Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 595 



Type-species: Mesoleptus ruficomis Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from 

 three species included by Woldstedt, 1877. The type-species is regarded as a 

 synonym o{ A. aectator (Thunberg). 

 Adranes Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 205. Preocc. by LeConte, 1850. 

 Type-species: Tryphon multicolor Gravenhorst. Monotypically included and desig. 

 by Townes, Momoi, and Townes, 1965. 

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



Type-species: Mesoleius laevissimus Strobl. Monotypically included and desig. by 

 Perkins, 1962. 



This is a large Holarctic genus. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 116-117 (Nearctic spp. assigned). 



canaliculatus (Provancher). Que. w. to s.e. Alaska, s. to D. C. and n. Calif. 



Paniscus canaliculatus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 105. 6. 



Paniscus albotarsatus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 106. 6. 

 difficilis (Davis). Colo., s.w. Alta., w. Wash. 



Rhaestes difficilin Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 312. S. 

 innoxius (Cresson). Nev., s. B. C, w. Wash. 



Mesoleptus innoxius Cresson, 1879 (1878). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 371. 6. 

 lucens (Provancher). Que., N. H., N. C, n. Ga., s. Mich. 



Campoplex lucens Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 144. 6. Barron (1975) regarded the 

 holotype of C. lucens as being lost; therefore, application of the name should be based 

 upon the synonymy of Townes (1945). 



Mesoleptus riparius Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 315. 6,9. 



Hadrodactylus affinis Ashmead, 1902 In Slosson, Ent. News 13: 6. Nomen nudum. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1945. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 11: 514. —Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 



499-500. 

 luteifrons (Cresson). Southwestern N. W. T. 



Mesoleptus luteifrons Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 99. 6. 

 notatus Davis. Alta., w. Wash., Oreg. 



Alexeter notatus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 321. 6. 

 scapularis (Cresson). N. H., R. I., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Md. 



Mesoleptus scapularis Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 98. i. 



Genus PROTARCHUS Foerster 



Protarchus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 201. 



Type-species: Tryphon rufus Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from inclusion 

 by Woldstedt, 1877. The type-species is regarded as a synonym of P. testatorius 

 (Thunberg). 

 Zacalles Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 201. 



Type-species: Zacalles magmis Davis. By subsequent monotypy from inclusion by 

 Davis, 1898. 

 Protarchoides Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (8): 25. 



Type-species: Protarchoides longipes Cushman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This is a small Holarctic genus. 



Revision: Walley, 1938. Canad. Ent. 70: 230-232. 

 longipes (Cushman). Que., Maine, N. H., n. Mich., s. B. C. Host: Trichiosoma sp. 



Psilosarged) longipes Ashmead, 1902. In Slosson, Ent. News 13: 321. Nomen nudum. 

 Protarchoides longipes Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (8): 26. 9. 

 Protarchoides viandibularis Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 64(20): 9. 9. 



magnus (Davis). N. H., N. Y. 



Zacalles magnus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 283. 9. 

 mellipes (Provancher). Northern Ont., s. Alta., B. C. 



Coleocentrus mellipes Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 113. 6. 

 Contrary to Barron (1975) the lectotype was selected by Walley (1938). 



