572 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Trichopimpla Cameron, 1903. Ztschr. System. Hym. Dipt. 3: 303. 

 Type-species: Tridiopinipla pilosa Cameron. Monotypic. 



This is a small Holarctic and Oriental genus. 



piceator bullata (Davis). Pa., Alta., Mont., Idaho, Wash. A. piceafor piceator (Thunberg) is 

 Eurasian. Treatment of bullata as a subspecis of piceator is based upon unpublished 

 information provided by Dr. H. K. Townes. 

 Lampronota bullata Davis, 1895. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 22: 30. 9. 

 superba iridescens (Davis). Nev. 



AsyvimictHS iridescens Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 325. "9" = 6. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 29. 

 superba superba (Provancher). Que., Maine, N. H., Vt., Conn., N. Y., Wis., Tex.?, Sask.?, Colo.? 

 Meniscus superbus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 30. 9. 



Genus ARENETRA Holmgren 



Lasiops Holmgren, 1856 (1854). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 75: 68. Preocc. by Meigen, 



1838. 



Type-species: Tryphon pilosella Gravenhorst. Monotypic. 

 Arenetra Holmgren, 1859. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad., Ofvers. af ... Forhandl. 16: 127. N. 



name for Lasiops Holmgren. 



This is a moderate sized Holarctic genus. The adults occur in late winter through mid-spring 

 or in mid to late fall. 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1951. In Muesebeck et al., U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 

 310. 

 canadensis Cresson. Southeastern Ont., Wis., w. Iowa, e. S. Dak., e. Wyo., Colo., N. Mex., s. 

 Idaho, e. Wash. 

 Arenetra canadensis Cresson, 1868. Canad. Ent. 1: 36. 6. 



hirsutula Walley, revised status. Southern Mich., s.e. Minn., s. Sask. Resurrection from 



synonymy with canadensis based upon unpublished information provided by Dr. H. K. 

 Townes. 

 Arenetra hirsutula Walley, 1931. Canad. Ent. 63: 169. 6. 

 leucotaenia Viereck, revised status. Mass., N. Y., Md., D. C, n. Va., n.e. Kans. Resurrection 



from synonymy with nigrita based upon unpublished information provided by Dr. H. K. 

 Townes. 

 Arenetra leucotaenia Viereck, 1905. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 19: 318. 9. 

 nigrita Cresson. N. H., Mass., Conn., N. J., Pa., n. Va., s. Wis., n. Miss., Iowa, e. S. Dak. 



Are7ietra nigrita Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 159. cJ, 9. 

 pallipes Harrington, revised status. Southeastern and n. Idaho, s.w. B. C, e. Wash., w. Oreg. 

 Resurrection from synonymy with nigrita based upon unpublished information provided 

 by Dr. H. K. Townes. 

 Arenetra pallipes Harrington, 1894. Canad. Ent. 26: 250. 6. 



Arenetra pallidipes Dalla Torre, 1901. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 313. Unjustified emend. 

 rufipes Cresson, revised status. Que. w. to Alaska, s to s.e. N. Y., S. Dak., N. Mex., s. Idaho, 

 and s. Oreg. Host: Euxoa sp. Resurrection from synonymy with nigrita based upon 

 unpublished information provided by Dr. H. K. Townes. 

 Arenetra rufipes Cresson, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 159. 9. 



Arenetra vernalis Walley, 1931. Canad. Ent. 63: 171. 9. N. syn.; identification labels of Dr. 

 H. K. Townes on specimens in the U. S. Natl. Museum collection indicate that he will be 

 treating vernalis as a sympatrie subspecies of rufipes. 



Unplaced Taxa of Arenetra 



In the forthcoming revision of Drs. H. K. and M. C. Townes, the names below will presumably 

 be suppressed as synonyms of one or two of the Arenetra species listed above (cf. Townes and 

 Townes, 1951). 



