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aciculatus (Hellen). Que., Yukon, B. C; Europe. Host: Tetropium gabrieli Weise. This is a 

 European host record. 

 Ephialtes acicidaUis Hellen, 1915. Soc. pro Fauna et Flora Fenn., Acta 40: 25. ?. 



Ephialtes nodosus Gyorfi, 1941. Erdeszetl Kiserletek 43: 237, 247. "d" = 9. 



Morphology: Noskiewicz and Chudoba, 1951. Polski Pismo Ent. 21: 43-46, 57-58. 



buccatus Townes. Colo., B. C, Oreg. 



Dolichomitus buccatus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 2): 141. 9. 

 californicus Townes. Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Idaho, Utah, B. C. s. to Calif. Host: Oeme costata 

 LeC, Seynanotus ligneus (F.). 

 Dolichomitus californicus Townes, 1960. hi Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 2): 146. d, 9. 

 cephalotes (Holmgren). Que., Sask., Alta.; Europe. 



Ephialtes cephalotes Holmgren, 1859. Svenska Vetensk-Akad., Ofvers. af ... Forhandl. 16: 



123. Nomen nudum. 

 Ephialtes cephalotes Holmgren, 1860. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (ser. 4) 3 (10): 13. 9. 

 Ephialtes longicauda Mocsary, 1897. Termes. Fuzetek 20: 644. 2. Preocc. in 



Dolichomitus by Smith, 1877. 

 Ichneumon (Exeristoidea) watsoni Viereck, 1924. Canad. Ent. 56: 202. 9. 

 cuspidatus Townes. Calif. Host: Monochanuis maculosus Hald. 



Dolichomitus cuspidatus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 2): 120. cJ, 9. 

 dolichosoma (Viereck). Pa., Md., N. C, S. C, Ga., Ala., Kans., Colo. Ecology: Parasitizes 

 woodborers of angiosperms. 

 Ephialtes dolichosoma Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 42: 637. 9. 



flexilis Townes. Man., N. W. T., Yukon. 



Dolichomitus jlexilis Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 

 2): 142. 9. 

 foxleei Townes. N. S. w. to B. C, s. to Colo, and Calif. Host: Acanthocinus sp. 



Dolichomitus foxleei Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 

 2): 145. 9. 

 imperator (Kriechbaumer). N. S. s. to Tenn., w. to Alaska and Calif; Eurasia. Host: Asemum 

 nitidum LeC, Xylotrechus sp., Monochamus sp. 

 Ephialtes imperator Kriechbaumer, 1854. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 15: 156. 9. 

 Ephialtes occidentalis Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. PhUa., Proc. 4: 269. 9. 

 irritator (Fabricius). Maine s. to Ga., w. to Minn, and Tex. Host: Anoplodera proxima (Say), 

 Astyleiopus variegatus (Hald.), E laphidionoides incertus (New.), E. villosus (F.), 

 Graphisurus sp., G. fasciatus (DeG.), Megacyllene caryae (Gah.), M. robiniae (Forst.), 

 Obriiim rufulum Gah., Pachyta lamed (L.), Saperda discoidea F., Stenocoms lineatus 

 (Oliv.), Xylotrechus annosus (Say), Melandrya striata Say, Synchroa punctata New., 

 Cryptorhynchus lapathi (L.), Chrysobothris sp., Synanthedon tipulifomiis (Clerck). 

 Ichneumon irritator Fabricius, 1775. Systema Ent., p.336. 9. 



Biology: Chittenden, 1893. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 5: 257. — MacAndrews, 1933. Ent. 

 Soc. Ontario, Ann. Rpt. 63: 50. 



Morphology: Pratt, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 735, 737. 

 messor perlongus (Cresson). N. B. s. to Va., w. to B. C. and Calif. Host: Buprestis confluenta 

 Say, Saperda calcarata Say, Saperda inomata Say., Xylocrius agassizi (LeC). D. 

 messor messor Gravenhorst is European. 

 Ephialtes perlongus Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 143. 6. 

 Ephialtes gigas Walsh, 1873. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 3: 110. 9. 



Dolichomitus messor sparsus Townes, 1960. hi Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 (pt. 2): 132, 133. 6, 9. N. syn. 



