Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 203 



Type-species: Eutrichopsis munda Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Therobolus Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 19: 260. 



Type-species: Opius ruficeps Wesmael. Orig. desig. 

 Hypocyyiodus Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 260. 



Type-species: Opius crassipes Wesmael. Orig. desig. 

 Cryptonastes Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 260. 



Type-species: Cryptonastes tersus Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Hypolabis Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 260. 



Type-species: Opius pallipes Wesmael. Orig. desig. 

 Biophthora Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 260. 



Type-species: Opius bajulus Haliday. Orig. desig. 

 Nosopoea Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 260. 



Type-species: Opius cingulatus Wesmael. Orig. desig. 

 Utetes Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 261. 



Type-species: Opius testaceus Wesmael. Orig. desig. 

 Misophthora Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 266. 



Type-species: Misophthora laevigata Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Aclisis Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 267. 



Type-species: Aclisis isomera Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Aulonotus Ashmead, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32: 368. N. name for Holconotus Foerster. 

 Mesostoma Cameron, 1905. Tijdschr. Ent. 48: 42. 



Type-species: Mesostoma testaceipes Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Tolbia Cameron, 1907. Linn. Soc. London, Trans. (2) 12: 84. 



Type-species: Tolbia scaevolae Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Brachycentrus Szepligeti, 1907. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bui. 1907: 35. Preocc. by 

 Curtis, 1834. 



Type-species: Brachycentrus minutus Szepligeti. Monotypic. 

 Hexaulax Cameron, 1910. Soc. Ent. 25: 25. 



Type-species: Hexaulax ruficeps Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Baeocentrum Schulz, 1911 (1909). Zool. Ann. 4: 65. N. name for Brachycentrus Szepligeti. 

 Eristemaulax Viereck, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 46: 362. 



Type-species: Eristemaulax leucotaenia Viereck. Orig. desig. 

 Neopius Gahan, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 203. 



Type-species: Neopius carinaticeps Gahan. Orig. desig. 



Fischer (1973) has recently established several subgenera for the genus Opius. However, 

 since this was done only for the Palaearctic groups, I was unable to assign the Nearctic species 

 to their proper subgenera. 



Revision: Fischer, 1964. Polskie Pismo Ent. 34: 197-530 (No. Amer. spp.). —Fischer, 1965. 

 Polskie Pismo Ent. 35: 3-212 (No. Amer. spp.). 



Taxonomy: Fischer, 1971. Index World Opiinae, p. 38-123 (cat. World spp.). —Fischer, 1973. 

 Das Tierreich, lief. 91, p. 67-71 (subgenera). —Marsh, 1974. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 76: 286 

 (synonymy). 

 aberrans Viereck. Que. s. to S. C, w. to Ont. and Kans. 



Opitis aberrans Viereck, 1905. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 19: 271. 9. 

 Opius (Opius) crabtreeanus Fischer, 1964. Polskie Pismo Ent. 34: 470. 9. 

 Opius (Opius) masoni Fischer, 1964. Polskie Pismo Ent. 34: 480. 9, <J. 

 Opius (Opius) suffixus Fischer, 1964. Polskie Pismo Ent. 34: 493. i. 



/Taxonomy: Marsh, 1974. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 76: 286. 

 aciurae Fischer. N. C, Fla. Host: Myoleja limata (Coq.). 



Opius (Opiiis) aciurae Fischer, 1964. Polskie Pismo Ent. 34: 272. 9, cJ. 

 adductus Fischer. N. Y., Calif. Host: Agromyza sp. 



Opiiis (Opius) adductus Fischer, 1964. Polskie Pismo Ent. 34: 413. 9, S. 



alachuanus Fischer. Fla. 



Opius (Opius) alachuanus Fischer, 1964. Polskie Pismo Ent. 34: 379. 9. 



aiconanus Fischer. Mich. 



Opius (Opius) aiconanus Fischer, 1964. Polskie Pismo Ent. 34: 416. 9. 



