614 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



According to Townes (1971) this moderately large genus is known from all zoogeographic re- 

 gions except the Australian Region. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 156-157. 

 circumflexum (Linnaeus). Que. w. to s.w. B. C, s. to N. J., N. Mex., and Calif.; Eurasia; n. 



Africa. Host: Acronicfa dactylina liesperida Sm.? 

 Ichneumon circinnflexus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., ed. 10, v. 1, p. 566. [female]. 

 Exochilum occidentale Cresson, 1879 (1878). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 366. 9. 

 Anovialon nigru)>i Provancher, 1879. Nat. Canad. 11 (no. 127): 142. 6, 9. 

 Anovtalon japonicunt Cameron, 1906. Entomologist 39: 98. 9. 

 Exochilum callosnm Shestakov, 1923. Mus. Zool., Russ. Acad. Sci., Ann. 24: 44. Sex not 



indicated. 

 Exochilum tarsatum Shestakov, 1923. Mus. Zool., Russ. Acad. Sci., Ann. 24: 44. Sex not 



indicated. 

 Exochilum laricin Matsumura, 1926 (1925). Mus. Zool., Russ. Acad. Sci., Ann. 26: 36. 9. 

 Exochilum circumflexum ab. nigrosciitellata Hellen, 1926. Soc. pro Fauna et Flora Fenn., 



Acta 56 (6): 15. 9. 

 Exochilum circumflexum var. nipponicum Uchida, 1928. Hokkaido Imp. Univ., Faculty 



Agr., Jour. 21: 236. <J, 9. 



Taxonomy: Uchida, 1958. Insecta Matsumurana 21: 92-93 (syn). —Townes, Momoi, and 

 Townes, 1965. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 5: 380-381 (syn.). 



Morphology: Iwata, 1960. Acta Hym. 1: 169 (ovary and egg). 

 confusum (Ashmead). Va., N. C, S. C, Tex. Host: Acronicta americana (Harris), A. 

 hastulifera (J. E. S.). 

 Schizoloma confusa Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 12: 426. 9. 

 Exochilum acronyctae Riley, 1890. In Riley and Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 3: 



155. Nomen nudum. 

 Exochilum acronyctae Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 190. 9. Townes (1945) 

 selected as lectotype the specimen which Ashmead erroneously recorded as being from 

 D. C; the type-locality is actually Va. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1945. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 11: 724. 

 fuscipenne (Norton). N. B. w. to Hudson Bay and s. B. C, s. to Va., N. Mex., and Calif. Host: 

 Estigmene acrea (Drury), Halisidota maculata (Harris), Acronicta americana (Harris), 

 A. dactylina hesperida Sm., Merolonche lupini (Grt.). 

 E xochilum fuscipennis Norton, 1863. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc. 1: 359. 9. 

 Exochilum verticale Morley, 1913. Rev. Ichn. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 78. 9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 106. 

 longipes (Provancher). Tex., s.e. Wyo., Colo., Utah, Ariz., Nev., s. B. C, Oreg., Calif. Host: 



Heliothis sp., Spodoptera exigua (Hbn.). 

 Anomalon califomicum Cresson, 1879 (1878). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc 30: 367. Preocc. 



in Anomalon by Cresson, 1879, p. 367. 

 Heteropelma longipes Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 120, 



363. S. 

 Anomalon simile Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 12: 423. 9. 

 morio (Fabricius). N. S. w. to Wash., s. to s. Fla., s.e. Kans., and n.w. Nev.; Mexico. Host: 



Cycnia inopinata (Hy. Edw.), Diacrisia virgitiica (F.), Estigmene acrea (Drury), 



Halisidota maculata (Harris), Hyphantria cunea (Drury). 

 Ichneumon morio Fabricius, 1781. Species Insectorum, v. 1, p. 436. [female]. 

 Ophion mundus Harris, 1835. bi Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Min. Bot. Zool. Mass., ed. 2, p.585. . 



Nomen nudum. 

 Ophion mundus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 239. 6. 



Anomalon flavipes Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym. v. 4, p. 170. 6,9. 

 Anomalon nigripennis Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 173. 6 (9 misdet.?). 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 109. 



