Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 593 



as a synonym of S. nigripennis (Giraud); both names are preocc. by Scolobates 

 nigripennis Sichel, 1860. 



This is a small Holarctic and Oriental genus. 



auriculatus (Fabricius). N. H., Mass., N. Y., Pa., Md., Ont., Mich., Tex., n. B. C. Ecology: Three 

 specimens in the U. S. Natl. Museum collection were collected in July from snow at an 

 altitude of 7000 ft. at London Hill Mine, Bear Lake, B. C. Host: Arge clavicomis (F.), A. 

 pectoralis (Leach), A. scapularis (Klug). 



Ichneummi auriculatus Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 69. 



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

 266; 9: 323. Emend. 



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

 266; 9: 323. S. Preocc. by Panzer, 1799. 



Scolobates crassitarsus Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 2, p. 360. 6, 9. 



Scolobates hylotomae Kriechbaumer, 1877. Ent. Nachr. 3: 135. 6, 9. 



Prionopoda canadensis Harrington, 1892. Canad. Ent. 24: 98. 9. 



Scolobates auriculatus var. niger Roman, 1917. Ent. Tidskr. 38: 273. 9. Syn.? 



Scolobates auriculatus var. nigrifacies Teunissen, 1953. Tijdschr. v. Ent. 96: 16. 9. Syn.? 



Taxonomy: Holmgren, 1859 (1858). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad., Ofvers af ... Forh. 15: 330 (syn.). 

 -Roman, 1912. ZooL Bidr. Uppsala 1: 235, 252 (syn.). -Bauer, 1961. Beitr. z. Ent. 11: 745 

 (syn.). 



Biology: Pschom-Walcher and Kriegl, 1965. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 56: 268-269. 



Tribe MESOLEIINI 



This is a large Holarctic tribe. Taxonomically, it is possibly the most difficult group of Ichneu- 

 monidae. This seems to be reflected in the fact that to use Townes' (1970) key to the genera it is 

 particularly necessary to have a collection including reliably identified representatives of the 

 various genera. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 104-127 (genera of world). 



Genus OTLOPHORUS Foerster 



Otlophonis Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 202. 



Type-species: Tryphon vepretorum Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from five 

 species included by Thomson, 1895. 

 Neales Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 204. 



Type-species: Tryphon vepretorum Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Kriechbaumer, 1897. 

 Dialges Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 206. 



Type-species: Tryphon vepretorum Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Kriechbaumer, 1897. 

 Aeolometis Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 207. 



Type-species: Scolobates italicus Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Thomson, 1892. 

 Tachyporthus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 210. 



Type-species: Scolobates italicus Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Kriechbaumer, 1901. 

 Holmgrenia Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 213. 



Type-species: Holmgrenia lanceolata Davis. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from six 

 species included by Davis, 1898. 

 Aelometis Thomson, 1894. Opusc. Ent. 19: 2034. Emend. 

 Otlophorinus Hincks, 1944. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Proc. (ser. B) 13: 35. 

 Type-species: Mesoleius pulverulentns Holmgren. Orig. desig. 



This a moderate-sized genus of Holarctic distribution. 



fissus (Provancher). Que., N. Y., R. I. 



Mesoleius fissus Provancher, 1879. Nat. Canad. 11: 257. 3. 



