Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 519 



Ichneumon vulviventris (!) Nason, 1905. Ent. News 16: 148. Lapsus for /. rufiventris 

 Brulle. 



Taxonomy: Kriechbaumer, 1875. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 36: 41. — Townes, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., 

 Proc. 63: 108, 109, 169-170. 

 mormonus (Cresson). Que., Ont., Colo., Alta., Utah. Host: Polygonia sp. 



Amblyteles monnonus Cresson, 1877. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 6: 190. 9. According to 



Cresson (1879) the type locality is "Great Salt Lake, Utah." 

 Ichneumon adjunctus Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 29. 9. 

 Cratichneumon pedalis var. varitarsis Viereck, 1902. Ent. News 13: 87. 9. 



Taxonomy: Cresson, 1879 (1878). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 355. 

 procax (Cresson). Ont., Alaska. Host: Nymphalis antiopa (L.). 



Ichneumon procax Cresson, 1877. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 6: 170. S. 

 Amblyteles torontosus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 351. 9. 



Genus PTEROCORMUS Foerster 



Brachyptenis Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 1, p. 673. Preocc by Kugelman, 1794. 

 Type-species: Brachypterus means Gravenhorst. Monotypic. The type-species is 

 regarded as a synonym of P. latrator (Fabricius). 

 Pterocormus Foerster, 1850. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 16: 71. N. name for Brachypterus 



Gravenhorst. 

 Colobacis Cameron, 1900. New Zeal. Inst., Trans. 33: 110. 



Type-species: Colobacis forticornis Cameron. Monotypic. The type-species is 

 regarded as a synonym of P. lotatorius (Fabricius). 

 Tyanites Cameron, 1903. Entomologist 36: 95. 



Type-species: Tyanites rufipes Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Vabsaris Cameron, 1903. Entomologist 36: 96. 



Type-species: Vabsaris forticornis Cameron. Monotypic. The type-species is 

 regarded as a synonym of P. rufipes (Cameron). 

 Euichneumon Berthoumieu, 1904. Gen. Ins., fasc. 18, p. 33. 



Type-species: Ichneumon sarcitorius Linnaeus. Desig. by Townes, 1944. 

 Matsumuraius Ashmead, 1906: U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 30: 169. 



Type-species: Matsuynuraius grandis Ashmead. Monotypic. The type-species is 

 regarded as a subspecies of P. primatorius (Forster). 

 Coreojoppa Uchida, 1926. Hokkaido Imp. Univ., Faculty Agr., Jour. 18: 63. 



Type-species: Coreojoppa flavomaculata Uchida. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Bureschias Heinrich, 1936. K. Naturw. Inst. Sofia, Mitt. 9: 82. 



Type-species: Bureschias balcanicus Heinrich. Orig. desig. The type-species is 

 regarded as a synonym of P. tuberosus (Berthomieu). 



This is a very large genus with species occurring throughout the Old and New World, but ap- 

 parently with greater numbers of species in temperate areas. 



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

 adonis (Viereck). N. Mex. 



Cratichneumon adonis Viereck, 1903. In Skinner, Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 77. cJ. 

 alpestriformis (Viereck). Western Alaska. 



Amblyteles {Pterocormus) alpestriformis Viereck, 1923. North Amer. Faune 46: 234. 9. 



Ta.xonomy: Heinrich, 1957 (1956). Canad. Ent. 88: 690-691. 

 amauropus (Heinrich), n. comb. Northern N. W. T. 



Ichneumon amauropus Heinrich, 1956. Canad. Ent. 88: 481. 9. 

 ambulatorius (Fabricius). Newfoundland (nsular) w. to B. C, s. to Ga., Kans., N. Mex., and 

 Oreg. Host: Crymodes devastator (Brace), Faro7ita diffusa (Wlk.), Luperina stipata 

 (Morr.), Macronoctua onusta Grt., Papaipema circumlucens (Smith), P. nebris (Gn.), 

 Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haw.). 

 Ichneumon ambulatorius Fabricius, 1775. Systema Ent., p. 329. [female]. 

 Ichneumon mnltor Harris, 1833. In Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. Mass., p. 587. 

 Nomen nudum; uncertain syn. 



