Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 337 



Type-species: Cryptus carbonator Gravenhorst. Monotypically included and desig. 

 by Schmiedeknecht, 1888. 

 carbonator texana (Cresson). Que. s. to Va., w. to B. C. and Calif. Host: Steatoda horealis 

 (Hentz). 0. carbonator carbonator occurs in Europe. 

 Polyspkincta texana Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 149. 9. 

 Polysphincta vicina Provancher, 1873. Nat. Canad. 5: 470. 6. 



Polyspkincta bicarinata Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 368. 6. Preocc. by 

 Riley, 1871. 



Taxonomy: Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 22. 



Genus POLYSPHINCTA Gravenhorst 



Polysphincta Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 112. 



Type-species: Polysphincta tuberosa Gravenhorst. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Ephialtomorpha Ashmead, 1906. In Slosson, Ent. News 17: 324. Nomen nudum. 



Revision: Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 20-28. 

 albipes Cresson. Southern N. Y. s. to Fla., w. to Kans. 



Polysphincta albipes Cresson, 1880. In Comstock, U. S. Dept. Agr., Ann. Rpt. for 1879, p. 

 208. 6 . The type specimen of albipes is lost, and the species had been of somewhat 

 uncertain identity since being originally described from Florida. A female from Florida 

 in the U. S. Natl. Mus. collection agrees with the original description except in having 

 the head ferruginous instead of black. A paratype of eboripes Townes from Kansas 

 approaches the Florida specimen in coloration and agrees very well structurally. I doubt 

 that eboripes deserves subspecific distinction, and, therefore, it is synonymized below. 

 Polysphincta eboripes Townes, 1960. hi Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 

 2): 254. 6,9. N. syn. 

 burgessii Cresson. N. S. s. to Md., w. to B. C, Oreg., and Colo. 



Polysphincta Burgessii Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 149. S. 

 Polysphincta nifopectus Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 140. 9 . 

 Polysphincta (Polysphincta) venatrix DeGant, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82: 4. 9 . 

 koebelei Howard. Wash., Calif. Host: Epeira sp. 



Polysphincta (Zaglyptus) koebelei Howard, 1892. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 293. 9. 

 limata Cresson. P. E. I. s. to N. C, w. to B. C, Oreg., and Colo. 



Polysphincta limata Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 150. 9. 

 tuberosa bruneti Provancher. Que. s. to N. Y., w. to Alaska and Calif. P. tuberosa tuberosa 

 occurs in Europe and northern Asia. 

 Polysphincta Bruneti Provancher, 1873. Nat. Canad. 5: 471. 9. Barron (1975) rejected the 

 lectotype selected by Gahan and Rohwer (1918) and gave data for the specimen he 

 regarded as the holotype. 

 Polysphincta brunetii Dalla Torre, 1901. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 401. Emend. 

 Ephialtomorpha slossonae Ashmead, 1906. In Slosson, Ent. News 17: 324. Nomen nudum. 

 Polysphincta (Polysphincta) elongata Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 25. 9 . 



Taxonomy: Gahan and Rohwer, 1918. Canad. Ent. 50: 169. —Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 

 437. 



Genus ACROTAPHUS Townes 



Acrotaphus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 256. 

 Type-species: Epimecis wiltii Cresson. Orig. desig. 

 wiltii (Cresson). Maine s. to Fla., w. to Man. and Tex. Host: Neoscona arabesca (Walck.). 

 Epimecis Wiltii Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 143. 9 . 



Biology: Shannon, 1913. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 15: 162. — Gordh, 1971. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 

 44: 171-172. 



Genus SINARACHNA Townes 



Sinarachna Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 258. 



