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parva (Cresson). Que. s. to N. C, w. to Wis. 



Glypta parva Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 155. 9. 

 patellata Townes. B. C. s. to Calif. 



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

 268. 6, 9. 

 percontatoria (Mueller). Que. and Ont. s. to N. Y. and Ohio, w. to Alaska and Calif.; Europe. 

 Host: Araneus cucurbitinus Clerck, Meta segmentata Clerck, Theridium denticulatum 

 Walck., T. varians Hahn. These hosts are recorded from Europe. 



Ichneumon percontatorius Mueller, 1776. Zool. Danicae Prodromus, p. 154. 9. The 

 neotype designated by Aubert (1969) violates every provision in the Code regarding 

 neotype selection and is therefore invalid. Aubert (1972) contended that usage of the 

 name percontatoria by Townes (1960) and Oehlke (1967) violates the principle of first 

 revisor. However, Townes (1960) stated that he applied the name according to the 

 interpretation of Gravenhorst (1829), and certainly there is no logical basis for regarding 

 Schmiedeknecht (1907) as first revisor as did Aubert (1972). 



Polysphincta gracilis Holmgren, 1860. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (ser. 4) 3: 32. 6, 9. 



Polysphincta scntellaris Holmgren, 1860. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (ser. 4) 3: 33. 6. 



Polysphincta pidchrator Thomson, 1877. Opusc. Ent. 8: 757. S. The female lectotype 

 selected by Aubert is invalid, and therefore this synonymy remains uncertain. 



Polysphincta theridii Howard, 1892. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 292. 6. 



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



Lycorinopsis decorata Haupt, 1954. Deut. Ent. Ztschr. (N. F.) 1: 110. 9. 



Lycorinopsis rhombifer Haupt, 1954. Deut. Ent. Ztschr. (N. F.). 1: 110. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 120-122. —Schmiedeknecht, 1907. 

 Opusc. Ichn., V. 3, p. 1172. —Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 (pt. 2): 276. —Aubert, 1969. Ichn. Ouest-Pal. et leurs Hotes, pt. 1, p. 77. —Aubert, 

 1972. Ent. Scand. 3: 10. 



Biology: Nielsen, 1923. Ent. Meddel. 14: 170-172. 

 walleyi Townes. Que., Maine, Mass., Ont., Mich. 



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

 272. S, 9. 



Tribe ECHTHROMORPHINI 



In addition to the three nearly worldwide genera which occur in North America, this tribe in- 

 cludes five others, the largest and best known of these being Xanthopimpla, of the Old- and 

 New-World tropics, and Echthromorpha, which is chiefly Indo-Australian. Species of 

 Echthromorphini are usually internal parasites of pupae of Lepidoptera, but species of Itoplectis 

 and, to a lesser extent, Coccygomimus sometimes parasitize Symphyta or Ichneumonoidea 

 which spin cocoons in leaf litter or exposed situations. 



Revision: Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 327-362 (Nearctic spp.). —Townes, 1940. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 283-323 (eastern Nearctic spp.). —Perkins, 1941. Roy. Ent. Soc, 

 London, Trans. 91: 637-659 (British spp.). 



Biology: Townes, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 34: 29-30 (protective odors). 



Morphology: Townes, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 285-287. (tarsal claws). — Obrtel, 1960. 

 Brno Moravske Mus. Casopis, Vedy Prirodni 45: 195-202 (male genitalia and postgenital 

 sclerites). 



Genus ITOPLECTIS Foerster 



Itoplectis Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 164. 



Type-species: Ichneumon scanicus Villers. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from two 

 species included by Woldstedt, 1877. 

 Nesopimpla Ashmead, 1906. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 30: 180. 



Type-species: Nesopimpla naranyae Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Exeristoides Uchida, 1928. Hokkaido Imp. Univ., Faculty Agr., Jour. 25: 51. 



