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Family Crabronidae - Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies

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Review of the wasps of the subfamily Pseninae of North America (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)
By Malloch, J.R.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 82 (2967):1–60, 1933
full text
The 2 plates are found between pages 16 and 17 as numbered in the paper

Revision of the Nearctic Psenini (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) I. Redescriptions and Keys to the Genera and Subgenera
By Gittins, A.R.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 49-76, 1969
full text with free JSTOR account

A generic revision of the fossorial wasps of the tribes Stizini and Bembicini with notes and descriptions of new species
By Parker J.B.
Proc. USNM 75: 1-203, 1929

The Sand Wasps: Natural History and Behavior
By Howard Ensign Evans & Kevin M. O'Neill
Harvard University Press, 2007
This book can be previewed here. I have only browsed it a bit, but it looks like yet another excellent work from Howard Ensign Evans and his collaborators.

California wasps of the subfamily Philanthinae (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
By Bohart R.M., Grissell E.E
Bull. Calif. Insect Survey 19: 1-92, 1975

On the subfamily Astatinae. Part VII. The genus Diploplectron Fox (Hymenoptera: Specidae)
By F.D. Parker
Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 65(5): 1192-1203, 1972
Key to species of Diploplectron with species discriptions, pictures of characters and range maps.

Eighteen species Diploplectron are recognized; 15 species from the New World are keyed, described, discussed, and their relationships are evaluated. The biology of the genus is summarized, and new information on nesting habits and prey records are presented for D. peglowi Krombein, D. fossor Rohwer, and D. vierecki Pate. NEW SYNONYMY includes: D. rufoantennatum Rohwer placed under D. fossor Rohwer; D. rclativum Rohwer, D. cressoni Rohwer, and D. ashmeadi Rohwer placed under D. ferrugineum Ashmead. D. beccum, D. sierrense, D. californicum, D. neotropicum, D. irwini, D. secoense, and D. orizabense are new to science.

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

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