Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 605 



Genus MESOLEPTIDEA Viereck 



Mesoleptidea Viereck, 1912 (Sept. 30). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 14: 176. 



Type-species: Mesoleptus cingulahis Gravenhorst. Orig. desig. 

 Gnathonophorus Schmiedeknecht, 1912 (Nov.). Opusc. Ichn., v. 5, p. 2519. 



Type-species: Gnathonophorus moricei Schmiedeknecht. By subsequent monotypy 

 from inclusion by Schmiedeknecht, 1913. 



This is a Holarctic genus of moderate size. 



decens (Cresson). Que., Maine, N. H., Conn., N. Y., Pa., Va., Colo. Host: Sawfly on Sanibucus. 



Mesoleptus decens Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 101. 6. 

 flavifrons (Cresson). N. H., R. I., N. Y., N. J. 



Mesoleptus flavifrons Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 269. i. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 133 (generic transfer). 

 kodiakensis (Ashmead). Southwestern Alaska. 



Hypocryptus kodiakensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 208. 6. 



unalaskae (Ashmead). Southwestern Alaska. 



Mesoleptus unalaskae Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 210. 9. 



Genus ANISOTACRUS Schmiedeknecht 



Anisotacrus Schmiedeknecht, 1913. Opusc. Ichn., v. 5, fasc. 34 (June), p. 2710; v. 5, fasc. 35 

 (Nov.), p. 2725. Schmiedeknecht indicated on p. 2725 that this is a new name for 

 "Epachtus Thomson, Opusc. entom. XIX, p. 1999 (non Epacthes Foerster, 1868)." 

 However, it seems clear from his discussion that rather than proposing a replacement 

 name for Epachtus because he believed it to be preoccupied by Epachthes, he proposed 

 it in the sense that he regarded Epachtus Thomson as being a misidentification of 

 Epachthes Foerster. That is, he was proposing a "new name" for Epachthes Foerster 

 sensu Thomson. Schmiedeknecht indicated that Thomson placed two unrelated species in 

 Epachtus, Tryphon erythropalpus "Gravenhorst" and Mesoleius tenellus Holmgren; 

 Schmiedeknecht placed Tryphon erythropalpus (desig. as the type-species oi Epachthes 

 by Viereck, 1914) in Trematopygus and proposed his "new name for Epachtus" only for 

 Mesoleius tenellus Holmgren. 



Type-species: Mesoleius teiiellus Holmgren. Monotypic. 



This is a Holarctic genus of moderate size. 



popofensis (Ashmead). Southwestern Alaska, Alta. 



Hypocryptus popofensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 208. "6" = 9. 

 spatiosus (Davis). Que., N. Y., R. I. 



Sychnoleter spatiosus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 306. 9. 

 truncatus (Davis). N. Y., "Canada," Mont. 



Clepsiporthus truncatus Davis, 1898. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 326. 6,9. 



Genus HADRODACTYLUS Foerster 



Dizemon Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 199. 



Type-species: Mesoleptus typhae Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Kriechbaumer, 1891. The type-species is Gravenhorst's identification 

 of and lapsus for Ichneumon tiphae Geoffroy. The taxonomy of H. tiphae is 

 discussed by Idar (1974). 

 Hadrodadylus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 199. 



Type-species: Ichneumon tiphae Geoffroy. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from two species 

 included by Woldstedt, 1877. 

 Zemiodes Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 200. 



Type-species: Mesoleptus erythropus Kriechbaumer. Desig. by Perkins, 1962 from 

 two species included by Kriechbaumer, 1891. 

 Narcopoea Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 204. 



