Karl Vorse Krombein

Karl Vorse Krombein (1912–2005), American entomologist (Hymenoptera).

(List may be incomplete)

• 9 taxon names authored by Karl Vorse Krombein

(List may be incomplete)

• 1940. Studies in the Tiphiidae (Hym. Aculeata). IV. A revision of the Myrmosinae of the New World and a discussion of the Old World species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 65: 415–465.

• 1942. A new genus and species of Brachycistidinae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 44: 65–68.

• 1946. A new species of Myrmosa (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 48: 247–248.

• 1947. An unnoticed subgeneric name in Bombus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 49: 170.

• 1948. An adventive Megachile in Washington, D.C. (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 50: 14.

• 1949. Studies in the Tiphiidae. VII. The Madagascan species (Hymenoptera Aculeta). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 51: 45–73.

• 1950. Taxonomic notes on the wasps of the subgenus Pseneo Malloch (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 52: 277–287.

• 1951. Superfamily Scolioidea [except Sapygidae]. Pages 735–776 in Muesebeck, Krombein & Townes. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic Catalog. U.S. Dept. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. 1420 pp.
• 1951. Taxonomic notes on some wasps from Florida with description of new species and subspecies (Hymenoptera, Scolioidea and Sphecoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 80: 1–27.
• 1951. Notes on some Madagascan Mutillidae with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera, Scolioidea). Memoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar, (A)5(2): 285–294.
• Muesebeck, C.F.W., & Townes, H.J. 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico—Synoptic Catalog. U.S. Dept. Agriculture Monograph No. 2. 1420 pp. Reference page. 
• Muesebeck, C.F.W., & Townes, H.J. 1951. Synoptic catalog of North American Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 53: 232. Reference page. 

• 1952. Preliminary annotated list of the wasps of Lost River State Park, West Virginia, with descriptions of new species and biological notes (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 54: 175–184.

• 1953. Kill Devil Hills wasps (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 55: 113–134.

• 1954. The identity of Brachycistis nocticola Bradley (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 56: 85–86.

• 1956. Biological and taxonomic notes on the wasps of Lost River State Park, West Virginia, with additions to the faunal list (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 58: 153–161.
• 1956. Chrysis fuscipennis Br, a recent adventive wasp in Washington, D.C., from the Old World (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 58: 275.

• & Schuster, R.M. 1957. A review of the Typhoctinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 59: 209–232.

• 1958. Additions during 1956 and 1957 to the wasp fauna of Lost River State Park, West Virginia, with biological notes and descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 60: 49–64.
• 1958. Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico. Synoptic Catalog (Agriculture Monograph No. 2), First Supplement. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 305 pp.

• 1959. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XII. A biological note on Trypoxylon richardsi Sandhouse. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 101–102. PDF
• 1959. Three new wasps from Florida and taxonomic notes on allied forms (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 61: 145–153. BHL
• 1959. Biological notes on some ground-nesting wasps at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, 1958, and additions to the faunal list (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 61: 193–199. BHL
• 1959. A new genus and species of Psenini from the southwestern deserts (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 54: 18–21. PDF Reference page. 
• 1959. Two additional adventive European wasps in the United States (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Chrysididae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 54: 95–96. PDF

• 1960. Biological notes on some Hymenoptera that nest in sumach pith. Entomological News 71: 29–36: 63–69. BHL
• 1960. Biological notes on several southwestern ground-nesting wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 55: 75–79. PDF

• 1961. Some insect visitors of mat Euphorbia in southeastern Arizona (Hymenoptera, Diptera). Entomological News 72: 80–83. BHL
• 1961. Passaloecus turionum Dahlbom, an adventive European wasp in the United States (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Entomological News 72: 258–259. BHL
• 1961. Life history and behavioral studies of solitary woodand ground-nesting wasps and bees in Arizona. Year Book. The American Philosophical Society 1960: 299–300. PDF
• 1961. Miscellaneous prey records of solitary wasps. IV. (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 56: 62–65. PDF

• 1962. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XIII. Descriptions of new wasps from Plummers Island, Maryland (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 1–18. PDF
• 1962. Biological notes on acarid mites associated with solitary wood-nesting wasps and bees. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 64: 11–19. BHL
• & Walkley, L.M. 1962. Three hymenopterous parasites of an African mud-dauber wasp, Sceliphron spirifex (L.) (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 64: 78. Reference page. 

• 1963. The Scoliidae of New Guinea, Bismark Archipelago and Solomon Islands. Nova Guinea. Zoology 22: 543–651. Reference page. 
• 1963. Notes on the Entomognathus of Eastern United States (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76: 247–254. PDF
• 1963. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVII. Annotated list of the wasps (Hymenoptera: Bethyloidea, Scolioidea, Vespoidea, Pompiloidea, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 76: 255–280. PDF
• 1963. A new Nitelopterus from Wyoming and Washington (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Entomological News 74: 61–63. BHL
• 1963. A new Tachysphex from southeastern United States (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Entomological News 74: 177–180. BHL
• 1963. The host-parasite relationship of Xylocelia virginiana Rohwer and Omalus intermedius (Aaron) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Chrysididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 65: 264. BHL
• 1963. Biological notes on Cerceris blakei Cresson (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 58: 72–79. PDF

• 1964. Results of the Archbold expeditions. No. 87. Biological notes on some Floridan wasps (Hymenoptera, Aculeata). American Museum Novitates 2201: 1–27. PDF
• 1964. Natural history of Plummers Island, Maryland. XVIII. The hibiscus wasp, an abundant rarity, and its associates (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 77: 73–112. PDF
• 1964. Miscellaneous prey records of solitary wasps. V. (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 58: 118–120. PDF

• 1967. Superfamily Scolioidea. Pages 322–343 in Krombein & Burks. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic Catalog (Agriculture Monograph No. 2). Second supplement. United States Government Printing Office, Washington. 584 pp.
• & Burks, B.D. 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic Catalog (Agriculture Monograph No. 2). Second supplement. United States Government Printing Office, Washington. 584 pp. BHL Reference page. 

• 1969. The generic placement of two Nearctic Holopyga with biological notes (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 71: 351–361.

• 1972. Monograph of the Madagascan Mutillidae (Hymenoptera). Part I: Myrmillini, Mutillini and Smicromyrmini. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale: Serie in 8° - Sciences Zoologiques 199: 1–61.

• 1973. A new Campsomeriella from New Ireland (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 75: 373.

• 1974. Systematic and distributional notes on Melanesian cereceris (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 75: 464–467.

• 1976. Lectotype designations for three New World Liris with taxonomic notes (Hymenoptera: Larridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 78: 333–335.
• 1976. Synonymical notes on two Palaearctic subgenera of Myrmosa Latreille. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 46: 257–260.
• & Evans, H.E. 1976. Three new neotropical Pterombrus with description of the diapausing larva (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 78(3): 361–368. BHL Reference page. 

• , Hurd, P.D., Smith, D.R. & Burks, B.D. 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 2735 pp. Reference page. 
• 1979. Studies in the Tiphiidae, XII. A new genus of Methochinae with notes on the subgenera of Methocha Latreille (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 81: 424–434.
• 1979. Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, VI. Notes on the Sclerogibbidae with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 81: 465–474.
• 1979 Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, IV. Kudakrumiinae, a new subfamily of primitive wasps (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 105: 67–83. Reference page. 

• 1983. Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, XI: a monograph of the Amiseginae and Loboscelidiinae (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Smithsonian contributions to zoology 376: 1–79.

• 1985. Oxybelus (Anoxybelus) maidlii Kohl, an Oxybelus with unusual features (Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea: Crabronidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 87: 634–640.
• 1985. Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, XV: a monograph of the Alyssoninae, Nyssoninae, and Gorytinae (Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea: Nyssonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 414: 1–42. Access Reference page. 

• 1986. A remarkable new African amisegine wasp (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Amiseginae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88: 509–514.Reference page. 
• 1986. Three cuckoo wasps from Siberian and Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Amiseginae and Elampinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88: 740–747.

• 1987. Synonymic notes on the Bethylidae described by V. de Motschulsky (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89: 356–358.

• 1989. Systematic notes on some Bethylidae from Botswana: Pristocerinae (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 620–631.

• 1990. Systematic notes on some Bethylidae from Botswana: Epyrinae (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 92: 98–105.

• 1992. Host relationships, ethology and systematics of Pseudomethoca Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Andrenidae, Halictidae and Anthophoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 94: 91–106.
• 1992. Systematics of the genera of Epyrinae with ramose male antennae (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 94: 345–360.

• 1994. A new Anachrysis from South Africa (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Amiseginae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96: 339–341.Reference page. 

• 1995. Systematic notes on some Sri Lankan Scoliidae (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97: 77–85.
• & Norden, B.B. 1995. Notes on the behavior and taxonomy of Megachile (Xeromegachile) brimleyi Mitchell and its probable cleptoparasite, Coelioxys (Xerocoelioxys) galactiae Mitchell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97: 86–89. Reference page. 
• Scarbrough, Norden & 1995. A new species of Townsendia Williston (Diptera: Asilidae) from Florida with notes on its association with Perdita graenicheri Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97: 689–694.

• & Lelej, A.S. 1999. Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, XXII: Bethsmyrmilla, a new genus of mutillid wasps (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Myrmillinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 101: 143–148. Reference page. 
• Lelej, A.S. & 1999. Two remarkable new genera of mutillid wasps (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae, Sphaeropthalminae, Pseudomethocini) from Thailand. Far Eastern Entomologist 79: 1–8. Reference page. 

• Lelej, A.S. & 2001. Review of the Oriental mutillid wasps of the subfamily Ticoplinae (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae). Far Eastern Entomologist 99: 1–18. Reference page. 

• Biography of Karl V. Krombein