444 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Only one species is known. 



pendens Townes. Que. s. to n. Ga., w. to Minn. 



Rhytura pendens Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 244. 6, 

 9. 



Genus APTESIS Foerster 



Aptenis Foerster, 1850. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 16 (1): 71, 82. 



Type-species: Ichnennion sudeticus Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. The 

 type-species is regarded as a synonym of A. nigrocincta (Gravenhorst). 

 Pezoporufi Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 181. Preocc. by Illiger, 1811 

 and Klug, 1842. 



Type-species: Pezoniachiis nigrocinctus (Gravenhorst). Monotypically included and 

 desig. by Ashmead, 1900. The type-species designation is Gravenhorst's 1929 

 identification of Ichneumon nigrocinctus Gravenhorst, 1815. 

 Aptesis subg. Clypeocliodon Aubert, 1968. Soc. Ent. Mulhouse, Bui. 24: 7. 



Type-species: Aptesis (Clypeodiodon) flavifaciator Aubert. Monotypic. As "Aptesis 

 Ciypeodion subg no\.Jlavifaciator sp. nov." 



This is a large Holarctie genus. Townes (1970) said that "the species occur mostly in natural 

 meadows." 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12: 139. 

 albifrons Townes. N. Y. 



Aptesis albifrons Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 267. 6. 

 alpestris Townes. Colo., Idaho., Ariz., B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. 



Aptesis alpestris Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst. Mem. 2: 255. 6, 9. 

 anaula Townes. S. C. 



Aptesis anaulus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 272. 6. 

 atrox Townes. Ohio. 



Aptesis atrox Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 2: 269. 9. 

 breviaria Townes. N. Y., Mich., Ohio, Minn. 



Aptesis breviaria Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 253. S, 

 9. 

 catulus Townes. N. Y., N. J., Md., Va., N. C, Kans. 



Aptesis catulus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 263. 6, 9. 

 fastigata Townes. Alta., Wyo., Oreg., Calif. 



Aptesis fastigata Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 267. 6, 

 9. 



fuscitibia Townes. Maine, Mass., R. I., N. Y., w. N. C, Mich. 



Aptesis fnscitibia Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 262. 6, 

 9. 

 gracilis Townes. Northern Mich., Alta. 



Aptesis gracilis Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 251. 6. 

 incompta Townes. Northwestern S. C. 



Aptesis incompta Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 265. 6, 

 9. 

 inculta Townes. Que. s. to w. N. C, w. to Mich. 



Aptesis inculta Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 257. 6,9. 

 lissopleuris Townes. Western N. C. Ecology: Between altitudes of 4600 ft. and 5750 ft. 



Aptesis lissopleuris Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 257. 9. 

 scabra Townes. Md. 



Aptesis scabra Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 266. 9. 

 segnis femorata Townes. Sask., Alta., Wyo., Colo., Calif. 



Aptesis segnis femorata Townes, 1962. In Townes and Gupta, Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 2: 

 260. 6, 9. 



