Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 645 



Type-species: Rhimphoctona rufipes Tschek. By subsequent monotypy from 

 inclusion by Tschek, 1871. The type-species is regarded as a junior synonym of R. 

 grandis (Fonscolombe). 

 Xylophylax Kriechbaumer, 1878. Ent. Nachr. 4: 210. 



Type-species: Pyracmon (Parapyracmon) rufocoxalis Clement. Monotypically 

 included and desig. by Townes, 1970. 

 Helcostizidea Rohwer, 1913. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 15: 185. 



Type-species: Cubocephalus atrocoxalis Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Pyracmon subg. Parapyracmon Clement, 1924. Deut. Ent. Ztschr. (for 1924), p. 117-131. 

 Type-species: Pyracmon [Parapyracmon] rufocoxalis Clement. Desig. by Townes, 

 1970. 

 Pyracmonoides Viereck, 1925 (July). Canad. Ent. 57 (7): 177-178. 



Type-species: Pyracmonoides separatum Viereck. Desig. by Viereck, 1925 (Dec). 



This is a small Holarctic genus. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 162-163 (generic syn. and 

 referral of Nearctic spp.). 

 alaskensis (Ashmead). Alaska. More explicit locality data are presumably unavailable; one of 

 the labels of each of the three syntypes says "U. S. N. M. Acc[ession] 25341," but it 

 would be uncharacteristic for the Smithsonian Institution to have meaningful 

 information pertaining to that number. 

 Cubocephalus alaskensis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 203. 9. 

 atrocoxalis (Ashmead). Que. w. to interior Alaska, s. to n. Calif. 



Cubocephalus atrocoxalis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 203. 9. Described 

 from "Alaska" and "Easton, Wash." The only syntype I have found bears a label with 

 the same U. S. N. M. accession number as on labels of the syntypes of alaskensis (which 

 see). 

 lipoparia (Viereck). Ont. 



Pyracmonoides lipoparium Viereck, 1925. Canad. Ent. 57 (7): 178 (key); 57 (12): 299. 6. 



macdunnoughi (Viereck). Que., Alta., interior Alaska, w. Oreg. 



Pyracmon macdwinoughi Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (7): 180 (key); 58 (1): 5. 9. 

 macrocephala (Provancher). Que. w. to Mont., s. to w. N. C. and Idaho. 



Limneria macrocephala Provancher, 1874. Nat. Canad. 6: 149. 9. 



Pyrachmon(\) aldrichi Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 363. 6, 9. 



Cubocephalus nigricomis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 203. 9. Preocc. in 

 Cubocephalus by Provancher, 1875. 



Pyracmonoides succineum Viereck, 1925. Canad. Ent. 57 (7): 178 (key); 57 (12): 300. 3. 



Pyracmonoides trockantericum Viereck, 1925. Canad. Ent. 57 (7): 178 (key); 57 (12): 299. 

 6. 

 separata (Viereck). Western Yukon. 



Pyracmonoides separatum Viereck, 1925. Canad. Ent. 57 (7): 178 (key); 57 (12): 298. 6, 9. 

 vancouverensis (Harrington). Colo., s. Alta., Idaho, s.w. B. C, Wash., n. Calif. 



Pyracmon vancouverensis Harrington, 1894. Canad. Ent. 26: 246. 9. 

 xanthognatha (Rohwer). Westen Mont., Idaho, Wash., Oreg., n. Calif. Host: Cerambycid in 

 bark of Abies concolor. 



Helcostizidea xanthognatha Rohwer, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 15: 186. 9. 



Genus NEMERITIS Holmgren 



Nemeritis Holmgren, 1860 (1858). Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. (n. f.) 2 (8): 104. 



Type-species: Campoplex macrocentrus Gravenhorst. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Pseudonemeritis Szepligeti, 1916. Mus. Natl. Hungarici, Ann. 14: 338. 



Type-species: Pseudonemeritis minor Szepligeti. Desig. by Townes, 1970. 



This is a Holarctic and Neotropic genus of small to moderate size. A number of species have 

 been reared from Rhaphidiidae. Apparently hosts other than Rhaphidiidae are not known, which 

 apparently explains the fact that in the New World Nemeritis is confined to western North 

 America and Chile. 



