Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 419 



Type-species: Cryptus claviger Taschenberg. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from two 

 species included by Schmiedeknecht, 1888. 

 Gausocentrus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 198. 



Type-species: Gausocentrus gyrini Ashmead. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Ashmead, 1894. 

 Sienoschema Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 220. Nomen nudum. 

 Leptocryptus Thomson, 1873. Opusc. Ent. 5: 521. 



Type-species: Cryptus claviger Taschenberg. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from nine 

 species included by Thomson, 1884. 

 Ageiwra Cameron, 1909. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, Jour. 19: 722. 

 Type-species: Age)iora hirticeps Cameron. Monotypic. 



Members of this genus oviposit into cocoons of various insects, often those of Braconidae or 

 other Ichneumonidae. 



Revision: Thomson, 1884. Opusc. Ent. 10: 963-966 (European spp.). — Cushman, 1920. U. S. 

 Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 261-264. —Viereck, 1925. Canad. Ent. 57: 77-78. 

 areolaris (Cushman). Alaska, Oreg., Calif. Host: Neodiprion tsugae Midd. 



Panargyrops areolaris Cushman, 1939. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 29: 397. 6, 9. 

 claviger (Taschenberg). Que., Maine, Tex., Alta., Colo., B. C, Wash.; Eurasia. Host: 

 Anietastegia glabrata (Fall.). 

 Cryptus claviger Taschenberg, 1865. Ztschr. f. die Gesam. Naturw. Halle 25: 76. 6. 

 Cryptus (Cliaeretymma[f]) ater Brischke, 1880. Naturf. Gesell. Danzig, Schr. (n. f.) 5: 338. 



6, 9. 

 Mesostenus sericeus Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 264. S. 

 Cryptus sericeifrons Provancher, 1879. Nat. Canad. 11 (no. 125): 132. 9. 

 Agenora hirticeps Cameron, 1909. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, Jour. 19: 722. 6. 

 Bathythrix tibialis Cushman, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 458. cJ, 9. 

 Panargyrops texanus Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 262. 9. Preocc. in 



Bathythrix by Ashmead, 1890. 

 Panargyrops pacificus Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 262. 9. 

 Thysiotorus (Panargyrops) tegularis Viereck, 1925. Canad. Ent. 57: 78. 9. 

 Thysiotorus {Panargyrops) conjunctus Viereck, 1925. Canad. Ent. 57: 78. i, 9. 



Taxonomy: Oehlke, 1966 (1965). Beitr. z. Ent. 15: 845-846. 



fragilis (Viereck). N. Mex. 



Plesiognathus (l) fragilis Viereck, 1903. In Skinner, Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 82. 6. 



gyrinophaga (Cushman). N. Y., Ont., Mich., Iowa. Host: Gyrinus sp. 



Gausocentrus gyrini Ashmead, 1894. Canad. Ent. 26: 25. S. Preocc. in Bathythrix by 



Hemiteles gyrini Parfitt, 1881. 

 Hemiteles gyrinophagus Cushman, 1930 (1929). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 76 (25): 5. N. name 



for G. gyrini Ashmead. 

 Panargyrops instil a DeGant, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 82: 2. (J, 9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12: 90 (syn.). 

 latifrons (Cushman). Southern Alaska, Wash., Oreg. Host: Neodiprion tsugae Midd., Meteorus 

 sp.? 

 Thysiotorus latifrons Cushman, 1939. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 29: 396. 6,9. 

 meteori (Howard). R. I. and N. Y. s. to Ga. and Miss. Host: Meteorus connnu7iis (Cr.), Iseropus 

 coelebs (Walsh)? 

 Bathythrix meteori Howard, 1897. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 5: 53. 6, 9. 



peregrina (Cresson). Que. s. to Va., w. to Iowa and Kans. 



Mesoleptusf peregrinus Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 102. 6, 9. 



Panargyrops thoracicus Cushman, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 55: 528. 9. 

 pimplae Howard. N. Y. s. to Va., w. to S. Dak. Host: Ganibrus extretnatis (Cr.), Iseropus 

 coelebs (Walsh)?, Gyrinus sp.? 



Bathythrix piwplae Howard, 1897. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 5: 54. 9. 



Biology: Butcher, 1933. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 26: 82. 



