518 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus PROTOPELMUS Heinrich 



ProtopelnniH Heinrich, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 200. 



Type-species: Trogua atrocaeruleus Cresson. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



A single species is known. 



atrocaeruleus (Cresson). Northeastern Md., Fla., La.; Me.xico. Host: Ecpantheria muzina 

 Oberthur, E. scribonia (Stoll). 

 Trogii.s atrocaeruleus Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 92. 9. 

 Trogun atrocaeruleus Dalla Torre, 1902. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 1032. Emend. 



Genus ORGICHNEUMON Heinrich 



Orgiclmeumon Heinrich, 1961 (1960). Canad. Ent. Sup. 15: 15. 



Type-species: Ichneuiiion calcatorius Thunberg. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This is a small genus of Holarctic and Oriental distribution. 



calcatorius (Thunberg). N. S. w. to B. C, s. to S. C, Tex., and Oreg.; Europe. Host: Dasycliira 



grisefacta (Dyar)?, D. plagiata (Wlk.), Orgyia antiqua (L.), 0. leucostigma (J. E. S.), 0. 



pseudotsugata McD. 

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



254; 9:291. 9. 

 Ichneumon otiosus Say, 1829 Contrib. Maclurian Lyceum to Arts and Sci. 1: 69. 9. 

 Ichneumon infidelis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 296. S. 

 Ichneumon sylvanus Holmgren, 1880. Ent. Tidskr. 1: 27. 9 (male misdet.). 

 Ichneumon (Cratichneumon) burkei Viereck, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 38: 383. 6. 

 Ichneumon {Sfe)iich)ieuynon) calcatorius var. nigritarsis Schmiedeknecht, 1928. Opusc. 



Ichn., Sup., fasc. 4, p. 219. Syn.? Preocc. by Kriechbaumer, 1889. 



Taxonomy: Roman, 1912. Zool. Bidr. Uppsala 1: 240 (syn.). —Heinrich, 1953. Wash. Acad. 

 Sci., Jour. 43: 148. -Heinrich, 1957 (1956). Canad. Ent. 88: 647-648. -Heinrich, 1959. Ent. 

 News 70: 211. 



Genus THYRATELES Perkins 



Thyrateles Perkins, 1953. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent, Bui. 3: 149. 



Type-species: Amblyteles camelinus Wesmael. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This is a small Holarctic genus which is rather arbitrarily separated from Pteroconnus. 

 Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1973. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 19: 263 (syn.). 

 amoenapex Heinrich. N. W. T. 



Thyrateles amoenapex Heinrich, 1961. Canad. Ent. Sup. 21: 357. 9. 

 caliginops Heinrich. Que. w. to Minn., s. to W. Va. and Ohio. Host: Vanessa atalanta (L.). 



Thyrateles caliginops Heinrich, 1961. Canad. Ent. Sup. 21: 351. 3, 9. 

 camelinops Heinrich. Alta., B. C. Host: Nyjnphaiis milberti (Goed.), Polygonia sp. 



Thyrateles camelinops Heinrich, 1961. Canad. Ent. Sup. 21: 349. 6, 9. 

 instabilis (Cresson). Maine, N. H., N. Y., N. J., Ont., Ohio, Mich., Ind., S. Dak., Calif. Host: 

 Colias eurytheme Bois., C. philodice Godt., Satyrus sp. 

 Ichneumon instabilis Cresson, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 303. S, 9. 



Biology: Dasch, 1971. Ohio Jour. Sci. 71: 278 (hibernation sites). —Heinrich, 1971. Nat. Canad. 

 98: 973 (hibernation site). 

 lugubrator (Gravenhorst). N. S. w. to B. C, s. to central Ga., Tex., and CaHf.; Hawaii. Host: 



Cynthia cardiii (L.), C. virginiensis (Drury), Nymphalis milberti (Godt.), Polygonia 



comma (Harris). 

 Ichneumon lugubrator Gravenhorst, 1807. Vergl. Uebers. Zool. Systeme, p. 256. [male]. 

 Ichneumon rufiventris Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 301. S, 9. 

 Ichneumon incertus Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 180. 9. Preocc. by Sulzer, 1776 



and Christ, 1791. 

 Ichneumon californicus Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 180. S. 

 Ichneumon hunterae Packard, 1881. Boston Soc Nat. Hist., Proc 21: 22. 6, 9. 



