Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 633 



Taxonomy: Roman, 1932. Ent. Tidskr. 53: 9 (misdet.). — Horstmann, 1970. Bayer. Ent., 



Nachrichtenbl. 19: 78-79. —Horstmann, 1973. Deut. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 32: 9, 11. 

 transfuga (Gravenhorst), n. comb. Newfoundland (insular), N. B., Que., Ont.; Eurasia. 

 Adventive. Host: Graeilaria syringella (F.). Not previously recorded from North 

 America; the North American distribution given here is based upon specimens I have 

 seen in the Canadian Natl. Collection and that of the U. S. Natl. Museum. I do not know 

 that the species has been reared in North America, but it presumably was introduced in 

 parasitized hosts on lilac (Syringa vulgaris). The species is placed in Porizon only 

 provisionally; if related species exist, it should probably be placed with them in a 

 separate genus. 



Campoplex transfuga Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 521. S, 9. 



Phaedroctonus trausfugus Schmiedeknecht, 1909. Opusc. Ichn., v. 4, p. 1640. Emend. 



Phaedroctonus syringellae Hedwig, 1944. Ztschr. f. Ent. [Breslau] 19 (3): 4. sex ? 



Taxonomy: Horstmann, 1973. Deut. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 32: 9, 11. 



Genus VENTURIA Schrottky 



Idechthis Foerster, 1868. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 25: 154. Preocc. by Huebner, 

 1821. 



Type-species: Idechthis oahuensis Ashmead. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Ashmead, 1901. 

 Venturia Schrottky, 1902. Buenos Aires, Mus. Nac. de Hist. Nat., An. 8: 102. 



Type-species: Veiituria argentina Schrottky. Orig. desig. 

 Devorgilla Cameron, 1907. Tijdschr. v. Ent. 50: 51. 



Type-species: Devorgilla dilatata Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Balcarcia Brethes, 1922. Soc. Cient. Argentina, An. 93: 133. 



Type-species: Balcarcia bergi Brethes. Monotypic. 

 Notamorphota Blanchard, 1947 (1946). Acta Zool. Lilloana 3: 292. It is apparent that three 

 of the figures in this paper are mislabeled. The figure labeled as being that of 

 Notamorphota timocraticae (fig. 2, p. 293) is actually that of Sagaritis grioti Blanchard. 

 The figure labeled as being that ofHyposoter demien Blanchard (fig. 5, p. 301) is the one 

 which should have been labeled N. timocraticae, and the figure labeled as being that of 

 S. grioti (fig. 6, p. 304) is the one which should have been labeled H. denieri. 



Type-species: Notaviorphota timocraticae Blanchard. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Exidechthis walkley, 1958. In Krombein et al, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, sup. 1, p. 

 59. N. name for Idechthis Foerster. 



This rather large genus has a worldwide distribution, but the number of species occuring in 

 temperate areas appears to be fewer than that occurring in tropical and subtropical areas. See 

 biological discussion under Campoplex. 



Revision: Horstmann, 1973. Deut. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 32: 7-12 (European spp.). 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1966. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 8: 143 (syn.). 

 canescens (Gravenhorst). Southern Canada, s.e. Alaska, and continental U. S. A.; temperate 



and tropic areas around the world. Ecology: Most often found in buildings where grains 

 or flour are stored. In the U. S. Natl. Museum collection there are two specimens reared 

 from bumble bee nests, one from Anderson, S. C. and the other from Boulder Co., Colo, 

 (the latter labeled "ex Ephestia sp."). Adventive. Host: Anagasta kuehniella (ZelL), 

 Plodia interpunctella (Hbn.). The hosts listed are the ones most commonly parasitized 

 in North America; for additional hosts and their significance see the very excellent 

 paper by Salt (1976). Males are unknown in North America, occasional in northern 

 Europe, but apparently more common in the Mediterranean Basin. The biology of this 

 species has perhaps been studied more intensively than that of any other ichneumonid. 

 The biological references cited below are the more important ones known to me, and I 

 have no doubt overlooked some important papers, particularly those published more 

 recently. 

 Campoplex canescens Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 3, p. 555. 9 . Name of 

 questionable validity because preocc. in Campoplex by Ichneumon canescens Gmelin, 

 1791 on p. 549 (in synonymy) of Gravenhorst's same volume. 



