Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 331 



because Townes did not expressly propose Acropimpla as a replacement name 

 for Selenaspis. 

 alboricta (Cresson). Newfoundland (Labrador) s. to S. C, w. to Alaska and Calif. Host: 



Acrobasis betulella Hulst, Anacaynpsis sp., Archips argyrospilus (Wlk.), Argyrotaenia 

 pinatubana (Kft.), Ckoristoneura Jumiferana (Clem.), C. rosaceana (Harris), Episimus 

 argutanus (Clem.), Gracilaria rhoifoiiella Chamb., Pandeinis limitata (Rob.), 

 Pantographa limata G. and R., Spilonota ocellana (D. and S.), Zotheca tranquilla Grt. 

 Pimpla alboricta Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 3: 147. <5. 

 Pimpla investigatrix Walsh, 1873. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 3: 142. 9. 



Biology: Cushman, 1926. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 28: 33. 

 pronexus Townes. N. B. s. to N. Y., w. to B. C. and Wyo. Host: Glypta fumiferanae (Vier.). 

 Acropimpla pronexus Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 

 2): 161. 9. 



Genus GREGOPIMPLA Momoi 



Gregopimpla Momoi, 1965. In Townes, Momoi, and Townes, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 5: 601. 

 Type-species: Pimpla kuwanae Viereck. Orig. desig. 



According to Momoi (1965), members of this genus are usually gregarious parasites of 

 Lepidoptera which spin cocoons. 



inquisitor (Scopoli). Europe. Introduced in Ont. in 1955 for control of the native Ckoristoneura 



Jumiferana (Clem.). Only a small number of individuals (38) were released, which would 



seem to have precluded establishment. 

 Ichneumon inquisitor Scopoli, 1763. Ent. Cam., p. 286. 9 . 



Ichneumon scanicus Geoffroy, 1785. In Fourcroy, Ent. Parisiensis, v. 2, p. 416. 9. 

 Ichneumon albipes Gmelin, 1790. hi Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. 13, v. 1, p. 2701. 6. 

 Ichneumon variegatus Gmelin, 1790. In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. 13, v. 1, p. 2701. d. 



Preocc. by Schrank, 1785. 

 Ichneumon aurifrons Gmelin, 1790. In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. 13, v. 1, p. 2702. 9. 

 Ichneiimon annulatus Gmelin, 1790. In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. 13, v. 1, p. 2702. 9. 

 Ichneumon pennator Fabricius, 1793. Ent. System., v. 2, p. 171. 9. Preocc. by Fabricius, 



1793, p. 155. 

 Ichneiimon pinnator Thunberg, 1822; 1824. Acad. Imp. des Sci. St. Petersburg, Mem. 8: 



274; 9: 348. N. name for /. pennator Fabricius, 1793, p. 155. 

 Pimpla flavipes Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 197. 6. 

 Pimpla prini Hartig, 1838. Jahresber. Fortschr. Forstw. 1: 253. <J, 9. 

 Pimpla pudibundae Ratzeburg, 1848. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 2, p. 167. d , 9 . 

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



Genus ISEROPUS Foerster 



Iseropus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 164. 



Type-species: Ichneumon graminellae Schrank. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Woldstedt, 1877. The type-species is considered to be a synonym of 

 Iseropus stercorator {¥.). 

 Cnemopimpla Cameron, 1903. Entomologist 36: 159. 



Type-species: Cnemopimpla pilosa Cameron. Monotypic. 



Members of this genus are gregarious parasites of insects (usually Lepidoptera) which spin 

 flimsy cocoons. One to twenty adults may emerge from one host cocoon. 



californiensis Cushman. Colo., N. Mex., Calif. Host: Malacosoma califomicum califomicum 

 (Pack.), M. c. fragile Stretch, M. c. pluviale Dyar, Malacosoma sp. 

 Iseropus californiensis Cushman, 1940. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 42: 58. 6 , 9. In his key, 

 Cushman used the variant spelling "califomicus." 



