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Auplopus mellipes mellipes (Say, 1836)

Pompilus méllipes Say, 1836:304, ♀. ♀, Indiana; ♀, Indiana. - Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.:159 (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. (distribution), 128 (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.:205 (listed); Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:152 (listed). - As Agenia mellipes: - Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Provancher, 1882Provancher, L. 1882. Faune Canadienne (Continué de la page 15.). Naturaliste Canadien 13 (146):33-51.:43 (description male); 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.:205 (listed). - As Auplopus mellipes: - 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), 345 (biology); 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), 39 (prey). - As Auplopus mellipes mellipes: - Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:152 (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.:174 (change of status, prey [Phidippus sp., Pisaurina mira (Walck.), Herpyllus vasifer (Walck.), Marpissa undata (DeG.)]); 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); Kurczewski & Spofford, 1986Kurczewski, F.E. & Spofford, M.G. 1986. Observations on the behaviors of some Scoliidae and Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Florida. The Florida Entomologist 69 (4):636-644. (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); Horta Vega et al., 2009Horta Vega, J.V., M.E.García Gutiérrez, M.I. Benavides Martínez & A. Correa Sandoval 2009. Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 25 (1):71-82. (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); Quijano-Cuervo et al., 2020Quijano-Cuervo, L.G., R.Badillo-Montaño & A. Falcón-Brindis 2020. Nesting ecology and first description of the male of Auplopus auripilus Cresson (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science :. (distribution, prey [Paraphidiuppus aurantius]); 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). - As Pseudagenia mellipes: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 205 (listed).
Pseudagenia mellipes interior Banks, 1911:233, sex not indicated.Southern Pines, N. Car.. - Townes, 1957Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209:1-286.:152 ( listed as synonym of Auplopus mellipes mellipes (Say, 1836)); 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.:1538 ( listed as synonym of Auplopus mellipes mellipes (Say, 1836)).

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Area distribution map

map of Auplopus mellipes mellipes (Say, 1836)

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Dalla Torre, 1897)
MEX-SinMexico - Sinaloa
 (Kurczewski et al., 2020; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-TamMexico - Tamaulipas
 (Horta Vega et al., 2009; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
USAUnited States
 (Dalla Torre, 1897)
USA-FLUnited States - Florida
 (Krombein et al., 1979; Kurczewski & Spofford, 1986; Leavengood, Jr. J.M. et al., 2011; Leavengood et al., 2011)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Say, 1836)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Cresson, 1867; Krombein, 1963)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-NYUnited States - New York
 (Cresson, 1867)
USA-OKUnited States - Oklahoma
 (Quijano-Cuervo et al., 2020)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Kurczewski, 1999)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872; Krombein et al., 1979; Hook et al., 1990)
USA-WVUnited States - West Virginia
 (Cresson, 1867)

Literature

  • Banks, N. 1911. Psammocharidæ: Classification and Descriptions. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19 (4):219-237.
  • 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. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Horta Vega, J.V., M.E.García Gutiérrez, M.I. Benavides Martínez & A. Correa Sandoval 2009. Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 25 (1):71-82.
  • 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. 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. & Spofford, M.G. 1986. Observations on the behaviors of some Scoliidae and Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Florida. The Florida Entomologist 69 (4):636-644.
  • 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.
  • Provancher, L. 1882. Faune Canadienne (Continué de la page 15.). Naturaliste Canadien 13 (146):33-51.
  • Quijano-Cuervo, L.G., R.Badillo-Montaño & A. Falcón-Brindis 2020. Nesting ecology and first description of the male of Auplopus auripilus Cresson (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). International Journal of Tropical Insect Science :.
  • 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.
  • 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.