Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 433 



Cryptus osculatus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 178. 6. 

 hofinail) tibialis Ashmead, 1897. In Slosson, Ent. News 8: 237. Nomen nudum. 

 pleuralis arctica Townes. Northern Que., N. W. T., Alaska. P. pleitralis pleumlia (Thomson) 



occurs in Europe, and P. pleuralis alboy)iaciilata (Ashmead) occurs in Japan. 

 Parmortha pleuralis arctica Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 



2: 19. 3, 9. 



pleuralis signata (Provancher). Southern Que. w. to s. Alaska, s. to N. C. and Wash. Host: 



A))ietastegia glabrata (Fall.). 

 Cryptus quebecensis Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 179. 9. 

 Cryptus signatiis Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 179. 9. 

 Pannortha pleuralis alpina Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 



2: 22. 9. N. syn. 



Taxonomy: Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 540, 566-567 (discussion of Provancher types). 



Genus CRATOCRYPTUS Thomson 



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



Type-species: Cryptus furcator Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 



This genus includes only two species which Townes (1970) said "might better be treated as 

 subspecies." 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12: 128. 

 petilus Townes. Que., Ont., Mich., B. C. Host: Cephalcia sp. 



Cratocryptus petilus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 26. 6, 

 9. 



Genus CUBOCEPHALUS Ratzeburg 



Cubocephalus Ratzeburg, 1848. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 2, p. 121. 



Type-species: Cryptus fort i pes Gravenhorst. Monotypic. The type-species is 

 regarded as a synonym of Cubocephalus distinctor (Thunberg). 

 Ecporthetor Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 184. 



Type-species: Cryptus fort i pes Gravenhorst. Monotypically included and desig. by 

 Ashmead, 1900. 

 Pammachus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 184. 



Type-species: Stenocryptns nigriventris Thomson. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Ashmead, 1900. Ashmead (1900) suppressed the monotypic genus 

 Stenocryptns as a synonym o{ Paniviachus, thereby including S. nigriventris (cf. 

 Perkins, 1962). 

 Chaeretynnna Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 187. 



Type-species: Cryptus anatorius Gravenhorst. Monotypically included and desig. by 

 Schmiedeknecht, 1890. 

 Stenocryptns Thomson, 1873. Opusc. Ent. 5: 520, 521. 



Type-species: Stenocryptus nigriventis Thomson. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Microcryptus Thomson, 1873. Opusc. Ent. 5: 520, 521. 



Type-species: Cryptus eryflirinns Gravenhorst. Monotypic. 

 Planocryptus Heinrich, 1949. Muenchner Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 35-39: 56. 

 Type-species: Planocryptus niirabilis Heinrich. Orig. desig. 



This is a large Holarctic genus. The few available rearing records indicate that the species 

 parasitize sawflies which pupate in plant tissue, under bark, etc. 



Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 23: 31, 186, 218. —Perkins, 1962. Brit. 

 Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 11: 442. 

 alacris (Cresson). Newfoundland (Labrador) s. to n.w. S. C, w. to Alaska and Calif. Host: 

 Ametastegia glabrata (Fallen). In the tribal revision of Townes and Gupta (1962), 

 Townes recognized four subspecies, three of which were sympatric. 

 Cryptus alacris Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 306. 9. 

 Leptobatus Caiiadensis Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7 (5): 145. 9. N. syn. 



