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Genus ATOPOTROPHOS Cushman 



Atopoffnathus Cushman, 1919. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 21: 116. Preocc. by Bigot, 1881. 



Type-species: Atopognathns collaris Cushman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Atopotroplws Cushman, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 365. N. name for Atopognathus 

 Cushman. 



There are two Nearctic species, one undescribed. 



bucephalus (Cresson). Md., D. C, Va., N. C, Ala.; Mexico. 



Mesoleptusf bucephalus Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 36. 6. 

 Atopognathus collaris Cushman, 1919. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 21: 117. 6, 9. 



Tribe TRYPHONINI 



Nearly all members of this tribe are parasites of sawflies; Grypocentrus basalis Ruthe, a Eu- 

 ropean species, has been reared from an eriocraniid microlepidopteran. Most of the genera are 

 Holarctic. 



Revision: Townes and Townes, 1949-1950 (1949). Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 42 (3 and 4): 321-396, 

 397-447 {Grypocentrus and Boethus excluded). — Kasparyan, 1973. Akad. Nauk, SSSR, 

 Zool. Inst., Fauna SSSR, (n. s.) 106, Hym. v. 3, pt. 1, 320 pp. 



Genus GRYPOCENTRUS Ruthe 



Grypocentrus Ruthe, 1855. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 16: 52. 



Type-species: Grypocentrus incisulus Ruthe. Desig. by Vierick, 1912. 

 Apimeles Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 205. 



Type-species: Apimeles lusorius Davis. By subsequent monotypy from inclusion by 

 Davis, 1898 (1897). 

 Cyrtocentrus Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 6. 



Type-species: Cyrtocentrus quebecensis Provancher. Monotypic. 



Some members of this genus are known to parasitize larvae of Fenusa spp., but one European 

 species, G. basalis Ruthe, has been reared from an eriocraniid microlepidopteran. 



Revision: Townes and Townes, 1951. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 53: 301-307. 

 albipes Ruthe. Europe. Introduced in insular Newfoundland in 1973, but no recoveries have 

 been reported. Host: Fejiusa p^isilla (Lep.). The host listed was the target species for 

 the release in Newfoundland. 

 Grypocentrus albipes Ruthe, 1855. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 16: 56. d, 9. 



barbatus Townes. Alta., Calif. 



Grypoceyitnis barbatus Townes, 1951. In Townes and Townes, Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 53: 

 304. 6, 9. 

 crassidens Townes. Idaho, Colo. 



Grypocentrus crassidens Townes, 1951. In Townes and Townes, Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 53: 



304. 6, 9. 



flavipes (Provancher). Que. s. to N. C, w. to Wash., Calif. 



Mesostenus flavipes Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 363. 3. 

 Cyrtocentrus Quebecensis Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 6. 6 . 

 Apimeles lusorius Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 283.9. 



spatulatus Townes. Calif. 



Grypocentrus spatulatus Townes, 1951. In Townes and Townes, Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 53: 



305. 6, 9. 

 truncatus Townes. N. Y. 



Grypocentrus truncatus Townes, 1951. In Townes and Townes, Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 53: 

 305. S, 9. 



Genus POLYBLASTUS Hartig 



Revision: Kasparyan, 1970. Ent. Obozr. 49: 852-868; 519-528 in Ent. Rev. (Palearctic spp.). 



