1206 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



politus Ashmead. Md. (Virginia Beach). 



Goniozus politus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 75. 9. 



Genus BETHYLUS Latreille 



Bethylus Latreille, 1802-03. Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins., v. 3, p. 315. 



Type-species: Omalus fuscicomis Jurine. Desig. by Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl. 

 Op. 153, 1944. 

 Perisemus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 95, 96. 



Type-species: Perisemus triareolatus Foerster. Monotypic. 

 Episemus Thomson, 1862. Ofvers. k. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 18: 452. 



Type-species: Episemus variabilis Thomson. Desig. by Richards, 1939. 

 Digoniozus Kieffer, 1905. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 245. 



Type-species: Perisemus oregonensis Ashmead. Monotypic. 



Species of this genus prey upon larvae of Microlepidoptera, although there is a questionable 

 host record for a nitidulid beetle larva. Both sexes exhibit polymorphy in wing length, and no 

 fully winged North American specimens are known. 



Revision: Evans, 1962. Breviora, No. 150, 12 pp., 3 figs., 1 map. 

 amoenus Fonts. N. W. T. south to Alta., east through Wis. and 111. to N. Y., Maine, and N. S. 

 Host: Rhopobata naevana (Hbn.); ? Brachypterolus pulicarius (L.). 

 Bethylus amoenus Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 127. 9, S. 

 decipiens (Provancher). Alaska south to central Calif, eastward to N. Y., Maine and N. S. 

 Host: Cnephasia sp. 

 Go7iatopus decipiens Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 179. 9. 

 Perisemus orego7iensis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 70. 9. 

 Arysepyris califomicus Bridwell, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4: 34. 9. 

 Bethylus brachypterus Whittaker, 1928. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 2: 385. 9. 

 Bethylus flavicomis Whittaker, 1928. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 2: 385. 6,9. 



Subfamily EPYRINAE 



Tribe EPYRINI 



Genus RHABDEPYRIS Kieffer 



Hosts of the American species are unknown. Two European species have been taken in ant 

 nests, but the association is probably fortuitous. 



Revision: Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 67-151, 7 pis. 



Genus RHABDEPYRIS Subgenus RHABDEPYRIS Kieffer 



Rhabdepyris Kieffer, 1904. Soc. Hist. Nat. Metz., Bui. (2)11: 32. 



Type-species: Rhabdepyris myrmecophihis Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1906. 



gracilis Evans. Calif.; Mexico (Durango). 



Rhabdepyris {Rhabdepyris) gracilis Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 133: 76. 9, 6. 



mellipes Evans. Fla. (Orange Co.). 



Rhabdepyris (Rhabdepyris) mellipes Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 72, fig. 1. 

 9. 

 muesebecki Evans. Tex. (Brownsville); Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia. 



Rhabdepyris (Rhabdepyris) muesebecki Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 74. 9, 

 S. 

 nigripilosus (Ashmead). Ariz. (Huachuca Mts.); Mexico (Nayarit). 



Mesitius nigripilosus Ashmead, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (2)5: 539. 9 . 



Rhabdepyris (Rhabdepyris) huachucae Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 73. 9. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1965. Psyche 72: 268. 



