Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 439 



because if it were to have had a junior synonym one would not be at liberty to use the 



name S.ferrugineiis until such time as it was placed in a different genus than C. 



fernigmeus Ashmead. 

 sublaevis (Townes), n. comb. Wyo., Colo., Wash. Ecology: Occurs on mountains near timberline. 

 Opidnits sitblaei'is sublaevis Townes, 1962. hi Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 



2: 134. 6,9. 

 Opidmts sublaevis iiiiltouierus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., 



Mem. 2: 135. cJ. N. syn. 

 taeniatus (Townes), n. comb. Northern Que., N. H., N. W. T., n. Yukon. Ecology: In N. H. this 



species occurs above timberline on Mt. Washington. 

 Phygadeuon alticola Ashmead, 1897 In Slosson, Ent. News 8: 237. Nomen nudum. 

 Opidnus taeniatus Townes, 1962. /» Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 154. 6, 



9. 

 tegularis (Provancher). N. S. s. to Pa., w. to Wyo. and Colo. Host: Pristiphora erichsonii 



(Htg.). 

 Phygadeuon tegularis Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 282. 9. 

 Ichneumon decoratus Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7 (1): 25 (key); 7 (3): 83. 6. 

 Ischnus placidus Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7 (4): 110. 6. 

 Phygadeuon orbitalis Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13 (no. 155): 335 (key); 13 (no. 156): 



354. i. 

 Phygadeuon nigriceps Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 52. 9. 

 Phygadeuon {Sci)iascopus^) orbitalifonnis Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and 



Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22: 336. 6. 



Taxonomy: Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 459, 514, 522, 532, 573 (Provancher types revised). 

 teres (Townes), n. comb. Northern Yukon, Alaska. 



Opidnus teres Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 167. 6,9. 

 tibialis (Townes), n. comb. Northern Que., n.e. N. W. T., n. Yukon, Alaska. 



Opidnus tibialis Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 163. 6,9. 

 trifasciatus (Ashmead), n. comb. Northern Que., N. W. T., n. Yukon, Alaska. 



Microcryptus trifasciatus Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 184. 6. 

 tsugae (Cushman). Newfoundland (Labrador) w. to s. Alaska, s. to N. C, Colo., Ariz, and Calif. 

 Host: Neodiprion tsugae Midd. The characters used by Townes (1962) for subspecific 

 differentiation are neither strong nor entirely in agreement with the material he 

 studied. 

 Aptesis (Pezoporus) tsugae Cushman, 1939. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 29: 394. 6,9. 

 Opidnus tsugae ruficoxa Townes, 1962. hi Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 



138. 6,9. N. syn. 



Opidnus tsugae interior Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 



139. 6, 9. N. syn. 



Opidnus tsugae inflatus Townes, 1962. in Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 



140. 9. N. syn. 



Biology: Furniss and Dowden, 1941. Jour. Econ. Ent 84: 49, 51. 

 tumulus (Townes), n. comb. N. W. T., Yukon, Alaska. 



Opidnus tumulus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 160. 

 male, female. 

 vockerothi (Townes), n. comb. Northern Que. 



Opidnus vockerothi Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 166. 6, 

 9. 

 vultuosus (Townes), n. comb. Newfoundland (Labrador), Que., n. Mich., N. W. T., Alaska. 



Opidnus vultuosus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 152. cJ, 

 9. 



Genus POLYTRIBAX Foerster 



Polytribax Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 183. 



