Superfamily ICrfNEUMONOIDEA 459 



Type-species: Cryptus rufirentrifs Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Hobrocryptoides Uchida, 1952. Insecta Matsumurana 18: 19. 



Type-species: Habrocryptoides shikokuenais Uchida. Orig. desig. 

 Pseudischnus Walkley, 1954. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 44: 219. 



Type-species: Ischnus oregotiensif; Cushman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



The members of this moderate-sized Holarctic genus apparently parasitize sawflies and 

 cocoon spinning Lepidoptera. 

 Ta.xonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 12: 189 (generic syn.). 



erasus (Townes). Alta. 



Habrocryptoides erasus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 3): 175. 9. 

 inflexus (Townes). Calif. 



Habrocrtipfoide.H inflexus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 3): 177. 9. 



lumbarius Townes. Calif. 



Habrocryptoides lumbarius Townes, 1962 In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 

 216 (pt. 3): 174. 9. 

 luctuosus luctuosus (Cresson). Que. w. to s. Yukon, s. to N. Y., S. Dak., Colo., CaHf. Host: 



Trichiosowa triangulum Kirby, Zaraea inflata Nort., sawfly on Tsuga hcterophyla. C. 

 luctuosus atrifetiiur (Townes) occurs in Japan and C. luctuosus holalpinus (Heinrich) 

 occurs in Europe. In the tribal revision of Townes and Townes (1962), the latter was 

 treated as a synonym of Cryptus luctuosus subquadratus Thomson. A bizarre situation 

 developed when van Rossem (1969) treated holalpinus as an alpine subspecies of 

 Cryptus luctuosus distinct from luctuosus subquadratus, followed by Townes (1970) 

 treatment of subquadratus as a species not congeneric with luctuosus holalpinus; 

 Townes (1970) placed subquadratus in Itanioplex (=Cryptus), while placing luctuosus 

 and its subspecies in Caenocri/ptus. Both van Rossem (1969) and Townes (1970) had 

 studied the lectotype of Cryptus subquadratus. 



Cryptus luctuosus Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 290. 9. 



Agrothereutes (Itaiuoplex) ebenus Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. 

 Survey Bui. 22: 333. 9. 



Cryptiis caligatus Cushman, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 72 (13): 2. 9. 



Taxonomy: van Rossem, 1969. Tijdschr. v. Ent. 112: 364-366. —Townes, 1970. Amer. Ent. 

 Inst., Mem. 12: 190. 



nitens (Townes). Calif. 



Habrocryptoides nitens Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 3): 176. 9. 

 oregonensis (Cushman). S. Dak., Wyo., Idaho, B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Neodiprion 

 tsugae Midd. 

 Ischnus oregonensis Cushman, 1939. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 29: 392. 6, 9. 

 Habrocryptoides oregonensis coxalis Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. 

 Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 3): 167. 9. N. syn. Described from a single female. 



pictus Townes). Ariz. 



Habrocryptoides pictus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 

 (pt. 3): 173. S. 

 rufifrons (Walsh). R. I. s. to s. Fla., w. to Mich., Kans., and Tex. 



Cryptus rufifrons Walsh, 1873. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 3: 75. 9. 

 virgeus ardalus (Townes). Colo., Ariz. Ecology: Occurs in relatively moist deciduous forests. 

 Habrocryptoides lurgeus ardalus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. 

 Bui. 216 (pt. 3): 172. 6, 9. 

 virgeus virgeus (Townes). Mass. s. to S. C, w. to Wis. Host: Harrisina americana (G.-M.), 

 Laspeyresia ponionella (L.)? 

 Habrocryptoides virgeus virgeus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. 

 Bui. 216 (pt. 3): 171. 6, 9. 



