676 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Type-species: Banchus fugitivus Say. Desig. by Viereck, 1914 from two species 

 included by Ashmead, 1900. 

 Ebiicha Seyrig, 1935. Paris, Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Mem. 4: 88. 



Type-species: Ebiicha crocata Seyrig. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Neozacliresta Blanchard, 1949. In Havrylenko and Winterhalter, Insectos del Parque Nac. 

 Nahuel Huapi, Buenos Aires, p. 46. Nomen nudum (fig. only). 



This very large genus is known from all zoogeographic regions. The hosts are larval Lepidop- 

 tera, in nearly all cases those which do not conceal themselves when feeding (i.e. predominantly 

 macrolepidoptera). It seems to me that Hyposoter, as presently defined, includes as bewildering 

 a diversity of forms as any genus in the family. It would appear that the task of breaking the 

 genus into smaller ones that are more meaningful phyletically will require a great deal of 

 research that is not likely to be accomplished soon. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1970 (1969). Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 13: 181-182 (syn.). — Townes and 



Townes, 1973. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 19: 157 (syn. revised). 

 affinis (Cresson). Mass., N. Y., 111. 



Mesoleptus affinis Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 263. "6" = 9. Preocc. by 

 Holmgren, 1856, but not renamed here because of the possibility that a synonym has 

 been described. 

 annulipes (Cresson). N. S. w. to w. N. W. T. and s. B. C, s. to central Fla., s. Tex., n. Utah, and 

 s. Calif. Host: Agrotis ipsilon (Hufn.), Anicla infecta (Ochs.), Autographa precationis 

 (Gn.), Catocala sp., C. antinympha (Hbn.), Ceramica picta (Harris), Eupsilia sp. on 

 oriental cherry, Heliotfiis zea (Bod.)?, Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haw.), Pyrrhia umbra 

 (Hufn.), Spodoptera exigua (Hbn.), S. frugiperda (J. E. S.), S. ornithogalli (Gn.), 

 Syngrapha epigaea (Grt.), Vanessa atalanta (L.), geometrid on Rhododendron, Eustixia 

 pupula Hbn. 



Mesoleptus annulipes Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 257. 9 . 



Hyposoter interjectus Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 156. 9. H. interjectus was 

 incorrectly suppressed as a synonym of nigrolineatus (Viereck) by Townes (1945); 

 although the name interjectus could perhaps be used subspecifically for the annulipes 

 population in the southeastern United States, I have decided that this should not be 

 done before the relationship between annulipes and exiguae (Viereck) is reassessed. It 

 should be noted that specimens similar in coloration to those found in the southeast 

 occasionally are found as far north as Mass. and Mich.; whether or not the holotype of 

 Campoplex eurytherneae Viereck is such a specimen remains to be seen (see synonymy 

 for exiguae). N. syn. 



Campoplex (Ischnoscopus) mitralis Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (9): 223 (key); 58 

 (8): 197. 9. 



Campoplex (I schnoscopus) truncatellus Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (9): 223 (key); 

 58 (8): 197. 9. 



Campoplex (Ameloctonus) confusus Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (9): 224 (key); 58 

 (11): 277. 9. 



Taxonomy: Townes, 1945, Amer. Ent. Soc, Mem. 11: 663-664, 668-669 (syn.). — Finlayson, 

 1975. Ent. Soc. Canada, Mem. 94: 73, 74, 127, 128, 137 (final-instar larva). 



Biology: Wood and Nielson, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92: 761. — Guppy, 1967. Canad. Ent. 99: 96, 

 100. 

 asper (Viereck). Southwestern Alta. 



Campoplex (Ameloctoyius) asper Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (9): 224 (key); 58 (10): 

 259. 9. 

 degrysei (Viereck). Southern Sask. 



Campoplex (Ameloctonus) degrysei Viereck, 1925; 1926. Canad. Ent. 57 (9): 224 (key); 58 

 (10): 259. 9. 



Taxonomy: Finlayson, 1975. Ent. Soc. Canada, Mem. 4: 72-73, 126, 137 (final-instar larva). 

 dimidiatus (Ashmead). Western Ky., n. Ala., s.w. Miss. 



Zachresta dimidiata Ashmead, 1894. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 7: 243. 9. 



