Macromeris, Lepeletier, 1831

Shimizu, Akira, Wasbauer, Marius & Takami, Yasuoki, 2010, Phylogeny and the evolution of nesting behaviour in the tribe Ageniellini (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160 (1), pp. 88-117 : 95

Macromeris splendida Lepeletier, 1831 Tm ? +

violacea Lepeletier, 1831 Sp Fs +

Gess (1981)

[Burrow](Mud)–PreyPlastering?+ Af Chapman (1958); Gess & Packing Gess (1976)

[Burrow](Mud)–PreyPlastering?+ Af Gess & Gess (1974, 1977) Packing Af Gess & Gess (1974)

Mud cell–Prey Plastering NA Evans & Yoshimoto

(1962); Kurczewski

(1961); Krombein (1963); Kurczewski & Kurczewski (1968a); Kurczewski, Kurczewski & Norton (1987)

Mud cell–Prey Plastering Communal Phi Williams (1919) (eight females)

Mud cell–Prey Plastering Jp Iwata et al. (1982)

Carton Plastering In Maindron (1879)

cell–Prey

Mud (Carton) Plastering Communal Phi, Tha, In Dutt (1914); Williams cell–Prey (three (1919); Iwata (1964) females)

*Ac, Acanthoctenidae ; Ag, Agelenidae ; An, Anyphaenidae ; Cl, Clubionidae ; Ct, Ctenidae ; Gn, Gnaphosidae ; Ly, Lycosidae ; Ox, Oxyopidae ; Ph, Philodromidae ; Pi, Pisauridae ; Ps, Psechridae ; Sa, Salticidae ; Sg, Segestriidae ; Sl, Selenopidae ; Sp, Sparassidae ; Te, Tengellidae ; Tm, Thomisidae ; Zp, Zoropsidae .

†B, backwards; F, forwards; m, holds mouthparts of spider; l, holds a leg of spider; s, holds spinnerets of spider.

‡-, does not amputate; +, amputates part or all of legs of spider.

§Burrow, burrows from surface of soil; (Burrow), burrows from depression, crevice, or side of hole; [Burrow], burrows in the earth, using water; [Burrow] (Mud), burrows in the earth, using water, and constructs a cylindrical tube or turret attached to the entrance; Cavity, uses pre-existing cavity; Mud cell, builds cell out of mud or plant materials; Prey, captures prey.

¶Packing, packs soil or debris with mandibles; Plastering, plasters mud or other plastic materials with dorsal tip of gaster.

**Maximum number of females observed on nest is given in parentheses.

††Af, Africa; Au, Australia; CA, Central America; Eu, Europe; In, India; Jp, Japan; NA, North America; Phi, Philippines; RFE, Russian Far East; SA, South America; Sr, Sri Lanka; Tha, Thailand; Tw, Taiwan.

‡‡Subgeneric position of Ageniella anconis is unknown, but it is presumed that the species belongs to the subgenus Ameragenia , based on its original description by Banks (1925: 330). §§As Machaerothrix tsushimensis represents an intermediate stage between solitary and communal, here the stage is reffered to as ‘pre-communal’.