Identification
Females have a row of teeth on the dorsal side of hind tibiae.
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Range
Transcontinental as a genus. Fairly widespread.
Habitat
Varied, from open woods and woodland edges to semi-arid grasslands, etc.
Season
In the north this genus is found mid-summer to early autumn (approximately June to September). They have a longer flight period in the south.
Food
They apparently rarely visit flowers. They provision nests with Agelenid spiders
Life Cycle
One generation per year in northern states.
Print References
Townes, H.K. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies pepsinae and ceropalinae. U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 209: 1-286. (descriptions, distribution, keys)
Krombein, K.V. 1979. Pompilidae, pp. 1527-1528. In Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, Jr., D.R. Smith, and B.D. Burks, eds. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 2 Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington, D.C.
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Lynette Elliott on 12 July, 2008 - 8:56am
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