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lonchura Townes and Gupta. Yukon. 



Schenkia lonchura Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 217. 9. 



parallela evittata Townes and Gupta. Wash. 



Schenkia parallela evittafa Townes and Gupta, 1962. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 209. 9. 



parallela parallela Townes and Gupta. N. H. s. to s.w. S. C, w. to Sasi<. 



Schejikia parallela parallela Townes and Gupta, 1962, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 208. d, 



9. 



Genus MEGAPLECTES Foerster 



Megapledes Foerster, 1868 Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 186. 



Type-species: Ichneionon monticola Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Schmiedeknecht, 1890. 

 locryptus Thomson, 1873. Opusc. Ent. 5: 472. 



Type-species: Phygadeiion regiufi Taschenberg. Monotypic. The type-species is 

 regarded as a synonym of M. vionticola ))ionticola (Gravenhorst). 

 Megaloplectefi Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 124. Emend. 



There is a single Holarctic species. 



monticola blakei (Cresson). Newfoundland (Labrador) w. to Yukon, s. to w. N. C, Mich., Man., 

 and Oreg. M. monticola monticola (Gravenhorst) is European. 

 Ichneumon Blakei Cresson, 1864 Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 139. 6. 

 Cryptus insignis Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 178. 9. 

 Hoplismenus stygicus Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada. Hym., p. 34. 6. 



monticola dentatus Uchida. Yukon, Alaska; n. Asia. 



Megaplectes monticola var. dentata Uchida, 1930. Hokkaido Imp. Univ., Faculty Agr., 

 Jour. 25:304. d, 9. 



Genus PLEOLOPHUS Townes 



Pleolophus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 223. 



Type-species: Phygadeuon basizomis Gravenhorst (sensu Townes). Orig. desig. 



This is a Holarctic genus of moderate size. 



annulosus Townes. Maine, N. Y., Mich. 



Pleolophus annulosus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 226. 

 6. 

 astrictus Townes. Maine, N. H., Mass., Conn., N. Y., Mich., Alaska. 



Pleolophus astrictus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 242. 

 6, 9. 

 basizonus (Gravenhorst). N. B., Que., N. J., Ont., Mich., Ohio; Eurasia. Introduced from 

 Europe. Host: Gilpinia hercyniae (Htg.), Neodiprion lecontei (Fitch), N. nanulus 

 nanulus Schedl, N. pratti banksianae Roh., N. sertifer (Geoff.), N. swainei Midd. 

 Cryptus varicolor Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 2, p. 603. S. 

 Phygadeuon basizonus Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 2, p. 748. 9. 

 Phygadeuon pteronorum Hartig, 1838. Jahresber. Fortschr. Forstwiss. Forstl. Naturk. 1: 



273. 6, 9. 

 Microcryptus basizoninsV.) Thomson, 1883. Opusc. Ent. 9: 863. 

 Microcryptus curtulus Kriechbaumer, 1891. Ent Nachr. 17: 171. 6. 



Taxonomy: Oehlke, 1966 (1965). Beitr. z. Ent 15: 829-831 (syn. and description). 



Biology: Seyrig, 1932 Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 101: 111-112. — Finlayson and Reeks, 1936. 

 Canad. Ent. 68: 164, 166. —Morris, Cameron, and Jepson, 1937. Bui. Ent. Res. 28: 349-355 

 (in part). —Green, 1938. Ent. Soc. Ontario, Ann. Rpt 69: 32-34. — Pierson and Nash, 1939. 

 Maine Forest Commr., Bien. Rpt. 22: 85. —Finlayson and Green, 1940. Canad. Ent. 72: 

 236-238. — Lovaszy, 1940. Ann. Ent. Fenn. 6: 64-65. — Kangas, 1941. Ann. Ent. Fenn. 7: 

 10-27. —Reeks, 1953. Canad. Jour. Agr. Sci. 33: 407, 408, 416-417. — Hein, 1956. Nederland. 

 Boschbouw.-Tijdschr. 28: 283-297. —Finlayson and Finlayson, 1957. Canad. Ent 89: 



