Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 731 



patula (Viereck). N. H., N. Mex., Wash. 



Mesochorus areolatus Viereck, 1903. bi Skinner, Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 92. 9. Preocc. 



by Provancher, 1883. 

 Mesochonis patulus Viereck, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 192. N. name for M. 



areolatus Viereck. 



Genus APERILEPTUS Foerster 



Aperileptus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 170. 



Type-species: Plediscus albipalpus Gravenborst. Included and desig. by Foerster, 

 1871. 



Tbis is a moderately large genus, apparently of Neotropic, Holarctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian 

 distribution. 



gracilis (Provancber). Que., Maine, N. H., N. Y. 



Phytodietus gracilis Provancber, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 331. 9. 



Proednis delicatus Asbmead, 1897. hi Slosson, Ent. News 8: 237. Nomen nudum. 



Aperileptus dypeatus Asbmead, 1902. In Slosson, Ent. News 13: 6. Nomen nudum. 



AperiletusV.) dypeatus Cusbman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (8): 4. 9. 



Aperileptus delicatus Cusbman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (8): 5. 9. 

 Valerius (Davis). N. Y., n. 111. 



Catasteniis Valerius Davis, 1897. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 243. 9. 



Genus BLAPTICUS Foerster 



Gnathochorisis Foerster, 1868. Naturb. Ver. Rbeinlande, Verb. 25: 152. 



Type-species: Gnathochorisis flavipes Foerster. Monotypically included and desig. 

 by Foerster, 1871. 

 Blapiicus Foerster, 1868. Naturb. Ver. Reinlande, Verb. 25: 171. 



Type-species: Blapticus leucostomus Foerster. Monotypically included and desig. by 

 Foerster, 1871. 

 Laepserus Foerster, 1868. Naturb. Ver. Rbeinlande, Verb. 25: 205. 



Type-species: Blapticus crassulus Thomson. Included and desig. by Perkins, 1962. 

 Acroblapticus Schmiedeknecht, 1911. Opusc. Icbn., v. 4, p. 2173. 



Type-species: Blapticus dentifer Thomson. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 



Townes (1971) said that tbis is a large genus, which is known from all regions except the Aus- 

 traHan. According to Townes and Townes (1951) undescribed Nearctic species of tbis genus are 

 transcontinental in the Canadian and Transitional Zones. 



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

 342. —Perkins, 1962. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 11: 410, 425, 434 (syn.). —Townes, 

 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 200-201. 



Genus SYMPLECIS Foerster 



Symplecis Foerster, 1868. Naturb. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 151. 



Type-species: Symplecis alpicola Foerster. Desig. by Viereck, 1914, from three 

 species included by Foerster, 1871. 



Tbis is a large genus, apparently of Neotropic, Holarctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian distribution. 



clipeator (Lundbeck). Greenland. 



Hemiteles clipeator Lundbeck, 1897 (1896). Dansk Naturbist. For. (Kjobenbavn), Vidensk. 

 Meddel. (for 1896), p. 228. 6. 



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

 sitkensis (Asbmead). N. H., Alaska, B. C, Wash. 



Stiboscopus sitkensis Asbmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 172. <J. 



Genus CATASTENUS Foerster 



Catastenus Foerster, 1868. Naturb. Ver. Rbeinlande, Verb. 25: 170 



