco y Reyes, 1963Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1963. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gens. Episyron Schdt., Batozonellus Arnd., Ctenostegus Hpt., Schistonyx Sauss. y Aporinellus Bks. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 38:486-547.:490 (listed).
Pompilus griseus Provancher, 1882:35 (key), 36, ♀.Chicoutimi; Rohwer, 1916Rohwer, S.A. 1916. Notes on the Psammocharidae described by Provancher, with description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist 48:369-372.:371, Type 1 ♂, type is a male, not female (Dernière Provancher Collection Public Museum, Quebec); 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.:217, Lectotype ♂ (not ♀ as described) (QPM, no. 1011). Synonymized with Episyron quinquenotatus quinquenotatus (Say, 1835) by 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.:218. - 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. (distribution), 293 (listed); Junco y Reyes, 1963Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1963. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gens. Episyron Schdt., Batozonellus Arnd., Ctenostegus Hpt., Schistonyx Sauss. y Aporinellus Bks. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 38:486-547.:489 (listed); 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.:1550 ( listed as synonym of Episyron quinquenotatus quinquenotatus (Say, 1835)). - As Episyron griseus: - Rohwer, 1916Rohwer, S.A. 1916. Notes on the Psammocharidae described by Provancher, with description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist 48:369-372.:371 (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.:218 ( listed as synonym of Episyron quinquenotatus quinquenotatus (Say, 1835)); Junco y Reyes, 1963Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1963. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gens. Episyron Schdt., Batozonellus Arnd., Ctenostegus Hpt., Schistonyx Sauss. y Aporinellus Bks. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 38:486-547. (distribution), 489 (listed).

Common names

  •  Five-spotted spider wasp

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Area distribution map

map of Episyron quinquenotatus quinquenotatus (Say, 1835)

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pompilus griseus Provancher, 1882]; Evans, 1950)
CAN-AlbCanada - Alberta
 (Evans, 1950)
CAN-BrCCanada - British Columbia
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
CAN-NoSCanada - Nova Scotia
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
CAN-OntCanada - Ontario
 (Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1968)
CAN-QuéCanada - Québec
 (Provancher, 1882 [as Pompilus griseus Provancher, 1882]; Evans, 1950 [as Pompilus griseus Provancher, 1882])
CAN-SasCanada - Saskatchewan
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
USA-ALUnited States - Alabama
 (Evans, 1950; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-ARUnited States - Arkansas
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Evans, 1950; Krombein et al., 1979; Evans, 1997)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Say, 1836)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Krombein, 1963)
USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-MTUnited States - Montana
 (Evans, 1950; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (Evans, 1959; Kurczewski, 1961; Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1968; Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1968)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1968)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Evans, 1950; Junco y Reyes, 1963 [as Episyron griseus (Provancher, 1882)]; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-VAUnited States - Virginia
 (Evans, 1950)
USA-WYUnited States - Wyoming
 (Evans, 1950)

Literature

  • 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. 1959. The larvae of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Ann. Ent. Soc. America 52:430-449.
  • Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197.
  • Junco y Reyes, J.J. 1963. Himenópteros de Espana. Fam. Pompilidae (=Psammocharidae) Gens. Episyron Schdt., Batozonellus Arnd., Ctenostegus Hpt., Schistonyx Sauss. y Aporinellus Bks. EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 38:486-547.
  • 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. 1961. Some observations and prey records of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) from Northeastern United States. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 56 (1):23-24.
  • Kurczewski, F.E. & E.J. Kurczewski 1968. Host records for some North American Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). First supplement. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41 (3):367-382.
  • 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 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.
  • Provancher, L. 1882. Faune Canadienne (Continué de la page 15.). Naturaliste Canadien 13 (146):33-51.
  • Rohwer, S.A. 1916. Notes on the Psammocharidae described by Provancher, with description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist 48:369-372.
  • Say, T. 1836. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera, and observations on some already described. Boston Journal of Natural History 1 (3):209-305.
  • Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.