682 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Unplaced Taxa of Campoplegini 



PyrachmonC.) idahoensis Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 363. 9. Northern 

 Idaho. Neither of the two syntypes has been found. 



Subfamily CREMASTINAE 



Members of this subfamily are internal parasites of Lepidoptera and, to a lesser extent, 

 Coleoptera which are concealed while feeding (i.e. leaf rollers, borers, etc.). Dr. Clement Dasch is 

 preparing a revision of the Nearctic species. 



Genus XIPHOSOMELLA Szepligeti 



Xipkosomella Szepligeti, 1905. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., Fasc. 34, p. 4. 



Type-species: Xiphosomella hrasiliensis Szepligeti. Monotypic. 

 Pristomenis subg. Areolopristomenis Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 274. 



Type-species: Pristomenis (Areolopristornerus) smithi Cushman. Orig. desig. 



This large genus is mostly Neotropical. In addition to the two Nearctic species listed below, I 

 know a third one from Florida which is apparently undescribed. 



Revision: Johnson, 1969. Mich. Ent. 2: 27-28. 

 dubia (Brues). Mass., s.e. Ont., and Mich., s. to Fla. and Tex. 

 Pristomeridiaf dubia Brues, 1911. Psyche 18: 24. 9. 

 Pristomenis (Areolopristomenis) smithi Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 274. 9. 



setoni Johnson. N. C, Ky., S. C, Fla. 



Xiphosomella setoni io\mson, 1969. Mich. Ent. 2: 27. i, 9. 



Genus PRISTOMERUS Curtis 



Pristomenis Curtis, 1836. Brit. Ent., v. 13, no. 624. 



Type-species: Pachymenis vulnerator Gravenhorst. Monotypic and orig. desig. The 

 type-species designation is Gravenhorst's identification of Ichneumon vulnerator 

 Panzer. 

 Pristomeridia Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 23: 100. 



Type-species: Porizon agilis Cresson. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Pristocelus Szepligeti, 1905. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 34, p. 48. 



Type-species: Pristocelus atriceps Szepligeti. Monotypic. 

 Neopristomerus Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 592. 



Type-species: Pristomenis appalachianus Viereck. Orig. desig. 

 Nesanomalon Morley, 1913. Rev. Ichn. Brit. Mus., v. 2, p. 56. 



Type-species: Nesanomalon dimidiatum Morley. Monotypic. 



Revision: Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 272-280. 

 austrinus Townes and Townes. Mass. s. to Ga., w. to Ind. and Tex.; Mexico, Guatemala. Host: 

 Acrobasis caryivorella Rag., A. vaccinii Riley, Epiblema scudderianum (Clem.), 

 Grapholitha molesta (Bsk.), Gretchena bolliana (Sling.), Gypsonoma haimbachiana 

 (Kft.), Laspeyresia pomonella (L.). 

 PorizonI agilis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 175. 9. Preocc. by Holmgren, 



1860. 

 Pristomenis austrinus Townes and Townes, 1951. In Muesebeck et al., U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Agr. Monog. 2: 386. N. name for Porizon agilis Cresson. 



Biology: Franklin and Morse, 1914. Mass. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 150: 56. —Franklin, 1915; 

 1916; 1917. Mass. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 160: 109; 168: 39-40; 180: 229. 

 baumhoferi Cushman. Ont, S. Dak. w. to Ida., s. to Tex. and Ariz. Host: Rhyacionia frustrana 

 bushnelli (Bsk.), Periploca ceanothiella (Cosens). 

 Pristomenis baumhoferi Cushman, 1930 (1929). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 76 (25): 9. cJ, 9. 

 euryptychiac Ashmead. N. Y. s. to Alab., w. to Wis., Kans., and Tex. Host: Ancylis comptana 

 (Froel), Ecdytolopha insiticiana Zeller, Epiblema otiosanum (Clem.), E. strenuanum 

 (Wlk.), Grapholitha molesta (Bsk.), Gypsonoma haimbachiana (Kft.), Laspeyresia 



