356 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



dietrichi Townes. Ariz. 



Epirhyssa dietrichi Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 

 2): 414. <J, 9. 



Subfamily LABENINAE 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1969. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 11: 194-207 (tribes and genera of world; as 

 Labiinae, =Labeninae). 



Tribe LABENINI 



This is a small tribe, including five genera, only one of which has Nearctic species. 



Genus LABENA Cresson 



Labena Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 399. 



Type-species: Cryptus grallator Say. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Caryoecus Walsh, 1866. Pract. Ent. 1: 30. 



Type-species: Mesochorus fuscipennis Brulle. Monotypic. 

 Microtritus Kriechbaumer, 1889. Ent. Nachr. 15: 307. 



Type-species: Microtritus apicalis Kriechbaumer. Monotypic. 

 Dyseidopus Kriechbaumer, 1890. Wien. Mus. der Naturgesch., Ann. 5: 489. 



Type-species: Dyseidopus sericeus Kriechbaumer. Monotypic. 

 Neonotus Parrot, 1955 (1954). Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Proc. 79:230. 



Type-species: Neonotus chadwickii Parrot. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This is a large Australian, Neotropic, and Nearctic genus. 



Revision: Townes and Townes, 1960. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 531-537. 

 grallator (Say). Mass. and s.e. Ont. s. to Fla., w. to Wis., Colo., and s.e. Calif.; Mexico? Ecology: 

 Has geen reared from insects infesting Pinus and Taxodium, but is more often reared 

 from borers in various angiosperms (trees, bushes, and vines). Host: Aneflomorpha sp.? 

 in Lycium belandieri, cerambycid in Baccharis halimifolia, Knulliana cincta (Drury), 

 Psyrassa unicolor (Rand.), Saperda puncticoUis Say, Stenosphenus notatus (Oliv.), 

 Agrilus sp., A. arcuatus (Say), Chrysobothris femorata (Oliv.), C. tranquebarica 

 (Gmelin), Thrincopyge alacris LeC, Lixus scrobicollis Boh., Pissodes strobi (Peck). The 

 geographic variation of grallator does not seem conducive to the recognition of 

 subspecies. 



Cryptus grallator Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 236. 9. 



Mesochorus fuscipennis Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 250. 9. 



Labena apicalis Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 402. <J. 



Labena grallatrix Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 116. Emend. 



Labena confiisa Rohwer, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 57: 411. 9. 



Labena confusa var. minor Rohwer, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 57: 413. 9. 



Labena grallator xiitha Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 2):535. 6,9. N. syn. 



Labena grallator ochreata Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 2): 535. 6,9. N. syn. 



Labena grallator lutea Townes, 1960. hi Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 2): 536. 6. N. syn. 



Labena grallator balteata Townes, 1960. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216(pt. 2): 536. 6,9. N. syn. 

 tinctipennis Rohwer. Central Ariz., s. B. C, Calif. Host: Dicerca horni Crotch. 



Labena tinctipennis Rohwer, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 57: 409. 9. 



Tribe GROTEINI 



The members of this tribe are parasites of bees. Only one of the three genera is represented 

 by North American species. 



