Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 257 



zonaria (Say). Mass. s. to Va., w. to Wis. and Colo.; Fla., La., Canada. Host: Coleotechnites 



piceaella (Kearf.), C. thujaeella Kearf., Laspeyresia pomonella (L.), Neoerastria caduca 

 (Grote), Plathypena scabra (F.). 



Microgaster zonaria Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 263. 9. 



Microgaster ductus Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 196. 9. 



Protapanteles recurvariae Ashmead, 1903. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 11: 144. 9. 



Genus MICROGASTER Latreille 



Microgaster Latreille, 1804. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., v. 24, p. 175. 



Type-species: Ichneumon deprimator Fabricius. Desig. by Latreille, 1810. 

 Liganira Walker, 1860. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 5: 308. 



Type-species: Microgaster detractus Walker. Monotypic. 

 Microgaster subg. Hygroplitis Thomson, 1895. Opusc. Ent., fasc. 20, p. 2238, 2244. 



Type-species: Microgaster ntssata Haliday. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Diolcogaster Ashmead, 1900. hi Smith, Ins. of N. J., p. 594. 



Type-species: Microgaster brevicauda Provancher. Monotypic. 

 Zadiolcogaster Viereck, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 46: 366. 



Type-species: Zadiolcogaster anomus Viereck. Orig. desig. 

 Microgaster subg. Lissogaster Bengtsson, 1926. Ent. Tidskr. 47: 64. 



Type-species: Microgaster politus Marshall. Desig. by Muesebeck and Walkley, 

 1951. 



Revision: Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 20-43 (No. Amer. spp.). —Nixon, 

 1968. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 22: 33-72 (some World spp.). 



Taxonomy: Nixon, 1965. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 2, p. 7. — Shenefelt, 1973. 

 Hym. Cat., part 9, p. 692-737 (cat. World spp.). 

 brevicauda Pro.vancher. Que. 



Microgaster brevicaudus Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 140. 

 9. 

 brittoni Viereck. Mass., Conn., N. Y., Ga., Ohio, Ont., Mich., Wis., Minn., Iowa. 



Microgaster (Microgaster) brittoni Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. 

 Survey, Bui. 22, p. 201. 

 canadensis Muesebeck. N. S. w. to B. C; Maine, Mass., N. Y., Mich., Colo., Oreg., Calif. Host: 

 Achatodes zeae (Harr.), Acleris variayia (Fern.), Agonopterix posticella (Wlsm.), 

 Anacampsis innocuella (Zell.), Ancylis comptana fragariae (W. and R.), Archips 

 argyrospilus (Wlkr.), A. rosamis (L.), C horistoneura fumiferana (Clem.), Croesia 

 albicoviana (Clem.), Epinotia solicitana (Wlkr.), Sciaphila duplex (Wlsm.), 

 Sparganothis diluticostana (Wlsm.), Stilpnotia salicis (L.). 

 Microgaster canadeiisis Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 38. 9, 3. 

 congregatiformis Viereck. Mass., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Ont., Mich., Minn., Mont. Host: 

 Endothenia hebesana (Wlkr.). 

 Microgaster (Microgaster) congregatiformis Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and 

 Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 22, p. 202. 

 diaphaniae Muesebeck. Fla.; Cent, and So. Amer. Host: Diaphania indica (Saund.). 

 Microgaster diaphaniae Muesebeck, 1958. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 107: 414. 9, cJ. 

 epagoges Gahan. Vt. s. to S. C, w. to Ont. and Mo.; Colo., B. C, Oreg. Host: Acleris 



chalybeana (Fern.), Anacampsis fragariella Busck, A. rkoifructella (Clem.), Archips 

 argyrospilus (Wlkr.), A. griseus (Rob.), A. rosamis (L.), A. semiferanus (Wlkr.), 

 Argyrotaenia vehdinana (Wlkr.), C horistoneura obsoletana (Wlkr.), Platynota 

 flavedana Clem., Ostrinia penitalis (Grote), Rhyacionia fnistrana (Comst.), 

 Sparganothis pettitana (Rob.), S. putmanana Freem., S. sulphurana (F.), S. tristriata 

 Kearf. 

 Microgaster epagoges Gahan, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 197. 9,6. 



Biology: Schaffner, 1949. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767, p. 62. 

 femoralamericanus Shenefelt. Idaho, Wash., Oreg., Calif. 



Microgaster femoral is Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 39. 9, 6. Preocc. 

 by Bouche, 1834. 



