84 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



Tribe ACAENITINI 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1960, pp. 4, 544 (Subfamily status). 

 Genus COLEOCENTRUS Gravenhorst, pp. 207-208, Sup. 1, p. 39 

 flavipes (Provancher) . N. S., N. B., Ont., Tenn. (Canad. Zone). 

 harringtoni Cushman. N. B., Que., N. H., Mass., Pa., Minn. 



*nianni coloradensis Townes. Colo. (nr. Estes Park). 



Coleocentrus manni coloradensis Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, 

 U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 555, 556. $. 



manni manni Cushman. Changed status. B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Re- 

 duced to subsp. rank by Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 555. 



occidentalis occidentalis Cresson, changed status. Mont. (Delete Calif, from 

 dist.) Reduced to subsp. rank by Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 

 548. 



occidentalis pulchripennis Cushman, changed status. Calif. Reduced to 

 subsp. of occidentalis, teste Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 549. 



pettiti Cresson. N. S. to Ont. and Minn, south to Pa., also Colo. 



Coleocentrus Quebecensis Provancher. Remove from syn. A valid sp. 



quebecensis Provancher. Atlantic Ocean to Rocky Mts. in Canad. Zone. A 

 valid species {teste Townes and Townes, 1960, pp. 547, 550). 



rufocoxatus Pratt. N. B., P.E.I,, N. Y., Pa., N.W.T. 



rufus Provancher. P. E. I., N. S., N. B., Ont., Iowa, N. Dak., Ga. 



Genus MESOCLISTUS Foerster, p. 208 



*cushmani Townes. Alaska (Mt. McKinley N. P.). 



Mesoclistus cushmani Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 560. $, ?. 



Genus AROTES Gravenhorst, pp. 208-209, Sup. 1, p. 39 



*Retanisia Cameron, 1886. Biol. Centr.-Amer. Hym., v. 1, p. 299. Syn. 

 by Townes and Townes, 1960, p. 561. 



Type: Retanisia fascialis Cameron. By monotypy. 



amoenus Cresson. Host : Melandrya striata Say. 



formosus Cresson. Transf. to Spilopteron Townes. 



maurus Rohwer. B. C. to Minn. 



melleus (Say). Md., D. C, N. C, Mich. 



occiputalis Cresson. Transf. to Spilopteron Townes. 



rupinsulensis (Cresson). Transf . to Yezoceryx Uchida. 



vicinus Cresson. Transf. to Spilopteron Townes. 



♦Genus SPILOPTERON Townes 



Spilopteron Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 (Pt. 2) : 546, 568. 



Type: Spilopteron francleinonti Townes. Orig. desig. 



Place in Acaenitini after Arotes Gravenhorst, p. 209. 



*formosum australe Townes. Md., D. C, N. C, Ga. 



Spilopteron formosuni australe Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, 

 U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (Pt. 2) : 571, 573. $, 9. 



formosum formosum (Cresson), changed status. Que. to Man. south to N. J., 

 Md., W. Va., Ohio and Minn. Transf. from Arotes Gravenhorst, 

 and reduced to subsp. rank {teste Townes and Townes, 1960, pp. 

 571,572). 



