684 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus EIPHOSOMA Cresson 



Eiphosoyyia Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 52. 



Type-species: Eip}wsoma annulatum Cresson. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 

 Xiphosoma Marshall, 1892. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 61: 65. Emend. 

 Brachixiphosoma Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 42: 147. 



Type-species: Eipkosoma pyralidis Ashmead. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Chartionedys Enderlein, 1921. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 82: 3. 



Type-species: Chartionedys compressiim Enderlein. Orig. desig. 

 Hanauella Enderlein, 1921. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 82: 6. 



Type-species: Hanauella armillata Enderlein. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This is a very large genus of the New World, most of the species being Neotropic. Pyraloidea 

 appear to be the principle hosts. 



Revision: Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 269-272. 

 dentator (Fabricius). Southern Tex.; West Indies; Mexico s. to Argentina. Host: Mimorista 

 flavidissimalis (Grt.), Ufa rubidinella (Zell.). 

 Ophion dentator Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 138. [female]. 

 Eipkosoma annulata Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 54. <J, 9. 

 Eiphosoma bruesi Cushman, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 272. 9. N. syn. 

 Eipkosoma Saueri Lima, 1953 (1951). [Rio de Janeiro] Mus. Nac, Arq. 42: 188. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1966. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 8: 162 (syn.). 

 nigrolineatum (Brulle). Fla.; Mexico, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay. 

 Collyria yiigro-lineata Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., v. 4, p. 178. 9 . 

 Eiphosoma mexicana Cresson, 1874 (1873). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 25: 380. 9. 



Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1966. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 8: 163 (syn.). 

 pyralidis Ashmead. N. Y. s. to N. C, w. to Kans. Host: Pyralid on Soligdago. 



Eipkosoma pyralidis Riley, 1890. In Riley and Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 3: 



156. Nomen nudum. 

 Eiphosoma pyralidis Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 191. i. 

 septentrionale Brues. Conn. s. to S. C, w. to 111. and Ala. 



Eiphosoma septentrionale Brues, 1911. Psyche 18: 22. 9. 

 texanum Cresson. Tex., Utah, Ariz.; Mexico, Trinidad, Guyana, Brazil. 

 Eipkosoma texana Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 176. 9. 



Genus PSEUDERIPTERNUS Viereck 



Casinaria subg. Pseuderiptemus Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. 

 Survey Bui. 22: 269. 



Type-species: Podogaster radiolatus Provancher. Monotypic 



This genus may occur in both South and North America; a USNM specimen of a large un- 

 described species was caught by the U. S. Public Health Service aboard an airplane which had 

 arrived at Miami, Fla. from Buenos Aires, Argentina via Lima, Peru and Guayaquil, Ecuador. 

 The species are collected among coarse grasses along lake shores or in salt marshes. 

 Schoenobiine pyralids may be the usual hosts. 



Revision: Cushman, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 505-508. 

 brevicauda Cushman. N. H., N. Y., Ont., Mich., Ohio. Host: Sckoenobius melinellus (Clem.). 



Pseuderiptemus brevicauda Cushman, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 506. 6, 9. 

 elongatus (Davis). Mass., N. J., Ga. Ecology: Occurs in salt marshes on Spartina. 



Ateleuti (!) elongatus Davis, 1898 (1897). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 24: 362. 9. 



Pseuderiptemus gracilipes Cushman, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 507. 6, 9. 

 radiolatus (Provancher). Que. s. to Md. 



Podogaster radiolatus Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 329. 9. 



Genus TANYCHELA Townes 



Tanyckela Townes, 1971. Amer. Ent. Inst., Mem. 17: 19. 



