344 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Meniscus Ashmeadii Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 430. 9. 

 Pimpla conquisitor var. mfiiscula Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 368. 9. 



Biology: Breakley, 1930. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 23: 187. 

 annulipes (Brulle). N. S. s. to Fla., w. to Minn, and Tex. Host: Podosesia syringae (Harris), 



Syanthedon pictipes (G. and R.), S. pyri (Harris), Grapholitha molesta (Bsk.), 



Laspeyresia nigricana (Steph.), L. pomonella (L.), Rhyacionia buoliana (D. and S.), 



Gretchena boUiana (Sling.), Acrobasis caryae Grt., A. indiginella (Zell.), Salebriaria 



tenebrosella (Hulst). 

 Pimpla anmdipes Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 102. 9. 

 Pimpla inflata Townes, 1940. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 33: 306. 6,9. 

 aquilonius (Cresson). Newfoundland (insular) s. to N. C, w. to Alaska and Calif.; Eurasia. 



Host: Coleophora fuscedinella Zell., Psilocorsis cryptolechiella (Cham.), Lambdina 



fiscellaria fiscellaria (Gn.), Spilonota ocellana (D. and S.), Rheumaptera hastata (L.). 



Townes (1960) has recognized a number of subspecies which he separated very 



unsatisfactorily and which do not make sense zoogeographically; therefore, they are not 



recognized here. 

 Pimpla aquilonia Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 145. 3. 

 Pimpla flavicoxis Thomson, 1877. Opusc. Ent. 8: 747. 6 . 

 Meniscus marginatus Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 15. 9. 



Bassus cylindricus Provancher, 1889. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 111. S, 9. 

 Itoplectis exareolata Ashmead, 1901. Psyche 9: 147. 9. 

 Pimpla yakutatensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 200. 6. 

 contemplator (Mueller). Europe. Introduced in 1964 in N. S. without becoming established. 



Host: Operophtera brumata (L.). Other European hosts are known, but 0. bnimata was 



the target host for the release in N. S. 

 Ichneumon contemplator Mueller, 1776. Zool. Danicae prodromus ..., p. 158. Sex not 



indicated. 

 Ichneumon geniculatus Geoffrey, 1785. In Fourcroy, Ent. Parisiensis, v. 2, p. 397. 9 ? 

 Cryptus insiffiiatorius Gravenhorst, 1807. Vergl. Uebers. Zool. Systeme, p. 264. 9 . 

 Pimpla bilineata Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 98. 9 . Syn.? 

 dimidiatus Townes. Tex. 



Coccygomimus dimidiatus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 



216 (pt. 2): 350. i. 

 ellopiae (Harrington). N. Mex., Ariz., B. C. s. to Calif. Host: Lambdina somniaria (Hulst), 



Eucaterva variaria Grote. 

 Pimpla ellopiae Harrington, 1892. Canad. Ent. 24: 99. 3, 9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1966. In Townes and Townes, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 8: 28. 

 hesperus Townes. S. Dak.to N. Mex., w. to Alaska, Oreg. and Calif. Host: Rhyacionia 



frustrana bushnelli (Bsk.), Anarsia lineatella Zell., Udea rubigalis (Gn.), Lambdina 



fiscellaria lugubrosa (Hulst). 

 Coccygomimus hespenis Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 216 



(pt. 2):338. 3,9. 

 instig^ator (Fabricius). Eurasia; n. Africa. Introduced in 1906, 1907, and 1909 in New England 



without becoming established. Host: Lymantria dispar (L.). Many other European hosts 



are known, but L. dispar was the target host for attempts to establish instigator in 



New England. 

 Ichneumon instigator Fabricius, 1793. Ent. System, v. 2, p. 164. 9. 

 Pimpla processionae Ratzeburg, 1849. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 10: 133. 3. 

 Pimpla intermedia Holmgren, 1860. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (ser. 4) 3 (10): 19. 3, 



9. 

 Pimpla Aegyptica Schmiedeknecht, 1897. Illus. Wochenschr. f. Ent. 2: 633. d, 9. 

 Pimpla instigatrix Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 104. Emend. 

 Apechthis jlavipes Matsumura, 1912. Thousand Ins. Jap., Sup. 4, p. 144. 9. 



Taxonomy: Masi, 1933. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 65: 65. 



