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Chron. 32: 21. -Drooz, 1957. Jour. Econ. Ent. 50: 212. — Drooz, 1960. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Tech. Bui. 1212: 29-32. — McGugan and Coppel, 1962. In McCleod, McGugan, and Coppel, 

 Commonwealth Inst. Biol. Control, Tech. Commun. 2: 110-114. — Turnock and Muldrew, 

 1971. Commonwealth Inst. Biol. Control, Tech. Commun. 4: 177-180, 181-182, 186-188. 



Morphology: Finlayson, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92: 933-935 (final-instar larva). 



Genus HYPERBATUS Foerster 



Hyperbatus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 210. 



Type-species: Mesoleius segynentator Holmgren. Monotypically included and desig. 

 by Townes, Momoi, and Townes, 1965. 



According to Townes (1970) this genus includes the Eurasian type-species and three un- 

 described Nearctic species. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 126. 



Genus SAOTIS Foerster 



Saotis Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 210. 



Type-species: Mesoleius {Saotus) brevispina Thomson. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from 

 five species included by Thomson, 1883. 

 Saotus Thomson, 1883. Opusc. Ent. 9: 933. Emend. 



This is a Holarctic genus of moderate size. 



clypeatus (Ashmead). Southwestern Alaska, w. Wash. 



Exolytus clypeatus Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 168. $. 

 hoeli Roman. Eastern Greenland. 



Saotis Hoeli Roman, 1933. Norges Svalbard-og Ishavs-undersokelser, Skrifter om 

 Svalbard og Ishavet 53: 9. 9 . 



Taxonomy: Roman, 1934. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 14: 609 (variation). 



mellipes (Provancher). Que. 



Echthrus viellipes Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 60. 9 (d misdet.). 



Genus ANONCUS Townes 



Anoncus Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 127. 

 Type-species: Mesoleius striatus Davis. Orig. desig. 



Townes said that this is a large Holarctic genus. 



confusus (Ashmead). Southwestern Alaska. 



Calliphrurus confusus Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 223. 6. 

 perplexus (Ashmead). Southwestern Alaska. 



Calliphrurus perplexus Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 222. 6. 



striatus (Davis). Que., Maine, N. H., Colo. 



Mesoleius striatus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 299. cJ, 9. 

 Dizemon regalis Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 312. 9. 



zebratus (Davis). N. Y. 



Mesoleptus zebratus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 316. S, 9. 



Unplaced Taxa of MESOLEIINI 



The following were treated as species of Mesoleius by Townes and Townes (1951). 

 Presumably, they are species whose types had not been studied recently enough by Townes to 

 enable him to assign them to genera in accordance with his 1970 treatment of the genera of 

 Ctenopelmatinae. The types of the Provancher species were studied by Barron (1975), who cited 

 the generic placements of Townes and Townes and Townes (1951) without indicating that they 

 either remained correct or had become obsolete. 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1951. In Muesebeck et ai, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 

 332, 333, 334. -Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 445, 448, 545, 554-555. 



