Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 693 



Type-species: Ichneumon harpurus Schrank. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from two 

 species included by Thomson, 1889. 

 Cratophion Thomson, 1889. Opusc. Ent. 13: 1363. 



Type-species: Porizon gravipes Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Cyrtophion Thomson, 1889. Opusc. Ent. 13: 1367. 



Type-species: Porizon dissimilis Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Zastemaulax Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 42: 647. 



Type-species: Zastemaulax simplicicomis Viereck. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Porizonidea Viereck, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 83: 122, 158. The alternate spelling 

 "Parizonidea" appeared on p. 158. 



Type-species: Ichneumon exhaustator Fabricius. Monotypic. Article 68 (c) of the 

 International Code of Zoological Nomenclature indicates that /. exhaustator is the 

 type-species of Porizonidea by monotypy, in spite of Viereck's original 

 designation, which reads: "Type.~(Pon20?i hostilis Gravenhorst)= Porizon 

 exhaustator (Fabricius)." 



This is a Holarctic genus of moderate size. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 38-40. 

 bellator (Mueller). N. H., N. Y., Colo.; Greenland; Europe. 



Ichneumon bellator Mueller, 1776. Zool. Danicae Prodromus, p. 158. Sex not indicated. 

 Barycnemis slossonae Ashmead, 1906. hi Slosson, Ent. News 17: 324. Nomen nudum. 

 Barycnemis slossonae Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (8): 8. 9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 40 

 borealis (Provancher). Que. 



Porizon boreale Provancher, 1879. Nat. Canad. 11: 206. "9" = 6. Preocc. by Zetterstedt, 

 1838 and Provancher, 1877; not renamed here because of uncertain synonymy. Contrary 

 to the argument of Barron (1975), Townes (1945) was correct in treating this as a 

 description of a new species rather than as a redescription of Porizon borealis 

 Provancher, 1877, a synonym of B. rugosa (Provancher). Were it not for the fact that 

 Provancher indicated that his 1879 description was that of a new species, Barron's 

 argument might have some validity. According to Barron, Provancher's 1877 and 1879 

 descriptions are based on different specimens which are not conspecific. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1945. Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 11: 704. —Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 

 434. 

 exhaustator (Fabricius). Maine, N. H., Ont.; Europe. 



Ichneumon exhaustator Fabricius, 1798. Sup. Ent. System., p. 226. Sex not indicated. 



Porizon hostilis Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 753. 6,9. 



Porizon gravipes Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 757. 9. 



Thersilochus errabundus Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 92. 



9 . N. syn. 

 Notopygus americana Harrington, 1892. Canad. Ent. 24: 98. 9. N. syn. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst, Mem. 17: 40. 

 harpura (Schrank). Que., N. Y., S. Dak., Colo., N. Mex., Idaho, s. B. C; Europe. 

 Ichneumon harpurus Schrank, 1802. Fauna Boica, v. 2, pt. 2, p. 294. 9. 

 Creniastus augularis Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 176. 6. 

 Mesoleptus micans Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 114. "cJ" = 6, 9. 

 Porizon elongatum Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 91. 6, 9. 

 Atractodes politus Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 23. 6, 9. N. syn. Preocc. in 



Atractodes by Provancher, 1874. 

 Porizon canaliculatus Viereck, 1903. In Skinner, Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 93. 6. N. syn. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 39-40. 



linearis Ashmead. Del., Ont. 



Barycnemis linearis Ashmead, 1895. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 3: 328. 9. 



rugosa (Provancher). Que., N. H., N. Y. 



Porizon borealis Provancher, 1877. Nat. Canad. 9: 14. i. Preocc. by Zetterstedt, 1839. 

 Porizon nigosum Provancher, 1879. Nat. Canad. 11: 206. "9" = 6. 



