Pompilus nigritus Dahlbom, 1843:47, ♂.Africa (leg. Zetterstedt); Day, 1977Day, M.C. 1977. Notes on some Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of incorrectly reported type-locality. Ent. monthly Mag. 112:71-74.:71, Holotype ♂, North America (provenance incorrectly reported as 'Patria ignota, forte Africa ad Promontor. B. Sp.'), examined (Z.I., Lund). - Dahlbom, 1845Dahlbom, A.G. 1845. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia-per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. Sphex Linn. Fasciculus III.: Crabronidarum continuatio et finis, Supplementum I. 353-528.:445 (listed); Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.:137 (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), 306 (listed); 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.:45 (listed). - As Anoplius nigritus: - Day, 1977Day, M.C. 1977. Notes on some Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of incorrectly reported type-locality. Ent. monthly Mag. 112:71-74.:71 (comb. nov.); 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.:45 (listed); 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); 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).
Pompilus relativus Fox, 1893:114, ♀. 1 ♀, Ocean County, N.J. (leg. Prof. J.B. Smith); 1 ♀, So. Illinois (leg. Chas. Robertson); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:248, Type ♀ (A.N.S.P., no. 412); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280, Type ♀ (ANSP, no. 412); Day, 1977Day, M.C. 1977. Notes on some Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of incorrectly reported type-locality. Ent. monthly Mag. 112:71-74.:71, Holotype ♀ (Academy of Natural Sciencies, Philadelphia). Synonymized with Anoplius nigritus (Dahlbom, 1843) by Day, 1977Day, M.C. 1977. Notes on some Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of incorrectly reported type-locality. Ent. monthly Mag. 112:71-74.:71. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 315 (listed); Cockerell, 1898Cockerell, T.D.A. 1898. Contributions to the entomology of New Mexico. Proc. Davenport Acad. nat. Sci. 7:139-148. (distribution); 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.:53 (listed); 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.:45 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius nigritus (Dahlbom, 1843)). - As Anoplius relativus: - Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361. (distribution), 251 (biology); 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); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442. (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.:371 (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.:68 (hosts); Kurczewski, 1975Kurczewski, F.E. 1975. Host records for some species of Pompilidae from the Southwestern United States and Mexico (Hymenoptera). The Pan Pacific Entomologist 51:147-151. (distribution), 148 (prey); 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); Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1987Kurczewski, F.E. & E.J. Kurczewski 1987. Northern distribution records for some Nearctic Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Great Lakes Entomologist 20 (2):81-84. (distribution); Menke, 1990Menke, A.S. 1990. Nomenclature of North American Pompilidae. Sphecos 20:18-19.:18 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius nigritus (Dahlbom, 1843)); 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), 351 (biology); 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.:5 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius nigritus (Dahlbom, 1843)); 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 Arachnophroctonus relativus: - 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), 14 (hosts). - As Arachnoproctonus relativus: - Dreisbach, 1957Dreisbach, R.R. 1957. A new species in the genus Arachnoproctonus(!) (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with photomicrographs of the genitalia and subgenital plate. Entomological News 68:72-75.:75 (key). - As Arachnoproctonus relativus: - Dreisbach, 1957Dreisbach, R.R. 1957. A new species in the genus Arachnoproctonus(!) (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with photomicrographs of the genitalia and subgenital plate. Entomological News 68:72-75.:75 (key).
Psammochares hesione Banks, 1910:250, ♂. ♂, Douglas and Hamilton Counties, Kansas (leg. Snow); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:248, Type ♂ (M.C.Z., no. 13,694); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280, Type ♂ (MCZ, no. 13,694). Synonymized with Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893) by Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:248. - Banks, 1917Banks, N. 1917. New fossorial Hymenoptera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:97-116.:108 (listed); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)); 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.:1556 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)); 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.:45 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius nigritus (Dahlbom, 1843)).
Psammochares difficilis Banks, 1917:105, ♀. Holotype ♀, Va.: Falls Church, 4, 17 September (M. C. Z., 10,019, leg. Nathan Banks); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:249, Type ♀ (M.C.Z., no. 10,019); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280, Type ♀ (MCZ, no. 10,019). Synonymized with Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893) by Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:249. - Banks, 1917Banks, N. 1917. New fossorial Hymenoptera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:97-116.:108 (listed); Wolf, 1966Wolf, H. 1966. Die Süd- und Mitteleuropäischen Arten der mit Ammosphex Wilcke 1942 verwandten Untergattungen (Hym. Pompiliae). Boll. Mus. Civ. Sto. Nat. Venezia 16:39-107.:68 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus alpivagus difficilis Haupt, 1926); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)); 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.:1556 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)); 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.:45 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius nigritus (Dahlbom, 1843)).
Anoplius confraternus Banks, 1926:201, ♀.Ridgeway, Ontario, 24 July (leg. Van Duzee); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:249, Type ♀ (M.C.Z., no. 15,802); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280, Type ♀ (MCZ, no. 15,802). Synonymized with Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893) by Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:249. - 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.:50 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)); 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.:1556 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)); 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.:45 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius nigritus (Dahlbom, 1843)).
Psammochares henshawi Banks, 1939:226, sex not indicated. Holotype, Ainsworth, Wash., 20 July 1882 (leg. S. Henshaw); Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:249, Type ♀ (M.C.Z., no. 23,480); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280, Type ♀ (MCZ, no. 23,480). Synonymized with Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893) by Evans, 1950Evans, H.E. 1950. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 2. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76:207-361.:249. - Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)); 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.:1556 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)); 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.:45 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius nigritus (Dahlbom, 1843)).
Arachnoproctonus variegatus Dreisbach, 1957:72, ♂. Holotype ♂, N. Mexico (Am. Mus.). - Dreisbach, 1957Dreisbach, R.R. 1957. A new species in the genus Arachnoproctonus(!) (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with photomicrographs of the genitalia and subgenital plate. Entomological News 68:72-75.:75 (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.:1556 (!); 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.:45 (incorrect spelling).Arachnoproctonus variegatus Dreisbach, 1957:72, ♂. Holotype ♂, N. Mexico (Am. Mus.). - Dreisbach, 1957Dreisbach, R.R. 1957. A new species in the genus Arachnoproctonus(!) (Hymenoptera: Psammocharidae) with photomicrographs of the genitalia and subgenital plate. Entomological News 68:72-75.:75 (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.:1556 (!); 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.:45 (incorrect spelling).
Arachnophroctonus variegatus Dreisbach, 1957:72, Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280, Type ♂ (AMNH). - Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:280 ( listed as synonym of Anoplius relativus (Fox, 1893)).