608 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Mesoleius transfiiga Holmgren, 1857 (1855). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (n. f.) 1: 164. 



6, 9. 

 Calliphninis popofensis Asiimead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 221. 9. 

 Calliphmrun glacialis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 222. 6. 

 Mesoleius gyvinonychi Rohwer, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 57: 223. 9. 



Taxonomy: Pfankuch, 1907. Ztschr. System Hym. Dipt. 7: 18 (syn.). — Townes, 1945. Amer. 

 Ent. Soc. Mem. 11: 527 (syn.). 



Biology: Hinz, 1961. Schweiz. Ent. Gesell, Mitt. 34: 4. 

 conformis (Walley). Ont., N. C, w. Oreg. 



Ipoctonus confonnis Walley, 1933. Canad. Ent. 65: 257. 3,9. 



Genus PHOBETES Foerster 



Phobetes Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 198. 



Type-species: Tryphon fitsciconiis Holmgren. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from two 

 species included by Thomson, 1889. 

 Ipoctonus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 199. Preocc. by Heine, 1860. 

 Type-species: Ichneumon chrysostovius Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from 

 three species included by Thomson, 1889. 

 Philotynnna Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 209. 



Type-species: Ichneumon chrysostovius Gravenhorst. Desig. by Townes, Momoi, 

 and Townes, 1965 from four species included by Townes, Townes, and Gupta, 

 1961. 

 Phobetus Thomson, 1889. Opusc. Ent. 13: 1430. Emend. Preocc. by LeConte, 1856. 

 Griphodes Kriechbaumer, 1894. Termeszet. Fuzetek 17: 57. 



Type-species: Griphodes caligatus Kriechbaumer. Monotypic. 

 Phobetellus Hincks, 1944. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. B: Taxonomy 13: 34. N. name 



for Phobetus Thomson. 

 Ipoctoninus Hincks, 1944. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. B: Taxonomy 13: 35. N. name 



for Ipoctonus Foerster. 

 Troctonus Townes, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 11: 21. Nomen nudum. 



This is a moderately large genus of Neotropic, Holarctic, and Oriental distribution. The 

 majority of the species occur in the Holarctic region. 



egrcgius (Davis). Wash. 



Mesoleptus egregius Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 317. 6. Preocc 

 secondarily in Mesoleptus if Exolytus egregius Foerster is a species of Mesoleptus. 

 rufigaster (Provancher). Ont. 



Tryphon rufigaster Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 104. 9. 

 The lectotype selected by Gahan and Rohwer (1918) was rejected by Mason (1955). 

 Barron (1975) selected a new lectotype. 



Taxonomy: Gahan and Rohwer, 1918. Canad. Ent. 50: 200. —Townes, 1945. Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 Mem. 11: 163 (syn.). —Mason, 1955. Canad. Jour. Zool. 33: 20. —Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 

 102: 551. 

 striatus (Davis). Maine, Colo., Alta., Wash.; Mexico. Host: Ametastegia glabrata (Fall.) 

 Mesoleptus striatus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 318. 6. 

 Mesoleptus torpens Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 318. 3, 9. 

 Mesoleptus scrupulosus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 318. 6,9. 

 Mesoleius balteatus Cushman, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 55: 541. 9. 

 uniformis (Provancher). Que., Ont., Alta. Host: Trichiosoma triangulum Kby. 



Campoplex unicolor Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 144. S. Formerly preocc. in 



Mesoleptus by Cresson, 1864. 

 Mesoleptus uniforinis Provancher, 1879. Nat. Canad. 11: 232. N. name for C. unicolor 

 Provancher. 



Genus HYPERALLUS Foerster 



Gastroponis Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 206. 



