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stigmapterus stigmapterus (Say). Newfoundland (Labrador), n. Man., n. B. C, and s. Alaska s. 



to n.w. S. C, Iowa, e. N. Dak., and central Alta. Host: Anoplodera proximo (Say), 



Dryobms sexnotatus Linsley? 

 AcoeniUis stigmapterus Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2 (App.), p. 



325. 9. 

 Xylonomiis tartarus Morley, 1913. Fauna Brit. India, Hym., v. 3, p. 78. 9. According to 



Townes (1961) the holotype is erroneously labeled "India," which is presumed to be an 



error for Indiana. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 113, 175. 



Subfamily CRYPTINAE 



This is the largest of ichneumonid subfamilies. Townes (1970) recognized 307 genera which he 

 divided among three tribes, the Hemitelini (= Gelini), the Aptesini (=Echthrini), and the Cryp- 

 tini (= Mesostenini). Most Cryptinae are external parasites. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12, 537 pp. (genera of world). 



Tribe HEMITELINI 



This tribe includes most of the smaller Cryptinae. Many of the species oviposit into the egg 

 cocoons of spiders or cocoons of beneficial insects such as Chrysopidae, Braconidae, or other 

 Ichneumonidae. Species of a number of genera attack the puparia or larvae of cyclorrhaphous 

 Diptera. 



SUBTRIBE CHIROTICINA 



Most of the species of this subtribe occur in the tropics or subtropics. There are 18 genera, but 

 only the worldwide genus Chirotica has Nearctic species. 



Genus CHIROTICA Foerster 



Chirotica Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 173. 



Type-species: Hemiteles insigiiis Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Schmiedeknecht, 1897. 

 AUocota Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 173. Preocc. by Motschoulsky, 

 1860. 



Type-species: AUocota confederatae Ashmead. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Ashmead, 1896. 

 Spinolia Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 173. Preocc. by Dahlbom, 

 1854; Costa, 1858; and Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863. 



Type-species: Hemiteles maculipennis Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Schmiedeknecht, 1897. 

 Syneches Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 173. Preocc. by Walker, 1852. 

 Type-species: Hemiteles thyridopteryx Riley. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Ashmead, 1900^ 

 Diaglypta Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 176. 



Type-species: Diaglypta radiata Ashmead. By subsequent monotypy from inclusion 

 by Ashmead, 1895. 

 Deuterospinolia Dalla Torre, 1902. Cat. Hym. v. 3, p. 678. N. name for Spinolia Foerster. 

 Hymenosyneches Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 42: 149. N. name for Syneches 



Foerster. 

 Aphadnus Cameron, 1907. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 20: 26. 



Type-species: Aphadnus rufipes Cameron. Monotypic. A. rufipes is regarded as a 

 synonym of Chirotica decorata (Tosquinet), which is one of the intermediate 

 species tending to merge Chirotica and Paraphylax Foerster (see Townes, 1970). 



Between 1944 and 1962 the name Phobetes Foerster was used for this genus in North Amer- 

 ica. Perkins' (1962) correction of the type-species of Phobetes from Phobetes albinopennis Davis 

 to Tryphon fuscicomis Holmgren transferred the name Phobetes to the Ctenopelmatinae, Eu- 



