Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 733 



Mesoleptus fungicola Ashmead, 1894. hi Webster, Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Jour. 17: 50. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 204 (syn.). ■ 



trifasciata (Ashmead). Alaska; e. U. S. S. R. W 



Catastenus trifasciatus Ashmead, 1899 (1898). In Jordan, Fur Seals and Fur-Seal Isls. No. 

 Pacific, V. 4, p. 336. 9 . The type locality is Ostrov Mednyy (= Copper Isl), Commander || 



Isls., U. S. S. R. n 



ThestisV.) tricincta Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 187. 9. 

 Catastenus alaskensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 240. 6,9. 



Genus HELICTES Haliday 



Helictes Haliday, 1837. In Curtis, Guide Arrang. Brit. Ins., ed. 2, p. 106. 



Type-species: Ichneumon erythrostoma Gmelin. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Myriarthrus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 172, 218. Unnecessarily 



proposed n. name for Helictes Haliday. 

 Paipila Cameron, 1905. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 30: 358. 



Type-species: Paipila longipes Cameron. Monotypic. 



This is a large genus; it is Holarctic and Neotropic, the majority of the species occuring in 

 ChUe and the Andes Mts. 



ruficornis Davis. N. Y., n. 111. 



Helictes ruficornis Davis, 1897. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 245. "6" = 9. 



Genus MEGASTYLUS Schiodte 



Megastylus Schiodte, 1839 (1838). Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1: 139. 



Type-species: Megastylus cruentator Schiodte. Desig. by Foerster, 1871. 

 Idioxenus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 171. 



Type-species: Megastylus mediator Schiodte. Included and desig. by Foerster, 1871. 

 The type-species is regarded as a synonym of M. cruentator Schiodte. 

 Dicolus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 171. 



Type-species: Dicolus insectator Foerster. Desig. by Viereck, 1914, from four 

 species included by Foerster, 1871. The type-species is regarded as a synonym of 

 M. impressor Schiodte. 

 Megalostylus Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 94. Emend. 

 Letosha Cameron, 1909. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, Jour. 19: 724. 

 Type-species: Letosha longicoxis Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Myriarthridea Viereck, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 83: 97. 



Type-species: Myriarthrus cingulator Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Miomeroides Kiss, 1924. Siebenbuerg. Ver. f. Naturw., Hermannstadt, Verb. u. Mitt. 72-74: 

 113. 



Type-species: Miomeroides transsylvanicus Kiss. Monotypic. This is a very large 

 genus of Neotropic, Holarctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian distribution. The largest 

 concentration of species is said to occur in the Neotropic Region. 

 caseyi (Ashmead). N. Y., N. J., Pa., Del., Va., e. N. C, n.e. Ga. Host: Orfelia inops (Coq.). 



Spanotecnus caseyi Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 196. 6 . 

 flavopictus (Gravenhorst). Que., N. H., Ont., Wis., n. 111., Minn., n. Utah., s. Calif.; Europe. 

 Plectiscus flavopictus Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 2, p. 983. [male]. 

 Megastylus lineator Schiodte, 1839 (1838). Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1: 139. "9" = S. 

 Myriarthrus Cingulator Foerster, 1871. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 28: 103. i, 9. 

 Mesoleptus (Megastylus/) albocollaris Cresson, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 100. 9. N. 



syn. 

 Orthocentrus albofasciatus Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 13. 9. N. syn. 

 Aperileptus pleuralis Ashmead, 1902. In Slosson, Ent. News 13: 321. Nomen nudum. 

 Megastylus ashmeadi Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (8): 18. 9. N. syn. 



