Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 631 



tortricidis (Cushman). N. H. w. to interior Alaska, s. to n.w. S. C, Colo., and n. Calif. Host: 

 Grapholitha niole.sta (Bsk.), Pa mlobesia viteana (Clem.), Acleris variana (Fern.). 



Omorgus torfricidis Cushman, 1915. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 17: 137. 6, 9. 

 triannulatus (Cameron). Western Calif. 



Eribomti^ triannulatus Cameron, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 245. 6. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 106 (generic placement). 

 ultimus Viereck. Southwestern B. C, Wash., w. Oreg., n.w. Calif. Ecology: In the Canadian 



National Collection there is a female specimen from Vancouver, B. C. which was reared 

 from an unknown host in Pohjstictns versicolor. 

 Canipoplex (Canipoplex) ultimus Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (9): 226 (key); 58 (6): 

 147. 9. Viereck cited Ottawa, Ont. as the type locality, but Mr. G. S. Walley has labeled 

 the lectotype as probably collected by Rev. G. W. Taylor in B. C. 

 uniformis (Viereck). Southwestern Alta. 



Neweritis uniformis Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (7): 178 (key); 58 (7): 177. 6. In 

 the 1926 part of Viereck's paper as "Canipoplex {Nemeritis) uniformis." 



valens (Cresson). Colo. 



Mesoleptus valens Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 261. 9. 

 Casinaria compacta Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 362. 9. 



Genus PORIZON Fallen 



Porizon Fallen, 1813. Spec Nov. Hym. Disp. Meth., p. 18. 



Type-species: Iclineuynon moderator Linnaeus. Monotypic. Included as "Opiiion 

 nioderator Fabr[icius]" by Fallen, but cannot be treated as the Fabrician 

 identification of/, moderator Linnaeus because the description given by 

 Fabricius (1804 [where he placed moderator in Ophion]) does not add anything to 

 the Linnaean description and alters it only insignificantly by omitting the phrase 

 "ore tentaculato." Moreover, Fabricius did not indicate that he had aquired or had 

 seen specimens of moderator (see further discussion below). 



Phaedroctonus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 153. N. syn. 



Type-species: Phaedroctonus minutus Ashmead. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Ashmead, 1902. 



For many years the name Porizon was applied to various Tersilochinae, especially to an as- 

 semblage of species (now placed in the genus Barycnemis) which did not include Porizon 

 moderator in the sense of Fallen or of subsequent authors (moderator auct. being placed in Ter- 

 silochus). Accordingly, Viereck (1914) proposed the name Porizonidea to apply to Porizon of 

 authors and suppressed Tersilochus as a synonym o{ Porizon. Roman (1932) discovered that /. 

 moderator Linnaeus is a species of Campopleginae, but made no adjustment in the appHcation of 

 the name Porizon. Townes (1945) appHed the name Tersilochini to "Porizonini" of authors (cf. 

 Hincks, 1945), but the name Porizon continued to be used sporadically for various Tersilochinae, 

 particularly before Townes and Townes (1951) applied the name "Porizonini" to the Cam- 

 poplegini. Townes (1965) applied the name Porizon to Campoplex paniscus Gravenhorst, which 

 he distinguished from "moderator Linnaeus." Horstmann (1970) discovered that Roman (1932) 

 and Townes (1965) had not correctly identified the moderator type specimen, and had incorrectly 

 suppressed Nemeritis cremastoides Holmgren as a synonym of moderator. Horstmann in- 

 dicated moderator to be a species of Venturia; he erected the genus Leptocampoplex (which see) 

 for cremastoides (i.e. Porizon sensu Townes [1965, 1970], in part), and placed paiiiscus, with un- 

 certainty, as a synonym of Macnis filiventris Gravenhorst (see Macrus). As a consequence of 

 the findings of Horstmann (1970), Townes (1971) indicated that Ventnria should be suppressed 

 as a synonym o{ Porizon. 



In 1972 I borrowed a specimen of Porizon moderator from Dr. Horstmann and learned that 

 the Nearctic Phaedroctonus temporalis Cushman is a junior synonym of moderator. In my 

 opinion, Porizon is recognizable as a genus distinct from either Venturia or Campoplex, the 

 separation from Campoplex being more subjective, as is suggested by Townes (1945) placement 

 of the species here included in Porizon and by the fact that Townes (1970) continued to treat 

 Phaedroctonus as a synonym of Campoplex. 



There had never been much doubt that Fallen had intended the name Porizon to apply to 



