Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 697 



Thersilockus montanus Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 23. 6. Western Colo. I have 

 studied the holotype and suppose it may belong in the genus Probles as defined by 

 Townes (1971); because placement of the species in Probles would preoccupy Probles 

 (Euporizon) monta7ius Horstmann (1971), I leave it unplaced pending both identification 

 of the female and a more precise redefinition of Probles. 



Taxonomy: Horstmann, 1971. Zool. Staatssamml. Muenchen, Veroeffentl. 15: 91. —Townes, 

 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 37-38. 

 Thersilockus pallidipes Dalla Torre, 1901. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 43. Emend, of pallipes 



Provancher and syn. of provancheri Ashmead (which see). 

 Thersilockus pallipes Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 367. 9. Que. Preocc. by Holmgren, 

 1860; replaced by provancheri Ashmead (which see). 



Taxonomy: Barron, 1975. Nat. Canad. 102: 526. 

 Thersilockus Provancheri Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 24. N. name for pallipes 



Provancher. 

 Thersilockus provanckeri Cushman, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 61 (8): 30. Unnecessary n. 



name for pallipes Provancher; preocc. by Ashmead, 1890. Cushman was unaware that 



Ashmead (1890) had validated the name provanckeri, and thought that it had been 



published only as a nomen nudum. 



Subfamily OPHIONINAE 



Townes (1971) divided the subfamily into two tribes, the Ophionini and the Enicospilini. 

 Ophioninae are internal parasites, and the usual hosts are larvae of Lepidoptera. Ophion 

 nigrovarius (Provancher), however, is a larval parasite of Phyllophaga (Coleoptera: 

 Scarabaeidae). 



Taxonomy: Cushman, 1947. U. S. Nat. Mus., Proc 96: 417-482 (genera of world). —Townes, 

 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 49-82 (genera of world). 



Tribe OPHIONINI 



Fourteen genera are currently recognized, and seven of these are represented by Nearctic 

 species. 



Genus OPHION Fabricius 



Ophion Fabricius, 1798. Sup. Ent. System., p. 210, 235. 



Type-species: Ichneumon iuteus Linnaeus. Desig. by Curtis, 1835. 

 Paniscus schrank, 1802. Fauna Boica, v. 2, pt. 2, p. 316. See introductory discussion of 

 genus Netelia. 



Type-species: Ickneumon Iuteus Linnaeus. Monotypic 

 Psylonyckia Szepligeti, 1905. hi Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 34, p. 21. 



Type-species: Stenopktkalmiis algiricus Szepligeti. Monotypically included and 

 desig. by Cushman, 1947. 

 Stejiophthahnus Szepligeti, 1905. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 34, p. 23. Preocc. by Becker, 

 1903. 



Type-species: Stenopktkatnius algiricus Szepligeti. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Ophion subg. Packyprotoma Kohl, 1906 (1905). In Penther and Zederbauer, Wien. Mus. 

 der Naturgesch., Ann. 20: 223. 



Type-species: Ophion (Packyprotoma) capitatus Kohl. Monotypic. 

 Atistralopkion Morley, 1912. Rev. Ichn. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 30. 



Type-species: Ophion peregrinus Smith. Monotypic. 

 Neophion Morley, 1912. Rev. Ichn. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 30. 



Type-species: Neopkion crassus Morley. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Ophion subg. Platopkion Hellen, 1926. Soc pro Fauna et Flora Fenn., Acta. 56 (6): 13. 



Type-species: Ophion areolaris Brauns. Desig. by Cushman, 1947. 

 Potopkion Cushman, 1947. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 96: 442. 



Type-species: Potopkion caudatus Cushman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This very large genus is worldwide in distribution. 



