Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 389 



robustus Townes and G. Townes. Southwestern B. C, w. Wash., w. Oreg., n. Calif. Ecology: 

 Specimens have been reared from dead coniferous trees infested with Buprestidae and 

 Cerambycidae. 

 Aplovierus robustus Townes (H.) and Townes (G.), 1960. hi Townes (H.) and Townes (M.), 

 U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 443. 6, 9. 

 tibialis (Provancher). Southern B. C, Oreg., n. Calif. Ecology: A large series was collected on 

 fallen trunks oi Pinus contorfa which had been killed by Dendroctonus and had 

 disintegrated to the point of losing nearly all their bark. 

 Platysoma tibialis Provancher, 1885. Canad. Ent. 17: 115. 9. 



Genus ODONTOCOLON Cushman 



Odontomerus Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 851. Preocc. by Leach, 1819. 



Type-species: Ichneumon dentipes Gmelin. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Odontocolon Cushman, 1942. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 44: 179. N. name for Odontomerus 

 Gravenhorst. 



This is a large Holarctic genus. 



Revision: Townes and Townes, 1960. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 448-489. 

 abdominale abdominale (Cresson). Southeastern Wyo., Colo., n.w. Mont., n. Idaho, n.e. Utah, 

 Ariz. 

 Odontomems abdominalis Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 289. 9. 

 abdominale fergusoni Townes. Southwestern Alta., s.e. B. C, n.e. Wash. 



Odontocolon abdominale fergusoni Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. 

 Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 464. 6,9. 



aethiops (Cresson). Colo., s.w. Alta., n.w. Mont., s.e. B. C, n. Idaho, n. Calif. Host: Cerambycid 

 in Piyius contorta. 

 Odontomerus aethiops Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 289. 6,9. 

 alaskense (Rohwer). South-coastal Alaska. Closely related to the European 0. punctulatum. 

 (Thomson); alaskense had been suppressed as a synonym of punctnlatum by Townes 

 (1944) but was removed from synonymy by Townes and Townes (1960). 

 Odontomerus alaskensis Rohwer, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 45: 360. 9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 11: 112-113. —Townes and Townes, 1960. U. 

 S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 460. 

 albotibiale (Bradley). N. S. s. to n. Fla., w. to Minn, and Iowa. 



Odontomems albotibialis Bradley, 1918. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 13: 103. 9. 

 Odontomerus striatns Cushman, 1930. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 77 (3): 14. 9 . Preocc. by 



Brulle, 1846. 

 Odontocolon aciculatus Cushman, 1942. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 44: 182. N. name for 

 Odontomems striatus Cushman. 



Taxonomy: Cushman, 1942. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 44: 182 (misidentification corrected). 

 atripes (Rohwer). N. S. w. to w. Alta., s. to e. N. C, n.e. Ala., and n. 111. 



Odontomerus atripes Rohwer, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 45: 358. 6,9. 

 bicolor (Cresson). Pa., n. Va., n.w. S. C, n. Ga., n.e. Ala., e. Tex. Ecology: Two specimens from 

 Call, Texas were apparently collected as cocooned pupae or prepupae from beneath the 

 bark of logs and stumps of Pinus palustris which had been cut several years before. 

 Odontomems bicolor Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 169. 9. 

 brevicaudum (Cushman). Southwestern Alta., n.w. Mont., n. Idaho, s. B. C, Wash. 



Odontomerus brevicaudus Cushman, 1930. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 77 (3): 7. 9. Because 

 Cushman used the spelling brevicaudus instead of brevicauda, the name is to be 

 regarded as an adjective rather than a noun. 

 canadense (Provancher). N. S., Que., Maine, N. H., N. Y., w. N. C, Ont., Mich., n.e. Minn. Host: 

 Serropalpus sp. in Eraser fir. 

 Odontomerus Ca7iade7isis Provancher, 1877. Nat. Canad. 9: 16. 9. 

 Odontomems tibialis Cushman, 1930. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 77 (3): 11. 6, 9. 



