338 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Type-species: Polysphincta pallipes Holmgren. Orig. desig. 

 anomala (Holmgren). N. S. s. to Fla., w. to Alaska and Calif.; Mexico, Europe. Host: Dictyna 



foliacea (Hentz). 

 Polysphincta anomala Holmgren, 1860. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (ser. 4) 3: 34. 9. 

 Polysphincta picticollis Thomson, 1888. Opusc. Ent. 12: 1254. 6,9. 

 Polysphincta dictynae Howard, 1888. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 1: 107. 6. 

 Polysphincta mimita Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 369. 9. 

 Zatypota anomala meridionator Aubert, 1960. Soc. Linn, de Lyon, Bui. Mens. 29: 32. 9. N. 



syn. Described from a single female from southern France. 

 Zatypota anomala meridionator Aubert, 1961 (1960). Vie et Milieu 11: 656. 9. Second 



description of anomala meridionator as a new subspecies based on same unique 



specimen. 

 pallipes strigis (Howard). Maine s. to N. C, w. to Alaska and Calif. Host: Epeira foliata 



(Geoff.). S. pallipes pallipes occurs in Europe. 

 Polysphincta (Zatypota) strigis Howard, 1892. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 291. 9. 



Genus ZATYPOTA Foerster 



Zatypota Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 166. 



Type-species: Ichneumon percontatorius Mueller. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from five 

 species included by Schmiedeknecht, 1888. 

 Polysphinctopsis Habermehl, 1917. Ztschr. f. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 13: 167. 



Type-species: Polysphincta eximia Schmiedeknecht. Monotypic. This type-species is 

 considered to be a synonym of Z. albicoxa (Walker). 

 Lycorinopsis Haupt, 1954. Deut. Ent. Ztschr. (N. F.) 1 (1-11): 110. 

 Type-species: Lycorinopsis rhombifer Haupt. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 29-36. 

 alborhombarta (Davis). Va., Fla., Ariz.; Mexico. 



Clistopyga alborhombarta Davis, 1895. Ent. News 6: 198. 9. 



arizonica Townes. Ariz. 



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

 271. cJ. 

 bohemani (Holmgren). Mont., B. C; Europe. 



Polysphincta Bohemani Holmgren, 1860. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (ser. 4) 3: 30. 9. 

 Polysphincta bohemanii Dalla Torre, 1901. Cat. Hym., v. 8, p. 401. Emend. 

 cingulata Townes. N. S. s. to Ga., w. to Wis. and Colo. 



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

 270. i. 



crassipes Townes. S. C. 



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

 278. 9. 

 exilis Townes. Que., N. H. 



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

 269. 9. 



favosa Townes. Calif. 



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

 269. 9. 

 luteipes Townes. Maine, Mass., Ont., Md., N. C. 



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

 277. 6, 9. 

 nigriceps (Walsh). N. S. s. to Fla., w. to B. C. and Calif. 



Polysphincta nigriceps Walsh, 1873. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 3: 144. cJ, 9. 



Polysphincta nigrita Walsh, 1873. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 3: 144. 6 . Uncertain syn. 



Clistopyga nigrocephala Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 369. 6. 



Polysphincta (Zatypota) braucheri Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 33. 6, 9. 



Polysphincta (Zatypota) califortiiensis Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 34. 9. 



Polysphincta (Zatypota) crosbyi Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 35. 6, 9. 



