702 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Taxonomy: Stephens, 1845. Illus. Brit. Ent., v. 7, list of plates (follows p. 310). —Stephens, 

 1846. Illus. Brit. Ent., Sup., p. 3. — Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 78-79. 



americanus (Christ). N. S. w. to Minn., s. to Fla., s. Tex., and mid-coastal Calif.; Mexico, Costa 

 Rica, Guatemala, Brazil?, Argentina. Host: Actias luna (L.), Antheraea polyphevuis 

 (Cram.), Automeris io (F.), Callosamia promethea (Drury), Hyalophora cecropia (L.), H. 

 Columbia (Sm.), H. euryalus (Bdv.), Rothschildia Orizaba (West.), Samia cynthia 

 (Drury). Before World War II, the name macnirus (Linnaeus) was erroneously applied 

 to this species, usually in combination with the generic names Eremotylus or Ophion. 



Ichneumon luteus americanus Christ, 1791. Naturgesch. Class. Nomencl. Ins., p. 358, pi. 

 37, fig. 5. 9. 



Ophion rugosus Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 138. Sex not 

 indicated. 



Ophion cecropiae Scudder, 1963. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 9: 188-189. Nomen nudum. 



Ophion cecropiae Sanborn, 1863. Sec. Mass. Bd. Agr., Ann. Rpt. 10: 169. Sex not indicated. 



Ophion mexicanus Cresson, 1874 (1873). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 25: 374. 9. 



Eremotylus Druryi Kriechbaumer, 1901. Ztschr. System. Hym. Dipt. 1: 152. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 111 (syn.). 



Biology: Riley, 1870. Amer. Ent. 2: 100-101. —Riley, 1872. Mo. State Ent., Ann. Rpt. 4: 

 107-108. -Smith, 1908. Jour. Econ. Ent. 1: 294-297. 

 appendiculatus (Felt). N. J., N. C, S. C, Ala., Fla.; West Indies, Mexico, Brazil. 

 Ophion (Eniscopilus [.']) appendiculatus Felt, 1902. Psyche 9: 308. [female]. 

 arcuatus (felt). Mass. w. to 111., s. to Ga. and Miss.; Puerto Rico, Mexico, Argentina. Host: 



Scoliopteryx libatrix (L.), Heterocampa guttivitta (Wlk.), Schizura concinna (J. E. S.). 

 Ophion (Eniscopilus [!]) arcuatum Felt, 1902. Psyche 9: 308. 9. Preocc. by Brulle, 1846; 

 not renamed here because of uncertain synonymy. 

 bifoveolatus (Brulle). Pa. Townes (1961) said "this is an uncommon species ... that occurs'mostly 

 in the southeastern United States." The name bifoveolatus was for years incorrectly 

 applied to Ophion nigrovarius Provancher. 

 Ophion bifoveolatus Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 138. [male]. 

 Ophion stramineus Taschenberg, 1875. Ztschr. f. die Gesam. Naturw. [Halle] 46: 431. 9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 63: 111. 

 cubensis (Norton). Fla.; West Indies. 



Ophion cubensis Norton, 1863. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 1: 358. 9. 

 flavus (Fabricius). Fla.; West Indies, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Guyana, Colombia, Brazil, 

 Paraguay, Argentina. 

 Ichneumon flavus Fabricius, 1775. Systema Ent., p. 341. [female]. 

 Ichneumon flavarius Thunberg, 1822; 1824. Acad. Imp. des Sci. St. Petersburg, Mem. 8: 



262; 9: 314. Unecessary n. name for I. flavus Fabricius. 

 Ophion concolor Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 56. [female]. 

 Enicospilus guyanensis Cameron, 1911. Timehri (3) 1: 179. [female]. 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1966. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 8: 178-179 (syn.). 

 glabratus (Say). Md. s. to Fla., w. to s. Calif.; Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, 



Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama. Host: Diacrisia virginica (F.), Ecpantheria scribonia 



(Stoll), Halisidota maculata (Harris), Hyphantria cunea (Drury), Isia Isabella (J. E. S.), 



Dasychira basiflava (Pack.). 

 Ophion glabratus Harris, 1935. In Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. Mass., ed. 2, p. 



585. Nomen nudum. 

 Ophion glabratus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 239. Sex not indicated. 

 Ophion arctiae Riley, 1890. In Riley and Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 3: 155. 



Nomen nudum. 

 Eremotylus arctiae Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 192. 9 (6 misdet.). 

 Allocamptus cubitalis Morley, 1912. Rev. Ichn. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 25. 9. Preocc. by 



Szepligeti, 1906. 

 Enicospilus excubitalis Walkley, 1958. In Krombein et al., U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, 



Sup. 1, p. 62. N. name for A. cubitalis Morley. 



