78 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus AMAURONEMATUS Konow 



Amauroneviatus Konow, 1890. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., pp. 233, 237, 246. 



Type-species: N ematus fallax Lepeletier. Desig. by Rohwer, 1911. 

 Pontoprista Malaise, 1921. Ent. Tidskr. 42: 12. 



Type-species: Pontoprista siiavis var. fusca Malaise. Desig. by Ross, 1937. 



A large holarctic genus common in the arctic and subarctic regions. This genus is in need of 

 study. Several phyletic lines are evident which will eventually allow more convenient species 

 groupings. 



Taxonomy: Benson, 1962. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 12: 396-402 (holarctic species). 

 abnormis (Holmgren). Baffin Is., N. W. T., Alaska; n. Europe, Switzerland, Siberia. Females 

 are commonly brachypterous. 

 Neynatus abnormis Holmgren, 1883. Ent. Tidskr. 4: 148. 9. 

 Amauronematus tolli Konow, 1907. E. Zoologie 1: 20. 



Aniauronematus aulatiis MacGillivray, 1919. Rpt. Canad. Arctic Exped. 1913-1918, v. 3G, 

 p. 16G. 



Taxonomy: Benson, 1962. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent, Bui. 12: 401. 

 amentorum (Foerster). N. H. to Oreg. s. to Va., Mich., Wis., Colo.; Greenland; Iceland; Europe 

 to Siberia. Ecology: Widespread. Larva feeds on catkins. Host: Salix. 



Nematus amentoruvi Foerster, 1854. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 11: 337. 9. 



Nematus s^iavis Ruthe, 1859. Stettin Ent. Ztg. 20: 308. 



Pontania atra Marlatt, 1896. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent. Tech. Ser. 3: 37. 9. N. syn. 



Pontania maura Rohwer, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 47. 9. N. syn. 



Pontania amentivora Rohwer, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 49: 209. 9. 



Pontoprista kamtchatica Malaise, 1931. Arkiv for Zool. 23A: 53. 9. 

 arcticola (Dalla Torre). N. W. T., Alaska; arctic Europe and Siberia. Host: Salix. 



Nematus arcticus Thomson, 1871. Hym. Scand., v. 1, p. 134. 9. Preocc. by Holmgren, 1869. 



Nematus arcticola Dalla Torre, 1894. Cat. Hym., v. 1, p. 207. N. name. 



Aynauronematus arcticola Enslin, 1915. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., Beih., p. 389. N. name. 



Amauronematus mcluckiei Benson, 1935. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 83: 31. 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Benson, 1962. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 12: 398. 

 azaleae Marlatt. N. H. Host: Azalea. Recorded from other eastern states but records are 

 based on larvae and their identity is not certain. 

 Amauronematus azaleae Marlatt, 1896. Canad. Ent. 28: 254. 9,6. 



Biology: Smith, 1974. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 76: 204. 

 borealis (Marlatt). Greenland (Disco Is.). 



Nematus borealis Marlatt, 1892. In Fox, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 44: 133. 6. 

 brunneus (Norton). Md., Wis., Sask., Kans., Colo., Utah. 



Nematus brunneus Norton, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 43: 244. 9. 



Amauronematus knabi Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 244. 9. N. syn. 

 completus MacGillivray. Alaska. 



Amauronematus completus MacGillivray, 1919. Rpt. Canad. Arctic Exped. 1913-1918, v. 

 3G, p. 13G. 

 comstocki Marlatt. N. Y. 



Amauronematus comstocki Marlatt, 1896. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent. Tech. Ser. 3: 77. 9. 

 cooki Marlatt. Mich. 



Amauronematus cooki Marlatt, 1896. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent. Tech. Ser. 3: 79. 6. 



digestus MacGillivray. Alaska. 



Amauronematus digestus MacGillivray, 1919. Rpt. Canad. Arctic Exped. 1913-1918, v. 3G, 

 p. 14G. 



egnatia (MacGillivray). Alta. 



Pteronidea egnatia MacGillivray, 1923. Canad. Ent. 55: 162. 9. 



enavata (MacGillivray). Maine. 



Pteronidea enavata MacGillivray, 1920. Canad. Ent. 52: 236. 9. 



