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variatipes (Provancher). Que., N. H. s. to Md., W. Va., w. to Minn. Host: Canarsia 



ulmiarrosorella (Clem.), Laspeyresia pomonella (L.), Grapholitlia molesta (Bsk.). 

 Ephialtes variatipes Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 114. 6. 

 Pimpla stultor Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 367. 6. 

 Calliephialtes benefactor Cushman, 1931. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 79 (14): 6. 6, 9. 



Genus TOWNESIA Ozols 



Townesia Ozols, 1962. Latvijas Ent. 6: 12. 



Type-species: Ephialtes tenuiventris Holmgren. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 tenuiventris (Holmgren). Que. s. to Md., w. to B. C. and Calif.; Eurasia. Ecology: Known to 

 parasitize aculeate Hymenoptera which nest in wood as well as sawflies which occupy 

 abandoned pupal cells of Coleoptera in the bark of trees, particularly Pinus. Host: 

 Trypoxylon figuhis (L.), Chelostoma maxillosum (L.), Xiphydria sp., Strongylogaster 

 sp., S. lineata (Christ). Except for Xiphydria sp., the preceding host records are 

 European. The record for Xiphydria sp. needs confirming, and the host record given in 

 the revision of Townes and Townes (1960) as Melanophila consputa LeC. appears to be 

 incorrect according to card file data pertaining to the specimen in question. 



Ephialtes tenuiventris Holmgren, 1859. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Ofvers. af ... Forhandl. 

 16: 123. Nomen nudum. 



Ephialtes tenuiventris Holmgren, 1860. Svenska Vetensk.- Akad., Handl. (ser. 4) 3 (10): 14. 

 d, 9. 



Ephialtes geniculatus Brischke, 1864. Phys. Oekonom. Gesell. Koenigsberg, Schr. 5: 179. S. 

 Uncertain syn. 



Ephialtes pnsio Walsh, 1873. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 3: 111. 9. 



Ephialtes antefurcalis Thomson, 1877. Opusc. Ent. 8: 741. 9. 



Ephialtes pacificus Harrington, 1894. Canad. Ent. 26: 24c. S, 9. 



Ephialtes incertus Hensch, 1929; 1930. Konowia 8: 149; 9: 76. 6. 



Ephialtes gracilis Hensch, 1930. Konowia 9: 76. Nomen nudum. 



Biology: Welke, 1966. Beitr. z. Ent. 9: 261-263. 



Genus ANASTELGIS Townes 



Anastelgis Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 109. 

 Type-species: Anastelgis terminalis Townes. Orig. desig. 

 terminalis Townes. Wash., Calif. 



Anastelgis terminalis Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 

 2): 110. 6, 9. 



Genus DOLICHOMITUS Smith 



Closterocerus Hartig, 1847. Naturw. Ver. Harz, Ber., 1846-1847, p. 18. Preocc. by 

 Westwood, 1833. 



Type-species: Closterocerus sericeus Hartig. Monotypic. 

 Dolichomitus Smith, 1877. Zool. Soc. London, Proc, p. 411. 



Type-species: Dolichomitus longicauda Smith. Monotypic. 

 Mesoephialtes Schmiedeknecht, 1906. Opusc. Ichn., v.3, p. 1014. 



Type-species: Mesoephialtes coracinus Schmiedeknecht. Monotypic. The 

 type-species is regarded as a subspecies of Dolichomitus zonatus (Cresson). 

 Diclosterocerus Viereck, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 83: 45. New name for Closterocerus 



Hartig. 

 Ichneumon subg. Exeristoidea Viereck, 1924. Canad. Ent. 56: 202. 



Type-species: Ichneumon {Exeristoidea) watsoni Viereck. Orig. desig. 

 Tuberculephialtes Ozols, 1962. Latvijas Ent. 6: 19. 



Type-species: Ichneumon tuberculatus Geoffroy. Orig. desig. 



Members of this genus parasitize woodborers, usually Coleoptera. Ideally, the name Ephialtes 

 would apply to this genus (see introductory discussion of the family). 



