590 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus ABSYRTUS Holmgren 



Absyrtu.H Holmgren, 1859 (1858). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad., Ofvers af ... Forii. 15: 323. 



Type-species: AbayrtuH lutetis Holmgren. Monotypic. The type-species is regarded 

 as a synonym of A. vicinator (Thunberg). 

 Eczetesis Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 196. 



Type-species: Perilissits paniscoides Ashmead. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Davis, 1897. 



This is a small Holarctic genus. 



Revision: Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 18-20. 

 arealis Cushman. N. H., N. Y., Pa., Md. 



Absyrtus arealis Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 19. d, 9. 

 paniscoides (Ashmead). Vt. w. to Minn., s. to n. Ala. and Tex. 



Perilissus paiiiscoides Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 197. 9 (6 misdet.). 

 perilissoides Cushman. Conn., Ohio, Okla. 



Absyrtus perilissoides Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 19. 6, 9. 



Genus LOPHYROPLECTUS Thomson 



Lophyroplectus Thomson, 1883. Opusc. Ent. 9: 915. 



Type-species: Paniscus oblogopunctatus Hartig. Monotypic. 



Two species are known, one European and one Japanese. 



oblongopunctatus (Hartig). Ont.; Europe. Introduced in N. S., N. B., Que., Maine and Ont. in 

 1935 through 1941 without becoming established; introduced again in Maine in 1958 and 

 in Ont. in 1962 and 1964 and apparently established in Ont. Host: Neodiprion sertifer 

 (Geoffroy). The host listed was the target species for the most recent introductions in 

 Ont. 



Ichneumon luteator Thunberg, 1822; 1824. Acad. Imp. des Sci. St. Petersburg, Mem. 8: 

 259; 9: 308. 9. Preocc. by Fabricius, 1798. 



Paniscus oblongopunctatus Hartig, 1838. Jahresber. Fortschr. Forstwiss. Forstl. Naturk. 

 1:272. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Roman, 1916. Zool. Bidr. Uppsala 1: 266, 291. — Oehlke, 1966 (1965). Beitr. z. Ent. 

 15: 855-856. 



Biology: Pschorn-Walcher, 1967. Commonwealth Inst. Biol. Control, Tech. Bui. 8: 9-15, 44. 

 —Griffiths, Rose, and Bird, 1971. Commonwealth Inst. Biol. Control (Trididad), Tech. 

 Commun. 4: 107, 157, 158, 160-161. —Rose, 1977 (1976). Canad. Ent. 108: 1395-1398. 



Genus OPHELTES Holmgren 



Opheltes Holmgren, 1859 (1858). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad., Ofvers. af ... Forh. 15: 323. 



Type-species: Ichneumon glaucopterus Linnaeus. Monotypic. 

 Nephopheltes Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 16. 



Type-species: Nephopheltes japonicus Cushman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This is a Holarctic genus including only two species. 



glaucopterus barberi Cushman. Newfoundland (insular) w. to Alaska, s. to S. C, n. Ga., s.e. 



Kans., Colo., and s.w. Oreg. Host: Cimbex americana Leach. 0. glaucopterus 



glaucopterus (Linnaeus) is Eurasian, and 0. glaucopterus apicalis (Matsumura) occurs 



in northeastern Asia. 

 Campoplex flavipennis Provancher, 1874 (May). Nat. Canad. 6 (5): 143. 9. Preocc. by 



Cresson, 1874 (January). 

 Opheltes glaucopterus var. barberi Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 16. 9. 

 Opheltes glaucopterus galbipetmis Walkley, 1958. In Krombein et ai, U. S. Dept. Agr., 



Agr. Monog. 2, Sup. 1, p. 54. N. name for C . flavipennis Provancher. N. syn. 



Biology: Orcutt and Aldrich, 1892. S. Dak. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 30: 5. — Fyles, 1894. Ent. Soc. 

 Ontario, Ann. Rpt. 25: 54, 55. — Comeau, 1944. Ann. de L'Acfas (Montreal) 10: 103. 



