Albert T. Finnamore. 1998. Aculeate Wasps in Smith, I.M., and G.G.E. Scudder, eds. Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, 1998.
ACULEATE WASPS
(Excluding Formicidae)
Albert T. Finnamore
VESPOIDEA
The Vespoidea is a moderately large, mostly tropical group of 48 000 species (Brothers and Finnamore 1993) in 10 families. All families are represented in Canada (316 species). They are represented in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone by five families, Tiphiidae, Mutillidae, Formicidae, Vespidae and Pompilidae.
Tiphiidae is a varied, cosmopolitan, but predominantly tropical family containing about 1500 species (Brothers and Finnamore 1993). There are 33 species known from Canada of which 7 are found in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Sex associations are often very difficult, especially in groups with apterous females. The larvae are usually ectoparasitoids of the larvae of soil-dwelling Coleoptera.
1. Tiphia anguis Allen
DISTRIBUTION: Allen (1971) reported this species from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, and Wyoming.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Vernon.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae.
2. Tiphia fortistriolata Cameron
DISTRIBUTION: Allen (1971) reported this species from British Columbia, Oregon, Colorado, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Robson; Summerland.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae.
3. Tiphia nevadana Cameron
DISTRIBUTION: Allen (1971) reported this species from British Columbia, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Elko, East kootenay County; Okanagan; Oliver; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae.
4. Tiphia tegulina Malloch
DISTRIBUTION: Allen (1971) reported this species from British Columbia, Oregon, Idaho, California, and Nevada.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Oliver.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae.
5. Paratiphia claripennis Cameron
DISTRIBUTION: Allen (1968) reported this species from British Columbia, Idaho, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Oliver.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae?
6. Paratiphia nevadensis Cameron
DISTRIBUTION: Allen (1968) reported this species from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma,, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Merritt; Okanagan; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae?
7. Paratiphia robusta Cameron
DISTRIBUTION: Allen (1968) reported this species from British Columbia, Idaho, Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Vernon.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae?
MUTILLIDAE
Mutillidae (velvet ants) is a cosmopolitan but predominantly tropical family containing about 5000 species. There are 28 species known from Canada of which five have been collected in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Brothers and Finnamore 1993) report that adults are densely pubescent and predominantly black, brown, or reddish, often marked with bright spots or bands that are usually white, yellow or red. The integument is thick and hard, and females often have a powerful sting. Sex associations are difficult since females are apterous and males are winged resulting in vastly different appearances. All species are solitary. The larvae are ectoparasitoids of the larvar or pupae of other insects especially other aculeate Hymenoptera, but also Diptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Dictuoptera.
1. Dasymutilla
bioculata (Cresson) 
DISTRIBUTION: Mickel (1928) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Illinois, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Oliver.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Hymenoptera: Sphecidae.
2. Dasymutilla caneo (Blake)
DISTRIBUTION: Mickel (1928) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Oliver 1923.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Hymenoptera: ?.
3. Dasymutilla columbiana Mickel
DISTRIBUTION: Mickel (1928) reported this species from British Columbia.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Nicola.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Hymenoptera: ?.
4. Dasymutilla monticola (Cresson)
DISTRIBUTION: Mickel (1928) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, and Arizona.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Oliver.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Hymenoptera: ?.
5. Dasymutilla
vesta vesta (Cresson) 
DISTRIBUTION: Mickel (1928) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Dog Lake; Lillooet; Nicola; Okanagan; Okanagan Falls; Oliver; Osoyoos; Peachland; Penticton; Summerland; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: parasitoid. Host - Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Anthophoridae.
VESPIDAE
The Vespidae is a moderately large and mostly tropical family, although the Vespinae (hornets and yellowjackets) is northern. The Nearctic fauna contains 330 species with 62 species reported from Canada. This study reports 14 species from the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. There are two subfamilies found in the Ecozone, Eumeninae and Vespinae; the former is predatory on lepidopterous and sometimes coleopterous larvae, and the latter is predatory on a wide range of insects.
1. Ancistrocerus adiabatus adiabatus (Saussure)
DISTRIBUTION: transcontinental in southern Canada (Krombein et al. 1979).
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff.
2. Ancistrocerus catskill albophaleratus (Saussure)
DISTRIBUTION: boreal transcontinental in Canada, south to Arizona, New Mexico and North Carolina (Krombein et al. 1979).
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff; Waterton.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Lepidoptera.
3. Ancistrocerus waldenii waldenii (Viereck)
DISTRIBTUION: Alaska and Canada south to Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia (Krombein et al. 1979).
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff; Waterton.
4. Symmorphus cristatus (Saussure)
DISTRIBUTION: transcontinental. Cumming (1989) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone but has not been reported from the Ecozone in that province.
ALTA: Banff.
5. Dolichovespula arctica Rohwer
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland; West Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff.
BC: Aspen Grove; Chilcotin; Glacier; Kaslo; Revelstoke Mountain; Vernon.
6. Dolichovespula
arenaria (Fabricius) 
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland; D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona; Washington; Oregon, Nevada, California, Alaska.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff; Waterton.
BC: Chilcotin; Cranbrook; Glacier; Kaslo; Kamloops; Keremeos; Kicking Horse Pass; Mt. Revelstoke; Robson; Salmon Arm; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: predator/scavenger.
7. Dolichovespula maculata (Linnaeus)
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Alabama, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Washington; Oregon, California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff; Banff Springs.
BC: Aspen Grove; Chilcotin; Invermere; Kamloops; Kaslo; Kelowna; Keremeos; Lillooet; Oliver; Osoyoos; Robson; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: predator/scavenger.
8. Dolichovespula norvegicoides (Sladen)
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona; Washington; Oregon, California, Alaska.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff; Jasper; Waterton.
BC: Glacier; Kaslo; Kicking Horse Pass; Mt. Revelstoke; Revelstoke; Rogers Pass; Vernon; Yoho National Park.
9. Vespula acadica (Sladen)
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff; Jasper; Waterton.
BC: Kamloops; Kaslo; Lillooet; Revelstoke; Robson; Vernon.
10. Vespula atropilosa (Sladen)
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California,
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Waterton.
BC: Chilcotin; Cranbrook; Kamloops; Kaslo; Keremeos; Lillooet; Lytton, Merritt; Okanagan Falls; Oliver; Penticton; Summerland; Vernon.
11. Vespula austriaca (Panzer)
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, New York, New Jersey, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California, Eurasia.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff; Jasper..
BC: Kamloops; Kaslo; Lillooet; Robson.
12. Vespula consobrina (Saussure)
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota,Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff; Waterton.
BC: Chilcotin; Kamloops; Kaslo; Kelowna; Keremeos; Merritt; Nicola; Penticton; Revelstoke; Robson; Salmon Arm; Vernon.
13. Vespula pennsylvanica (Saussure)
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, California, Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Chilcotin; Cranbrook; Invermere, Kamloops; Kaslo; Keremeos; Lillooet; Lytton; Merritt; Nicola; Okanagan Falls; Oliver; Osoyoos; Peachland; Penticton; Revelstoke; Robson; Thompson River; Vernon.
14. Vespula vulgaris (Linnaeus)
DISTRIBUTION: Miller (1961) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Alaska, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, California,
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff; Waterton.
BC: Cranbrook; Invermere; Lillooet; Mount Revelstoke; Robson.
POMPILIDAE
The Pompilidae is a cosmopolitan but mostly tropical family containing about 4200 species. The 75 Canadian species of spider wasps (Pompilidae) form the second largest family of vespoid wasps in Canada; only the ants (Formicidae) are larger. There are 44 species reported from the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Species of Pompilidae are found across Canada and as far north as the tree line and into the southern fringes of the arctic. All species are solitary. As their common name suggests these wasps are predatory on spiders but a few are cleptoparasitic on other pompilids. The larva develops on a single paralyzed spider in a cell constructed and provisioned by the female.
1. Chirodamas pyrrhomelas (Walker)
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Keremeos; Okanagan; Oliver; Robson; Salmon Arm; Summerland; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
2. Cryptocheilus terminatum terminatum (Say)
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wyoming, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Fort Steele.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
3. Priocnemis (Priocnemis) aequalis (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Quebec, New Hampshire, New York, Utah, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Revelstoke.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
4. Priocnemis (Priocnemissus) minorata Banks
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, D.C., Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Verment, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Creston.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
5. Priocnemis (Priocnemissus) oregona Banks
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Aspen Grove; Creston; Kaslo; Lavington; Penticton; Robson; Salmon Arm; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
6. Calicurgus hyalinatus borealis (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, and Washington.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Revelstoke.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
7. Dipogon (Deuteragenia) sayi nigrior Townes
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, Oregon, California, and Montana.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Okanagan.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
8. Auplopus architectus metallicus (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Kaslo; Midday Valley, Merrit; Salmon Arm; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
9. Auplopus caerulescens subcorticalis (Walsh)
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, Ontario, Arizona, California, Colorado, D.C., Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Salmon Arm.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
10. Ageniella (Ageniella) blaisdelli (Fox)
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, California, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Okanagan; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
11. Ageniella (Ageniella) coronata Banks
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, California, Utah, Washington.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Lytton; Oliver; Okanagan; Peachland.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
12. Aporus (Aporus) luxus assimilis (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Bradley (1944) reported this species from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, and Utah.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Penticton.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
13. Evagetes crassicornis consimilis (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and North Dakota.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Waterton Lake.
BC: Chilcotin.
BIOLOGY: cleptoparasite. Host - Hymenoptera: Pompilidae.
14. Evagetes hyacinthinus (Cresson)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Wisconsin, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Baja California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Creston.
BIOLOGY: cleptoparasite. Host - Hymenoptera: Pompilidae.
15. Evagetes ingenuus (Cresson)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Michigan, Minnesota, Dakota Territories, Arizona, Colorado, California, Kansas, Iowa, and Georgia.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Okanagan.
BIOLOGY: cleptoparasite. Host - Hymneoptera: Pompilidae.
16. Evagetes padrinus padrinus (Viereck)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and Montana.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Creston.
BIOLOGY: cleptoparasite. Host - Hymenoptera: Pompilidae.
17. Evagetes parvus (Cresson)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from British Columbia, Yukon, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Michigan, Wisconsin, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, and Georgia.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Carbonate.
BIOLOGY: cleptoparasite. Host - Hymenoptera: Pompilidae.
18. Agenioideus (Agenioideus) humilis (Cresson)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, California Texas, Florida, Mexico, and Guatemela.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Revelstoke.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
19. Episyron biguttatus californicus (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, South Dakota, Montana, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Waterton.
BC: Revelstoke.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
20. Episyron oregon Evans
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, anc California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Vernon.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
21. Episyron quinquenotatus hurdi Evans
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Idaho, and Montona.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Crescent; Penticton.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
22. Tachypompilus unicolor unicolor (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1950) reported this species from British Columbia, Washington, California, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Okanagan Falls; Oliver; Peachland.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
23. Anoplius (Lophopompilus) aethiops (Cresson)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951a) reported this species from British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, California, Texas, Alabama, Georiga, North Carolina, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Vernon.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
24. Anoplius (Lophopompilus) cleora (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951a) reported this species from British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado, Oregon, California, Arizona, Texas, Kansas, Indiana, North Carolina, and Baja California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Vernon.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
25. Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) insolens (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951a) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, California, Arizona, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, Georgia, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Creston.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
26. Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) relativus (Fox)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951a) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, Michigan, Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Okanagan.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
27. Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) tenebrosus (Cresson)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951a) reported this species from British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New Jersey.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from western Canada indicate that this species occurs in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone of Alberta and in other Ecozones in British Columbia.
ALTA: Kananaskis; Waterton.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
28. Anoplius (Anoplius) tenuicornis (Tournier)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951a) reported this species from British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Vermont, Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, and New Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Kaslo.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
29. Anoplius (Anoplius) toluca (Cameron)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951a) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Creston; Seton Lake.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
30. Ammosphex angularis angularis (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Chilcotin.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
31. Ammosphex anomalus anomalus (Dreisbach)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Colorado, Arizona, California, Washington, and Baja California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Crescent; Seton Lake, Lillooet.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
32. Ammosphex imbecillus imbecillus (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Michigan, South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, and New Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Hedley; Midday Valley, Meritt; Revelstoke; Robson; Salmon Arm.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
33. Ammosphex luctuosus luctuosus (Cresson)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, Yukon, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Quebec, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, and California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Chilcotin; Vavenby; Windermere.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
34. Ammosphex
occidentalis (Dreisbach) 
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff.
BC: Keremeos; Midday Valley, Merritt; Okanagan; Robson.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
35. Arachnospila fumipennis eureka (Banks)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Carbonate, Columbia River; Merritt (CNC).
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
36. Arachnospila fumipennis fumipennis (Zetterstedt)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from Alaska, British Columbia, Yukon; Alberta, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, New York, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Washington.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
ALTA: Banff.
BC: Glacier.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
37. Arachnospila scelestus Cresson
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Michigan, Minnesota, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Georgia, and North Carolina.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from western Canada indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone on the east side of the continental divide.
ALTA: Waterton.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
38. Anoplochares apicatus (Provancher)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland, Washington, California, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Carbonate.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
39. Aporinellus taeniatus taeniatus (Kohl)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, Alberta, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Minnesota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Louisiana, Florida, Mexico, and Guatemala.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Okanagan Falls; Penticton.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
40. Aporinellus yucatanensis (Cameron)
DISTRIBUTION: Evans (1951b) reported this species from British Columbia, New Jersey, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Kansas, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Peachland.
BIOLOGY: predator. Host - Araneae.
41. Ceropales maculata fraterna Smith
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, D.C., Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Fernie; Kaslo; Keremeos; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: cleptoparasite. Host - Hymenoptera: Pompilidae.
42. Ceropales maculata rhodomerus Townes
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from western Canada indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone east of the continental divide.
ALTA: Waterton Lakes.
BIOLOGY: cleptoparasite. Host - Hymenoptera: Pompilidae.
43. Ceropales maculata stretchii Fox
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is not restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Keremeos; Lillooet; Vernon.
BIOLOGY: cleptoparasite. Host - Hymenoptera: Pompilidae.
44. Ceropales nigripes Cresson
DISTRIBUTION: Townes (1957) reported this species from British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and Mexico.
MONTANE CORDILLERA ECOZONE: collection records from British Columbia indicate that this species is restricted to the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.
BC: Osoyoos.
BIOLOGY: cleptoparasite. Host - Hymenoptera: Pompilidae.
