Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 619 



Ichneumon laedator Hhwnberg, 1822; 1824. Acad. Imp. des Sci. St. Petersburg, Mem. 8: 



264; 9: 318. [female]. 

 Ichneumon cribrator Thunherg, 1822; 1824. Acad. Imp. des Sci. St. Petersburg, Mem. 8: 



264; 9: 318. [male]. 

 Anomalon septentrionale Holmgren, 1857. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad., Ofvers. af ... Forhandl. 



14: 179. (J, 9. 



Taxonomy: Thomson, 1892. Opusc. Ent. 16: 1771 (syn.). —Roman, 1912. Zool. Bidr. Uppsala 1: 

 248, 261 (syn.). -Schmid, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 1541. 



Biology: McGugan and Coppel, 1962. Commonwealth Inst. Biol. Control, Tech. Commun. 2: 

 65. — Embree, 1966. Canad. Ent. 98: 1160. — Embree, 1971. Commonwealth Inst. Biol. 

 Contr., Tech. Commun. 4: 168, 169-170. 

 melleum (Cresson). R. I., Md., Va., Tex. Ecology: Occurs in "overgrown fields." 



Anomalon melleum Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 171. 9. 

 metallicum (Norton). Mass., R. I., Mich. 



Anomalon metalUcus Norton, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 1: 364. 9. 

 prismaticum (Norton), n. comb. N. B.?, Que.?, Maine?, N. H.?, Vt.?, Mass., Conn., Ont.?, Ohio?, 

 Minn.? Host: Ostrinia nubilalis (Hbn.)?, 0. pe^iitalis (Grt.)?, Archips cerasivoranus 

 (Fitch)? The host and distribution data added by Walkley (1967) are based on specimens 

 in the U. S. Natl. Museum collection. I have queried all of these because I do not feel 

 assured that there is any material in the U. S. Natl. Museum collection which is reliably 

 identified as A. prifimaticnm. 

 Anomalon pristnaticus Norton, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 1: 364. 9. 



Taxonomy: Walkley, 1967. In Krombein, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, sup. 2, p. 211. 

 provancheri (Dalla Torre). N. S. w. to s.e. Alaska, s. to n. Ga., Iowa, Colo., Ariz., and Calif. 

 Host: Melanolophia imitata (Wlk.), Operophtera bniceata (Hulst). No host data were 

 cited by Schmid (1970). 

 A7iomalon unicolor Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 82. 9. 



Preocc. by Ratzeburg, 1874. 

 Anomalon Provancheri Dalla Torre, 1901. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 169. N. name for Anomalon 



unicolor Provancher. 

 Atrometus alaske7isis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 233. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Walkley, 1958. In Krombein et ai, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, sup. 1, p. 61. 

 -Schmid, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 1540-1541. 

 pseudargioli (Howard). Mass., R. I., Conn., W. Va. Host: Celastrina pseudargiolus (B. and L.), 

 Strymon melinus (Hbn.). 

 Anomalon pseudargioli Howard, 1889. In Scudder, Butterflies of East. U. S., v. 3, p. 1881. 

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Genus PARANIA Morley 



Paraiiia Morley, 1913. Rev. Ichn. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 96. 



Type-species: Parania nototrachoides Morley. Monotypic. The type-species is 

 regarded as a synonym of P. tricolor (Szepligeti). 



This is a small Neotropic, Holarctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian genus. Until recently the name 

 Atrometus was incorrectly applied to this genus. 



Revision: Schmid, 1969. Canad. Ent. 101: 778-784. 



Taxonomy: Townes, Townes, and Gupta, 1961. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 1: 315-316 (syn.). 

 — Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 144-145, 153. — Gauld, 1976. Brit. Mus. (Nat. 

 Hist.) Ent., Bui. 33: 70-71. 

 badia (Schmid). Mass., Conn., N. Y., Ohio, s. Mich., w. N. Dak. Host: Archips argyrospiUis 

 (Wlk.). 

 Atrometus badius Schmid, 1969. Canad. Ent. 101: 779. 6, 9. 

 geniculata (Holmgren). N. S. w. to w.-cent. B. C, s. to n. Ga., Kans., s.w. N. Mex., and s. Calif.; 

 Europe. Host: Psilcorsis sp., Homadaula anisocentra (Meyr.), Acleris variana (Fern.), 



