230 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Taxonomy: Tobias, 1967. Ent. Obozr. 46: 657. — Capek, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 859. 

 -Shenefelt, 1973. Hym. Cat., part 10, p. 813-931 (cat. World spp.). 



Genus ASCOGASTER Wesmael 



Ascogaster Wesmael, 1835. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 226. 



Type-species: Ascogaster instabilis Wesmael. Desig. by Foerster, 1862. 

 Cascogaster Baker, 1926. Phil. Jour. Sci. 31: 482. 



Type-species: Cascogaster fullawayi Baker. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Shenefelt, 1973. Hym. Cat., part 10, p. 814-838 (cat. World spp.). 

 argentifrons (Provancher). Que., Pa., N. J., 111. Host: Depressaria pastinacella (Dup.). 



Chelonus argentifrons Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 145. d. 

 flaviceps Ashmead. Que., N. Y., Mich., 111., Tex. 



Ascogaster flaviceps Ashmead, 1889 (1888). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 11: 636. 9. 

 mimetica Viereck. N. Y., 111., Iowa, Kans. 



Ascogaster mimeticus Viereck, 1905. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 19: 277. 9. 

 olethreuti Viereck. Colo., Wash. Host: Endothenia rubipunctana (Kearf.). 



Ascogaster olethreuti Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 42: 617. 9, 6. 

 provancheri Dalla Torre. Que., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Md., Ohio, Mich. Host: Taniva albolineana 

 (Kearf.). 

 Ascogaster nifipes Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 146. 9. 



Preocc. by Latreille, 1809. 

 Ascogaster provancheri Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 4, p. 196. N. name for rufipes 

 Provancher. 

 provancheri var. vierecki Shenefelt. N. H., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Ont., Mich., Wise, Minn. Host: 

 Proteoteras moffatiana Fern. 

 Ascogaster provancheri var. pallidicomis Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. 



Hist. Survey, Bui. 22, p. 231. Preocc. by Curtis, 1837. 

 Ascogaster provancheri var. vierecki Shenefelt, 1973. Hym. Cat., part 10, p. 828. N. name 

 for pallidicomis Viereck. 

 quadridentata Wesmael. N. S. s. to S. C, w. to B. C. and Calif.; Europe, Asia. Host: Desrnia 

 funeralis (Hbn.), Gelechia sp., Grapholitha molesta (Busck), G. prunivora (Walsh), 

 Laspeyresia nigricana (Steph.), L. pomonella (L.), Paralobesia viteana (Clem.), 

 Spilonota ocellana (D. and S.). 

 Ascogaster quadridentatus Wesmael, 1835. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 237. 9, S . 

 Chelonus impressus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1838. Faunae Ins. Germ., p. 154. 

 Chelonus carpocapsae Viereck, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 43. 



Biology: Rosenberg, 1934. Bui. Ent. Res. 25: 232-241. — Boyce, 1936. Canad. Ent. 68: 241-246. 

 -Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1265, p. 37-40. 



Morphology: Rosenberg, 1934. Bui. Ent. Res. 25: 232-341. 

 rufa Muesebeck and Walkley. Md., S. C, Ga., Fla., low^a, Kans., Colo., Ariz. 



Ascogaster erythrothorax Viereck, 1916. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 29: 166. 9. Preocc. by 



Marshall, 1897. 

 Ascogaster rufa Muesebeck and Walkley, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, p. 143. N. 

 name for erythrothorax Viereck. 



Nomina Nuda in Ascogaster Wesmael 



Ascogaster intermedins Ashmead, 1895. In Slosson, Ent. News 6: 317. 

 Ascogaster nigripes Ashmead, 1898. In Slosson, Ent. News 9: 253. 

 Ascogaster pallidicomis Ashmead, 1895. In Slosson, Ent. News 6: 317. 

 Ascogaster pilosifrons Ashmead, 1905. In Nason, Ent. News 16: 295. 

 Ascogaster proximus Ashmead, 1905. In Nason, Ent. News 16: 295. 



