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Tribe Trypoxylini


A First Florida Record and Note on the Nesting of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) texense Saussure (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
By Frank E. Kurczewski
The Florida Entomologist Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 243-245, 1963

The Wasps of the Genus Pisionopsis Fox (Hymenoptera Sphecidae)
By Williams F.X.
Pan-Pac. Entomol. 30: 235-246, 1954
Still a good key to the genus and good descriptions.

Composition of spider prey captured by the wasp Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tridentatum tridentatum in two habitats in an oasis in
By Karina Domínguez & María Luisa Jiménez
The Canadian Entomologist 140: 388–392, 2008
Complete title: "Composition of spider prey captured by the wasp Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tridentatum tridentatum in two habitats in an oasis in Baja California Sur, Mexico"

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Wasps of the Genus Trypoxylon Subgenus Trypargilum in North America (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)
By Rollin E. Coville
University of California Press, Entomology, Volume 97, 1982

A Review of the Nearctic Wasps of the Genus Trypoxylon (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
By Grace A. Sandhouse
American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 133-176, 1940

Sphecid wasps of the world: a generic revision
By Richard Mitchell Bohart, Arnold S. Menke
University of California Press, 1976
This is an excellent reference work!! The entire masterly obra magnum (675+ pages!) can be accessed beginning at the link below:

      https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FExMjuRhjpIC/page/n1

...provided courtesy of the "Internet Archive".

Thanks to Jeff for pointing to this link, which provides access to the entire work...unlike the incomplete coverage available at the Google Books link I had originally posted here.

Trap-nesting wasps and bees: life histories, nests, and associates
By Krombein K.V.
Smithsonian Press, Washington, DC. vi+570 pp., 1967

Wasps: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects and Pollinators of Native Plants
By Heather N. Holm
Pollination Press LLC; First edition, 2021