Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 469 



candidus (Cresson). Mass. s. to Fla., w. to Mich, and Kans. 



Mesostenun candidufi Cresson, 1878. Canad. Ent. 10: 206. 6. 



Cryptunm albomaculatuH Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 12: 414. 6. 



Crypftiropsis ahdominaliN Cushman, 1929. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 74 (16): 28. 9. Preocc. in 



Baryceros by Cresson, 1873. 

 Cliristolia diti)ietono» Townes, 1944. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 11: 271. N. name for 

 Crypfuropsis abdo))ii)ialis Cushman. 

 fortis (Cresson). Pa., Md., W. Va., n. Ga., s. Mich., Ohio, Ky., e. Kans., e. Okla. 

 MefiOHtenitsfortis Cresson, 1878. Canad. Ent. 10: 206. 9. 



halli Townes. Ariz. 



Baryceros halli Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 3): 30. 

 6. 

 texanus (Ashmead). Md. s. to Fla., w. to n. Mich, and e. Tex.; n.w. Mexico. Host: Alarodia 

 slosnoniae Pack. 

 Crypturus texanus Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 12: 413. 6. 

 Crypturus Dyari Ashmead, 1897. Canad. Ent. 29: 113. 6, 9. 



Genus WHYMPERIA Cameron 



Wliymperia Cameron, 1903. Entomologist 36: 122. 



Type-species: Whyniperia cari)iifro)is Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Profocryptns Schmiedeknecht, 1904. Opusc. Ichn., v. 2, p. 414. 



Type-species: Protocryptus grandis Schmiedeknecht. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Zawan.sa Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 42: 647. 



Type-species: Cryptus aztecus Cresson. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



Eleven species and subspecies are known, ten of them Neotropic. 



tricolor Townes. Southern Ariz. 



Whi/mperia tricolor Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui 216 (pt. 3): 

 22. 9. 



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Genus CRYPTANURA Brulle 



Cryptanura Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 242. 



Type-species: Cryptanura nigripes Brulle. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Mesosteniis subg. Polyaenus Cresson, 1873. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 25: 149. 



Type-species: [Mesostenus] Polyaenus ectypus Cresson. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Po/i/oe«/f/£'o Viereck, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 46: 381. 



Type-species: Polyaenidea pretiosa Viereck. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



Except for the three species known to occur in North America, this very large genus is 

 Neotropic. 



Revision: Cushman, 1945. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 96: 139-176. 

 banchiformis (Megerle). Mass. s. to Fla., w. to Mich., Kans., and Tex. In their tribal revision, 



Townes and Townes (1962) say that "the sting of this species is moderately severe and 



of long duration; one sting received by the senior author [while collecting] was still 



painful on the night of the third day." 

 Ichneumon Banchifonnis Megerle, 1802. App. ad Cat. Ins., Quae Mense Novembris 1802 



Vienne Austriae Auctionis Lege Vendita Fuere, p. 16. [male]. 

 Mesostenus spinarius Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 227. 9. 

 Mesostenus albopidus Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 312. 6. Preocc. by Smith, 



1858. 

 Mesostenus Delawarensis Dalla Torre, 1901. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 540. N. name for M. 



albopictus Cresson. 

 compacta (Cresson). Southern Tex.; Mexico, Honduras. 



Mesostenus (Mesostenus) conipactus Cresson, 1873. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 25: 153. 9. 

 Cryptanura planiscutellata Cushman, 1945. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 96: 152. 9. 



