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Arachnospila scelesta (Cresson, 1865)

Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865:451, ♂♀. 4 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀, Colorado Territory, 1864 (leg. Mr. James Ridings); 6 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂, Colorado Territory, 1864 (leg. Mr. James Ridings); 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.:261, Lectotype ♀ (A.N.S.P., no. 415); 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.:400, Lectotype ♀ (ANSP, no. 415). - 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), 88 (listed); 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. (distribution), 36 (description female); 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), 321 (listed); Ashmead, 1904Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps of the superfamily Vespoidea. Part 4. . The Canadian Entomologist 36:5-9.:83 (comb. nov.); 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.:105 (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), 263 (biology); 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.:377 (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), 23 (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.:73 (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); 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.:80 (listed); 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); 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 Arachnospila scelesta: - 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). - As Arachnospila scelestus: - Kurczewski et al., 1987Kurczewski, F.E., E.J. Kurczewski & R. Norton 1987. New prey records for species of Nearctic Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60 (3):467-475.:474 (prey). - As Pompilus anomalus scelestus: - 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 Psammochares scelestus: - Banks, 1917Banks, N. 1917. New fossorial Hymenoptera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:97-116.:108 (listed); Banks, 1919Banks, N. 1919. The Psammocharidae of western North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 63:229-248. (distribution), 231 (key female), 232 (key male), 233 (listed). - As Pycnopompilus scelestus:
Pompilus pulchrinellus Cameron, 1893:194,Mexico, Northern Sonora (leg. Morrison); 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.:400, Type ♀ (BMNH, no. 19,693). Synonymized with Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865 by 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.:400. - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:194 (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), 313 (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 scelestus Cresson, 1865); 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.:80 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865).
Pompilus omiltemensis Cameron, 1893:197, ♂♀.Mexico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (leg. H.H. Smith);Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 to 6000 feet (leg. Champion); 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.:400, Type ♂ (BMNH, no. 19,687). Synonymized with Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865 by 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.:400. - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:197 (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), 307 (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 scelestus Cresson, 1865); 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.:80 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865).
Pompilus montezuma ♂ Cameron, 1893:193, ♂ - 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.:400 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865).
Psammochares astur Banks, 1911:225, ♀.Great Falls, Md., 12 July;Falls Church, Va., Sept. and Oct.;Waldoboro, Me.; 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.:261, Type ♀ (M.C.Z., no. 13,688); 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.:400, Type ♀ (MCZ, no. 13,688). - Banks, 1917Banks, N. 1917. New fossorial Hymenoptera. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 61:97-116.:108 (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.:261 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865); 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.:400 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865); 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.:80 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865). - As Pycnopompilus astur:
Psammochares sublaevis Banks, 1921:20, ♀. ♀, Marion County, Indiana; ♀, Sea Cliff, N. Y.; 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.:262, Type ♀ (M.C.Z., no. 13,693); 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.:400, Type ♀ (MCZ, no. 13,693). - 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.:262 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865); 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.:400 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865); 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 scelestus Cresson, 1865); 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.:80 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865). - As Pycnopompilus sublaevis:
Pycnopompilus subscelestus Dreisbach, 1950:591, ♂. Holotype ♂, Ute Creek, Colo., VII-30 (Neb., leg. R.W. Dawson); 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.:262, Type ♂ (Univ. Nebraska); 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.:400, Type ♂ (Univ. Nebraska). Synonymized with Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865 by 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.:262. - 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. (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.:400 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus scelestus Cresson, 1865); 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 scelestus Cresson, 1865).

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Area distribution map

map of Arachnospila scelesta (Cresson, 1865)

Distribution

CANCanada
 (Dalla Torre, 1897; Evans, 1966; Krombein et al., 1979)
CAN-AlbCanada - Alberta
 (Evans, 1951)
CAN-BrCCanada - British Columbia
 (Evans, 1951)
CAN-ManCanada - Manitoba
 (Evans, 1951)
CAN-NeBCanada - New Brunswick
 (Evans, 1951)
CAN-NoSCanada - Nova Scotia
 (Evans, 1951)
CAN-OntCanada - Ontario
 (Evans, 1951)
CAN-QuéCanada - Québec
 (Provancher, 1882; Evans, 1951)
MEXMexico
 (Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pompilus pulchrinellus Cameron, 1893]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pompilus omiltemensis Cameron, 1893]; Krombein et al., 1979; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pompilus omiltemensis Cameron, 1893]; Evans, 1966; Evans, 1966 [as Pompilus omiltemensis Cameron, 1893]; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-HidMexico - Hidalgo
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-MdOMexico - Michoacán
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-MéxMexico - México
 (Evans, 1966)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-SonMexico - Sonora
 (Cameron, 1893 [as Pompilus pulchrinellus Cameron, 1893]; Evans, 1966; Evans, 1966 [as Pompilus pulchrinellus Cameron, 1893]; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
PANPanama
 (Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pompilus omiltemensis Cameron, 1893])
USA-AKUnited States - Alaska
 (Evans, 1951 [as Psammochares astur Banks, 1911])
USA-AZUnited States - Arizona
 (Evans, 1951)
USA-CAUnited States - California
 (Banks, 1919; Evans, 1951; Evans, 1966; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-COUnited States - Colorado
 (Cresson, 1865; Cresson, 1867; Dalla Torre, 1897; Dreisbach, 1950 [as Pycnopompilus subscelestus Dreisbach, 1950]; Evans, 1966 [as Pycnopompilus subscelestus Dreisbach, 1950]; Evans, 1966; Evans, 1997)
USA-CTUnited States - Connecticut
 (Cresson, 1867)
USA-GAUnited States - Georgia
 (Evans, 1951; Evans, 1966; Krombein et al., 1979)
USA-IAUnited States - Iowa
 (Evans, 1951)
USA-INUnited States - Indiana
 (Evans, 1951; Evans, 1966 [as Psammochares sublaevis Banks, 1921])
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Evans, 1951)
USA-MDUnited States - Maryland
 (Evans, 1966 [as Psammochares astur Banks, 1911])
USA-MIUnited States - Michigan
 (Dreisbach, 1950 [as Pycnopompilus subscelestus Dreisbach, 1950]; Evans, 1951)
USA-MNUnited States - Minnesota
 (Evans, 1951)
USA-NCUnited States - North Carolina
 (Evans, 1951)
USA-NJUnited States - New Jersey
 (Cresson, 1867)
USA-NMUnited States - New Mexico
 (Evans, 1951; Kurczewski & Kurczewski, 1968)
USA-PAUnited States - Pennsylvania
 (Kurczewski, 1999)
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872; Evans, 1951)
USA-WAUnited States - Washington
 (Banks, 1919)

Literature

  • Ashmead, W.H. 1904. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps of the superfamily Vespoidea. Part 4. . The Canadian Entomologist 36:5-9.
  • Banks, N. 1911. Psammocharidæ: Classification and Descriptions. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19 (4):219-237.
  • 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. 1921. New Nearctic fossorial Hymenoptera. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 16:16-26.
  • Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.
  • Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1865. Catalogue of Hymenoptera in the collection of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, from Colorado Territory (Continued from page 313). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:426-488.
  • 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.
  • Dreisbach, 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.
  • Evans, 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.
  • Evans, 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.
  • Evans, H.E. 1997. Spider wasps of Colorado (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae): An annotated checklist. The Great Basin Naturalist 57 (3):189-197.
  • 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. & 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., E.J. Kurczewski & R. Norton 1987. New prey records for species of Nearctic Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60 (3):467-475.
  • Pate, 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.
  • Provancher, L. 1882. Faune Canadienne (Continué de la page 15.). Naturaliste Canadien 13 (146):33-51.
  • Shimizu, A. 1994. Phylogeny and Classification of the Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera). Bull. Nat. Hist. Tokyio Metropol. Univ. 2:1-142.
  • 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.
  • Wasbauer M.S. & L.S. Kimsey 1985. California spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Bul. Calif. Ins. Surv. 26:1-130.