704 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Type-species: Cidaphus thuringiacus Brauns. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from two 

 species included by Brauns, 1890. Perkins (1962) regarded the type-species as a 

 synonym of C. alarius (Gravenhorst). 

 Plesiophthainrus Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 25: 170. Preocc. by 

 Motschoulsky, 1858. 



Type-species: Mesocbonis alarms Gravenhorst. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Brischke, 1871. 

 Mater Schulz, 1911. Zool. Ann. 4: 22. N. name for Plesiophtkahuus Foerster. 

 Tetragonalys Morley, 1913. Rev. Ichn. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 132. 



Type-species: Tetragonalys barbarica Morley. Desig. by Morley, 1913. 

 Plesiophthalmidea Viereck, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 83: 119. 



Type-species: Plesiophtlialvius paiiiscoides Ashmead. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Ophthalmochorus Roman, 1925 (1924). Arkiv for Zool. 17 A (4): 29. N. name for 

 Plesiophtliaimus Foerster. 



This is a moderate sized genus of practically worldwide distribution. 



Revision: Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 4-6. 



Taxonomy: Perkins, 1962. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 11: 414. 

 australis Cushman. Que., Ont., n. Minn., and B. C, s. to Va., Ala., Idaho, and Wash. 

 Cidaphus australis Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 6. $. 

 Cidaphus melleus Walley, 1935. Canad. Ent. 67: 112. 6, 9. 



occidentalis Cushman. Newfoundland (Labrador and insular) w. to Alaska, s. to N. H., Ohio, 

 Colo., Ariz., and Wash. 

 Cidaphus occidentalis Cushman, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 64 (20): 5. 9. 

 paniscoides (Ashmead). Maine, Ont., and Mich., s. to n.w. S. C, w. Ky., and N. Mex. Ecology: 

 Can be presumed to have been reared from a parasite of Heterocampa manteo (Dbldy.). 

 PlesiophthaliHus paniscoides Ashmead, 1892. Ent. News 3: 107. 6. 

 sinuosus Dasch. Ariz.; Mexico. 



Cidaphus sinuosus Dasch, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 16: 13. S, 9. 



Genus ASTIPHROMMA Foerster 



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



Type-species: Mesochonis scutellatus Gravenhorst. Desig. by Morley, 1913 from six 

 species included by Brischke, 1880. 

 Astiphrommus Thomson, 1886. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (6) 5: 327. Emend. 

 Dolichochonis Strobl, 1904 (1903). Naturw. Ver. f. Steiermark, Mitt. 40: 108. 



Type-species: Dolichochonis longiceps Strobl. Monotypic. 

 Mesochorella Szepligeti, 1911. hi Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 114, p. 48. 



Type-species: Mesochonis nigriceps Brischke. Monotypic. 

 Pseudoacoenitus Kiss, 1924. Siebenbuerg. Ver. Naturw., Verb. u. Mitt. 72-74: 96. 



Type-species: Pseudoacoenitus transsylvanicus Kiss. Monotypic. 

 Demophorellus Hedwig, 1955. Bombus 1: 379. 



Type-species: Demophorellus mimulus Hedwig. Monotypic. 



This is a moderately large Holarctic genus. 



Revision: Nakanishi, 1969. Sieboldia 4: 50-74 (Japanese spp., except those without smooth 

 scutellum). 

 alsium Dasch. Alta., interior Alaska, n. B. C, w. Wash. 



Astiphromma alsium Dasch, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 16: 35. i, 9. 

 aquilonare Dasch. Northern Que. and N. W. T., s. to s. Que., Alta., and B. C. Ecology: Can be 

 presumed to have been reared from parasites of Pikonema alaskeusis (Roh.) and P. 

 diynmockii (Cr.). 

 Astiphromma aquilonare Dasch, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 16: 44. 6, 9. 

 calvum Dasch. Ariz. 



Astiphromma calvum Dasch, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 16: 43. 6, 9. 



