Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 583 



Antipygus Tschek, 1868. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 18: 438. 

 Type-species: Antipygus megerlei Tschek. Monotypic. 



This is a small Holarctic genus. 



Taxonomy: Cushman, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 511. 

 cultus (Cresson). N. Y., N. J., 111., s.e. S. Dak. 



Mesoleptus cultus Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 99. "i" = 9. 



Pros7nosus{l) cynibafonmis Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 309. 9. 



Prosmorus cymbifonnis Dalla Torre, 1901. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 371. Emend. 

 excavatus Davis. Nev, w. Wash. 



Notopygus excavatus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 309. 9. 

 scutellatus Cushman. Northern Idaho. 



Notopygus scutellatus Cushman, 1915. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 17: 134. 9. 

 virginiensis Cushman. N. H., N. Y., Md., Va., e. N. C. 



Notopygus virginiejisis Cushman, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 511. 9. 



Genus HOMASPIS Foerster 



Homaspis Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 198. 



Type-species: Mesoleptus rufiiius Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from four 

 species included by Thomson, 1894. 

 Nelwmaspis Heinrich, 1949. Muenchen. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 35-39: 15, 81. Name invalid; 

 type-species not desig. e.xcept subsequently by Townes, Momoi, and Townes, 1965. 

 aibipes Davis. N. Y., w. Cahf.? 



Homaspis aibipes Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 308. 9. 

 interruptus (Provancher). Que. 



Paniscus interruptus Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 107. 9. 

 nigripes Cushman. N. Y., Colo., Wash. 



Homaspis nigripes Cushman, 1915. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 17: 134. 9. 



rhadinus Davis. N. H. 



Homaspis rhadinus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 308. 9. 



slossonae Cushman. Que., N. H., N. Y., Ont., Wash. 



Homaspis slossonae Ashmead, 1897. In Slosson, Ent. News 8: 237. Nomen nudum. 

 Homaspis slossonae Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (8): 15. 6. 



Tribe PIONINI 



Sixteen genera are currently recognized. Only six of them have Nearctic species. It is thought 

 that all members of this tribe oviposit into the egg or early larval instar of their sawfly hosts. 

 The host larva is not killed until after it has reached the prepupal stage and spun its cocoon. 



Genus LETHADES Davis 



Lethades Davis, 1897. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 204. 



Type-species: Adelognathus texanus Ashmead. Monotypic. 



Townes (1970) said that this Holarctic genus includes ten Nearctic species, eight of which are 

 undescribed. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 70. 



kukakensis (Ashmead). Southwestern Alaska. 



Trematopygus kukakensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 212. 9. 



texanus (Ashmead). Tex. 



Adelognathus texanus Ashmead, 1890 (1889). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 12: 442. 9. 



Genus HODOSTATES Foerster 



Gnesia Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 202. Preocc. by Doubleday, 

 1848. 



Type-species: Gnesia caliroae Rohwer. Monotypically included and desig. by 

 Rohwer, 1915. 

 Hodostates Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 202. 



