1116 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Type-species: Gasteniption merceti Kieffer. Orig. desig. 

 Dolkhofoenus Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 79: 77. 



Type-species: Foejius raphidioides Westwood. Orig. desig. 

 Gastrhyptium Schulz, 1911. Zool. Ann. 4: 55. Emend. 

 Phitofoenus Kieffer, 1911. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 80: 177. 



Type-species: Ganteruption paraguayense Schrottky. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This is a very large genus which is nearly worldwide in distribution. Crosskey (1962) was una- 

 ble to find satisfactory means for distinguishing more than one genus for the 400 plus species 

 now included in Gasteruption. 



Taxonomy: Schletterer, 1890. Wien. Mus. der Naturgesch., Ann. 4: 375. —Crosskey, 1962. 

 Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 114: 394-398. 

 amputatutn Townes. Colo., Ariz. 



Gasteruption aniputatinn Townes, 1950. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 100: 128. 6, 9. 

 assectator (Linnaeus). N. S. w. to Alaska, s. to w. N. C, n.e. Kans., Ariz., and n. Calif.; Eurasia. 



Host: Hylaeiis ellipticuH (Kby.), Megacliile rotundata (F.). Additional hosts are known 



from Europe. 

 IchneuiHon asNectator Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 566. 9. 

 Ichneumon annularis Geoffroy, 1785. In Fourcroy, Ent. Parisiensis, v. 2, p. 398. Sex not 



indicated. 

 Ichneumon affectatoiH) de Villers, 1789. C. Linnaei Ent., v. 3, p. 174. 

 Foot UN montanus Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 132. 9. 

 Foenux incertus Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 133. 6,9. 

 Feonus(l) Area Couper, 1870. Canad. Ent. 2: 110. 9. N. syn. 

 FoenuH fu)ttipe)tni.'i Thomson, 1883. Opusc. Ent. 9: 848. 9. 

 Foenus bidentulus Thomson, 1883. Opusc. Ent. 9: 848. 9. Apparently no syntype from 



Gotland (=Gottland) could be found, and Hedqvist (1973) based his synonymy on a 



female from Norway which he incorrectly referred to as the lectotype. 

 Foenuti borealin Thomson, 1883. Opusc. Ent. 9: 849. S, 9. 

 Foenus nig fit arsis Thomson, 1883. Opusc. Ent. 9: 849. 6,9. 

 Gasteruption assectator var. nitidulum Schletterer, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 35: 



276. 6, 9. 

 Gasteruption inicrura Kieffer, 1904. Arkiv for Zool. 4: 556. 9. N. syn. 

 Gasteruption micrura var. nigripectus Kieffer, 1904. Arkiv for Zool. 4: 556. 9. N. syn. 

 Gasteruption Necadense Kieffer, 1904. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 41. 6, 9. 

 Gasteruption Bakeri Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 79: 75. 9. N. syn. 

 Trichofoenus canadensis Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 79: 77. 9. N. syn. 

 Gasteruption Bakeri var. aberrans Strand, 1912. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 76A (6): 27. 6, 9. N. 



syn. 

 Foenus arcus Bradley, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 117. Emend. 

 Trichofoenus micrurus(l) Bradley, 1928. In Leonard, Cornell Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta., Mem. 



101:" 961. 

 Trichofoenus breuiterebrae Watanabe, 1934. Sapporo Nat. Hist. Soc, Trans. 13: 285. 6,9. 

 Trichofoenus micrurus Hedicke, 1939. Cat. Hym., pt. 11, p. 43. Emend. 

 Gasteruption assectator utahensis Townes, 1950. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 100: 126. 6, 9. N. 



syn. 



Taxonomy: Roman, 1932. Ent. Tidskr. 53: 3 (notes on type of assectator). — Pasteels, 1956. 

 Mus. du Congo Beige, Ann. Zool. 50: 10 (syn.). -Hedqvist, 1973. Ent. Tidskr. 94: 181-182 

 (types of Thomson names). 



Biology: Hoeppner, 1904. Allg. Zeit. f. Ent. 9: 97-103. 

 barnstoni barnstoni (Westwood). N. S. w. to Alaska, s. to n.e. W. Va., central Ohio, n. III., s. 

 Man., and s. Alta. 

 Foenus Barnstoni Westwood, 1851. Ent. Soc London, Trans. (2) 1: 220. 9. 

 Gasteruption pensile Schletterer, 1890. Wien. Mus. der Naturgesch., Ann. 4: 483. 9. 

 Ga.iteruption barn.stonii Dalla Torre, 1902. Cat. Hym., v. 3, p. 1065. Emend. 

 Foenus cressoni Bradley, 1908. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 34: 113. 6, 9. 

 Gasteruption Klagesi Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 95: 75. 6. 



