Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 547 



Genus AMBLOPLISUS Heinrich 



Anibloplisits Heinrich, 1930. Zool. Mus. Berlin, Mitt. 15: 551. 



Type-species: Atnbloplisus pri))ius Heinrich. Monotypic. 

 Thauniatoteles Hopper, 1938. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 68: 103. 



Type-species: HoplistnenuH ODiatiis Cresson. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This is a small Nearctic and Neotropic genus. 



ornatus (Cresson). N. Y., Md., w. N. C, Iowa. Heinrich (1962) stated that there is a specimen 

 in the U. S. Natl. Museum collection from "Idaho," but that specimen is from Iowa. 

 Hoplisnienus ornatus Cresson, 1869. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 92. 9. 

 Hoplismenus ovatusC) Berthoumieu, 1904. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 18, p. 30. 



Taxonomy: Heinrich, 1962. Canad. Ent. Sup. 27: 790-791 (male described). 



Genus HYPOMECUS Wesmael 



HypomecuH Wesmael, 1945 (1844). [Brussels] Acad. Roy. de Belg., Nouveaux Mem. 18: 147. 

 Type-species: Hypomecus albitarsis Wesmael. Monotypic. 



This is a small Holarctic and Oriental genus. 



quadriannulatus (Gravenhorst). Que., Colo., B. C, Wash., Calif.; Europe, n. Burma. 

 MesoleptuH qiiadricntnnlatuH Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 2, p. 13. S. 

 Hyponiecits albitarsis Wesmael, 1845 (1844). [Brussels] Acad. Roy. de Belg., Nouveaux 



Mem. 18: 147. 6,9. 

 Hypomecus albitarsis var. carens Berthoumieu, 1896. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 65: 299. 9. 



Subfamily METOPIINAE 



The members of this subfamily are internal parasites of Lepidoptera. Invariably, metopiines 

 oviposit into the host larva and emerge as adults from the host pupa. 



Revision: Townes and Townes, 1959. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 [pt. 1]: 3-318. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 89-122 (genera of world). 



Genus PSEUDOMETOPIUS Davis 



Pseudometopius Davis, 1897. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 202. 



Type-species: Metopins hagenii Cresson. Monotypic. 

 Tylocomnoides Uchida, 1940. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc, Trans. 16: 178. 



Type-species: Tylocomnoides egawai Uchida. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Odontotylocomnus Uchida, 1940. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc, Trans. 16: 179. 



Type-species: Tylocomnoides piloszis Uchida. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



The only species known are the one Nearctic and two Japanese species cited in the generic 

 synonymy above. 



hagenii (Cresson). Mass., Conn., Mich., Kans., Okla., Tex. 



Metopins Hagenii Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 168. 9. 



Genus CHORINAEUS Holmgren 



Chorinaeus Holmgren, 1858 (1856). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (n. f.) 1: 320. 



Type-species: Exochns funebris Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1912. 

 Polyrhabdus Walsh, 1873. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 3: 98. 



Type-species: Polyrhabdus cariniger Walsh. Monotypic. 



This is a Holarctic genus of moderate size. 



Revision: Aeschlimann, 1976 (1975). Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (n. s.) 11: 723-744 (Western 

 Palearctic spp.). 

 aequalis Townes. Que., Ont, and Alta. s. to n. Va., w. N. C, and Mich. 



Chorinaeus aequalis Townes, 1959. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 [pt. 

 1]:21. 3, 9. 



