Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 365 



Type-species: Mesoleptus exomattis Gravenhorst. Included and desig. by Townes, 

 Momoi, and Townes, 1965. 

 Anoplectes Kriechbaumer, 1896. Ent. Nachr. 23: 363. 



Type-species: Anoplectes vuilticolor Kriechbaumer. Monotypic. 

 ornatus Holmgren. Newfoundland (Labrador) s. to N. C, w. to Alaska, Colo.; Europe. 



Eclytus ornatus Holmgren. 1857 (1855). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (n. f.) 1: 127. d, 9. 

 Eclytus perennis Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 305. cJ, ?. 

 Spanotecnus Jlavopictus Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 204. 6. 



Genus HERCUS Townes 



Hercus Townes, 1969. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 11: 157. 



Type-species: Orthocentrus pleuralis Provancher. Orig. desig. There are three 

 Nearctic species, one of them undescribed. 

 fontinalis (Holmgren). Alaska; Europe. 



Eclytus fontinalis Holmgren, 1857 (1855). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (n. f.) 1: 128. S, 



9. 

 Eclytus yakutatensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 204. 6. 

 Himertosoma schmiedeknechti Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 194. S . 

 pleuralis (Provancher). N. S. s. to Va., w. to S. Dak. Host: Argyrotaenia pinatubana (Kft.), A. 

 velutinana (Wlk.), Platynota idaeusalis (Wlk.) Acrobasis kearf'ottella Dyar. 

 Orthocentrus pleuralis Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 328. 9. The syntypes were not 



located by Barron (1975). 

 Calliphrurusf taeniogaster Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mas., Proc. 43: 585. 6. 



Taxonomy: Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 533. 



Genus NELIOPISTHUS Thomson 



Neliopisthus Thomson, 1883. Opusc. Ent. 9: 907. 



Type-species: Phytodietus elegans Ruthe. Monotypic. 

 Polysphinctomorpha Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 23: 59. 



Type-species: Polysphinctomorpha luggeri Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Cushman, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 56: 378-381. — Cushman, 1935. Wash. Acad. 

 Sci., Jour. 25: 553-555. 

 densatus (Say). Maine s. to Md., w. to S. Dak., Ariz. 



Anomalon densatus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 243. 9. 

 Neliopisthus similis Cushman, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 56: 379. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cushman and Gahan, 1921. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 23: 155. 

 niger Cushman. Colo., Idaho, Ariz., Wash. 



Neliopisthus niger Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 60 (21): 12. 9. 



Neliopisthus longicauda Cushman, 1935. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 25: 554. 9. 

 piceae Cushman. Maine, Minn., Oreg. Host: Coleotechnites piceaella (Kft.). 



Neliopisthus piceae Cushman, 1935. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 25: 555. 6,9. 

 semirufus (Provancher). Que. s. to Va., w. to Minn. Host: Psilocorsis sp. 



Hemiteles semirufus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 332. 9. 



Polysphincta erythropletira Ashmead, 1896; 1902. In Slosson, Ent. News 7: 264; 13: 321. 

 Nomen nudum. 



Polysphinctomorpha luggeri Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 23: 59. 9. 



Neliopisthus nigridorsum Cushman, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 56: 379. 9. 



Genus THYMARIS Foerster 



Thymaris Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 151. 



Type-species: Thymaris padchricomis Brischke. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Brischke, 1880. The Brischke types have been destroyed, and the 

 interpretation of pulchricomis is based upon Pfankuch's (1906) placement of it as 

 a synonym of Mesoleptus tener Gravenhorst (1829). Pfankuch later (1925) placed 



