Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 335 



navajo (Townes). Ariz.; Honduras. Ecology: Found along streams at an elevation of 5000 ft. in 

 Arizona ; a spider of the genus Pisaurina was common along these streams. 

 Laufeia navajo Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 

 223. 6, 9. 

 slossonae (Davis). N. B. s. to N. C, w. to Alaska and Calif. 



Polysphincta slosso7iae Davis, 1895. hi Slosson, Ent. News 6: 317. Nomen nudum. 

 Polysplimcta slosso7iae Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 368. 9. 



Genus SCHIZOPYGA Gravenhorst 



Schizopyga Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 125. 



Type-species: Schizopyga podagrica Gravenhorst. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Several recent publications erroneously state that this genus was described 

 monotypically. 

 frigida Cresson. Maine s. to N. C, w. to B. C. and Calif.; Europe. 



Schizopyga frigida Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 159. 9. 

 Schizopyga atra Kriechbaumer, 1887. Ent. Nachr. 14: 87. 6, 9. 



Polysphincta pontiaci Viereck, 1917. Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22: 317. 

 6. 

 pulchra Walley. Mass., Ont., N. Y., N. J., N. C, Mich., Minn., B. C. Ecology: Occurs in marshy 

 places. This species appears to be closely related to the European Schizopyga circulator 

 (Panzer). Future study may show that pulchra is only a subspecies of circulator. 

 Schizopyga pulchra Walley, 1936. Canad. Ent. 68: 20. 9. 



Genus ZABRACHYPUS Cushman 



Zabrachypus Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 37. 



Type-species: Zabrachypus primus Cushman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 primus Cushman Md., Va., N. C, Ohio, N. Dak., Alta., B. C, Mont., Ariz. 

 Zabrachypus primus Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 37. 9. 



Genus ACRODACTYLA Haliday 



Barypus Haliday, 1837. In Curtis, Guide Arrangement Brit. Ins., ed. 2, p. 94. Nomen 



nudum. 

 Acrodactyla Haliday, 1839 (1838). Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 117. 



Type-species: Pimpla {Acrodactyla) degener Haliday. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Symphylus Foerster, 1871. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 28: 105. Preocc. by Dallas, 

 1851. 



Type-species: Symphylus hadrodactylus Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Polemophthorus Schulz, 1911. Zool. Ann. (Wuerzburg). 4: 22. N. name for Symphylus 

 Foerster. 



degener (Haliday). Maine s. to N. C, w. to Alaska and Calif.; Europe. Host: Lepthyphantes 



obsciirus (Blackwall), L. zebrinus (Menge), Microneta viaria (Blackwall), Pityohyphantes 

 phrygianus (C. L. K.). These hosts were recorded in Europe. 



Pimpla (Acrodactyla) degener Haliday, 1839 (1838). Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 117. d, 9. 



Acrodactyla degenera Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 103. Emend. 



Taxonomy: Sedivy, 1972. Acta Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae 38: 73-79. 



Biology: Morley, 1913. Ichn. Britannica, v. 3, p. 133-134. — Nielson, 1923. Ent. Meddel. 14: 

 163-170 (here misdet. as "Polysphincta pallipes"). 

 jubata Townes. Colo., Yukon, Wash. 



Acrodactyla jubata Townes, 1960. hi Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 

 231. 9 



ocellata Townes. Que., Maine, N. H., Conn., N. Y., Md., N. C, Mich. Host: Pityohyphantes 

 phrygiamis (C. L. K.). 

 Acradactyla ocellata Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 216 (pt. 

 2): 232. 6, 9. 



