Brief Summary
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Most species occur in the Holarctic Region, but a few have been recorded from the Ethiopian and Oriental Regions. A European species makes 2-15 cells per nest in sandy soil. Recorded prey are leafhoppers and spittlebugs, both nymphs and adults.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
