Pompilus apicatus Provancher, 1882:35 (key), 38, ♀.St-Hyacinthe; 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 ♀ (Dernière Provancher Collection Public Museum, Quebec); Dreisbach, 1950Dreisbach, R.R. 1950. New species in the genera Anoplius, Pycnopompilus and Streptosella, n. gen. with keys and microphoto graphs of the genitalia of the males of these genera and Agenioideus for North America and the Antilles. The American Midland Naturalist 43 (3):570-599.:582, Type ♀ (Quebec National Museum); 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.:271, Type ♀ (Q.P.M., no. 769). - 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), 270 (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), 273 (listed); 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), 273 (biology); 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); 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); 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.:82 (listed); 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); Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:46 (listed); 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), 355 (biology). - As Anoplius apicatus: - 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.:49 (listed). - As Anoplochares apicatus: - As Arachnospila apicata: - Shimizu, 1994Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.:46 (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). - As Arachnospila apicatus: - 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). - As Pompilioides apicatus: - 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).
Pompilioides rectus Banks, 1914:303, ♂♀.Great Falls and Chain Bridge, Va., June;Ridgeway, Ontario, Can.;East Aurora, N. Y. (leg. Van Duzee);Black Mt., N. Car., May; 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.:271, Type ♂ (M.C.Z., no. 13,682). - Banks, 1914Banks, N. 1914. New species of Psammocharidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 22 (4):300-306.:303 (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.:1565 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus similaris (Banks, 1919)). - As Anoplochares rectus: - Banks, 1939Banks, N. 1939. Notes and descriptions of native Psammocharidae. The Canadian Entomologist 71:225-231.:229 (comb. nov.). - As Pompilinus rectus: - Banks, 1939Banks, N. 1939. Notes and descriptions of native Psammocharidae. The Canadian Entomologist 71:225-231.:229 (listed). - As Pompiloides rectus: - 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); 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.:271 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus apicatus Provancher, 1882). - As Pompilus rectus: - 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); 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.:82 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus apicatus Provancher, 1882).
Pompilioides elsinore Banks, 1919:236, ♀.B. Col.: Carbonate, Columbia River, 2,600 feet, 7-12 July (leg. Bradley); Paratype (M. C. Z., 10,401); Type (Cornell Univ. Coll); 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.:271, Type ♀ (C.U., no. 687). - Banks, 1919Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248.:235 (key); 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.:1565 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus similaris (Banks, 1919)); 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.:82 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus apicatus Provancher, 1882). - As Pompiloides elsinore: - 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.:271 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus apicatus Provancher, 1882).