Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 191 



Genus AGATHIS Latrcille 



Agathis Latreille, 1804. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., v. 24, p. 173. No species included. 



Type-species: Agathis malvacearum Latreille. Subsequent monotypy. First included 

 species, by Latreille, 1805, Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. 13: 125. 

 Bassus Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 93. 



Type-species: Ichneumon calculator Fabricius. Desig. by Curtis, 1825. 

 Microdus Nees, 1814 (1812). Mag. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 6: 184. 



Type-species: Ichneumon calculator Fabricius. Desig. by Westwood, 1839. 

 Diplozon? Haliday, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 263. 



Type-species: Ichneumon calculator Fabricius. Monotypic. 

 Microdus subg. Therophilus Wesmael, 1837. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles 10: 15. 



Type-species: Microdus (Therophilus) conspicuus Wesmael. Desig. by Viereck, 

 1914. 

 Cenostomus Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 19: 246. 



Type-species: Cenostomus lugubris Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Eumicrodus Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 19: 247. N. name for 



Microdus Nees. 

 Agathiella Szepligeti, 1902. Termes. Fuzetek 25: 73. 



Type-species: Agathiella pedunculata Szepligeti. Monotypic. 

 Metriosoma Szepligeti, 1902. Termes. Fuzetek 25: 74. 



Type-species: Metriosoma munda Szepligeti. Monotypic. 

 Neomicrodiis Szepligeti, 1908. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. 6: 421. 



Type-species: Neomicrodus boliviensis Szepligeti. Monotypic. 

 Lissagathis Cameron, 1911. Nova Guinea 9 (Zool. 2) Hym., p. 245. 



Type-species: Lissagathis bicarinata Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Basstis subg. Aerophilopsis Viereck, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 44: 555. 



Type-species: Bassus (Aerophilopsis) erythrogaster Viereck. Orig. desig. 

 loxia Enderlein, 1920 (1918). Arch. f. Naturgesch. 84 (A) (11): 199. 



Type-species: loxia faceta Enderlein. Orig. desig. 

 Alabagrus Enderlein, 1920 (1918). Arch. f. Naturgesch. 84 (A) (11): 203. 



Type-species: Alabagrus citreistigma Enderlein. Orig. desig. 

 Ditropia Enderlein, 1920 (1918). Arch. f. Naturgesch. 84 (A) (11): 210. 



Type-species: Ditropia strigata Enderlein. Orig. desig. 

 Liyptia Enderlein, 1920 (1918). Arch. f. Naturgesch. 84 (A) (11): 210. 



Type-species: Liyptia rufiventris Enderlein. Orig. desig. 

 Agathellijia Enderlein, 1920 (1918). Arch. f. Naturgech. 84 (A) (11): 211. 



Type-species: Agathellina columbiana Enderlein. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Muesebeck, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 69 (16): 22-70 (No. Amer. spp.). — Telenga, 

 1955. Fauna U.S.S.R., v. 5, n. 4, p. 244-267 (Eur. spp.). 



Taxonomy: Muesebeck, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 69 (16): 22. — Hincks, 1943. Entomolgist 

 76: 223. -Shenefelt, 1970. Hym. Cat., part 6, p. 311-366 (cat. World spp.). 

 abdominalis (Muesebeck). Mich., Fla., S. Dak., La., Tex., Colo., Ariz. 



Bassus abdominalis Muesebeck, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 69 (16): 35. 9, 6. 

 aciculata (Ashmead). Tex., Ariz. 



Microdus aciculatus Ashmead, 1889 (1888). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 11: 639. 9, S. 

 acrobasidis (Cushman). N. J. s. to Fla.; Miss., La., N. Dak., Kans., Tex., Colo., N. Mex. Host: 

 Acrobasis caryae Grote, A. caryivorella Rag., A. evanescentella Dyar, A. exsulella 

 (Zell.), A. juglandis (Le B.), A. nuxvorella Neunzig, A. peplifera Dyar, A. stigmella 

 Dyar, Blastodacna curvilineella (Chamb.), Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.), C. 

 houstonana (Grote), Laspeyresia ingens Heinr., Rhyacionia fnistrana (Comst.). 

 Bassus acrobasidis Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 289. 9, cJ. 



Biology: Nickels, Pierce and Pinkney, 1950. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1011, p. 6-8. 

 agilis (Cresson). Que. s. to Fla., w. to Alta. and Tex. Host: Acleris minuta Rob., Archips 

 cerasivoranus (Fitch), A. feirvidanus (Clem.), A. infumatanus (Zell.), A. rileyanus 

 (Grote), Aristotelia absconditella Wlkr., Epiblema strenuanum (Wlkr.), Homona 



