Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 429 



glaucus (Davis). N. Y., Mich. 



Exolytun glaiicus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 354. 6, 9. 



ignotus Cresson. N. Y., Ohio, W. Va. 



Mesoleptux^ ignotus Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. See, Trans. 2: 103. 9. 



Exolytus nielanosceli.s DeGant, 1933. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 83: 3. 9. 

 ithacae (Ashmead). Que., Ont., Conn., N. Y., N. J. 



Pyracmou iucompletum Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 90. 

 9. Preocc. in Mesolepttis by Provancher, 1875. 



Exolytus ithacae Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 206. 9. 



Genus ATRACTODES Gravenhorst 



Atractodes Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 739. 



Type-species: Atractodes bicolor Gravenhorst. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Zetesima Foerster, 1876. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 33: 27. 



Type-species: Zetesima nifipes Foerster. Monotypic and orig. desig. The name of 

 the type-species is preocc. in Atractodes by Provancher, 1874. 

 Asyncrita Foerster, 1876. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 33: 29. 



Type-species: Atractodes foveolatus Gravenhorst. Orig. desig. 



aciculatus (Davis). N. H., N. Y. 



Exolytus aciculatus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 354. cJ, 9. 



alamagnus (Davis). Colo. 



Exolytus alawagnus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 355. 6. 



alaskensis (Ashmead). Alaska, Wash., Oreg. 



Exolytus alaskensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 167. 9. 

 Exolytus seldoviae Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 168. 6. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12: 107 (syn.). 

 ambiguus Ruthe. Alaska; n. Eurasia. Ecology: Occurs in moist biotypes (see Petersen, 1956). 

 Atractodes ambiguus Ruthe, 1859. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 20: 377. 9. 

 Exolytus ungae Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 167. c?, 9. 

 Exolytus insularis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 168. 9. 

 Atractodes truncator Roman, 1909. In Hamberg, Naturw. Untersuch. Sarekgebirges 

 Schwedish-Lappland, v. 4, p. 228. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Roman, 1928. In Lindroth, Goteborgs K. Vetensk. Vitterhets-Samhalles Handl. 

 (5B) 1 (4): 20 (syn.). —Townes, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 11: 229 (syn.). 



Biology: Petersen, 1956. In Fridhriksson and Tuxen, Zool. Iceland, v. 3, pt. 49-50, p. 70. 

 americanus (Ashmead). N. H., N. Y., N. C, S. C, Tenn., Kans. Ecology: Found in late fall at 

 carrion. 

 Isclinus americanus Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 12: 394. 9. 



arcticus Holmgren. Greenland; n. Eurasia. 



Atractodes arcticus Holmgren, 1872. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad., Ofvers af ... Forh. 29 (6): 99. 

 6. 

 Taxonomy: Roman, 1916. Arkiv for Zool. 10 (22): 8. —Roman, 1934. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (10) 14: 607-608. 



ashmeadi Cushman. N. H. 



Asyncrita conipressa Ashmead (!), 1897. In Slosson, Ent. News 8: 237. Lapsus for and 



misidentification of Stilpnus^ conipressus Cresson (compare Ashmead, 1900 with 



Cushman, 1922). 

 Atractodes ashmeadi Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 61 (8): 6. 9. 



Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1900. In Smith, N. J. State Bd. Agr., Ann. Rpt. 27, sup., p. 568. 



aterrimus Holmgren. Greenland. 



Atractodes aterrimus Holmgren, 1872. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad., Ofvers af ... Forh. 29 (6): 

 98. 6. 



Taxonomy: Roman, 1916. Arkiv for Zool. 10 (22): 9. —Roman, 1934. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (10) 14: 607 (description of female). 



