﻿GENERIC 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  OPHIONINI 
  — 
  CUSHMAN 
  419 
  

  

  Tho 
  jrenus 
  Ophiopferus 
  Brull6 
  has 
  consistently 
  been 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  

   Ophionini 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  strong^ly 
  antifurcal 
  second 
  recurrent 
  vein, 
  

   but 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  respects 
  it 
  is 
  therionine. 
  

  

  Another 
  tribe 
  that 
  comes 
  into 
  the 
  complex 
  is 
  the 
  Ophionellini, 
  made 
  

   up 
  of 
  tho 
  venationally 
  anomalous 
  OphioneUus 
  Westwood 
  and 
  

   flymennpharsalia 
  Morley 
  (Pharsalia 
  Cresson), 
  the 
  latter 
  referred 
  by 
  

   Ashmead 
  to 
  the 
  Anomalini 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  single 
  calcarium 
  on 
  the 
  

   middle 
  tibia. 
  OphioneUus 
  is 
  unknown 
  to 
  me, 
  but, 
  in 
  my 
  opinion, 
  all 
  

   the 
  other 
  characters 
  of 
  Hymenophfirsalia 
  ally 
  it 
  too 
  closely 
  with 
  such 
  

   therionine 
  genera 
  as 
  Atrometus 
  Focrster 
  and 
  Podogasier 
  Brull6 
  to 
  

   justify 
  either 
  placing 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  Anomalini 
  or 
  maintaining 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  tribe. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  diagnosis 
  in 
  kej' 
  form 
  should 
  present 
  no 
  difficulty 
  in 
  

   the 
  placing 
  of 
  a 
  genus 
  in 
  its 
  proper 
  tribe: 
  

  

  KEY 
  TO 
  THREE 
  OF 
  THE 
  TRIBES 
  OF 
  THE 
  SUBFAMILY 
  OPHIONINAE 
  

  

  1. 
  Mandible, 
  when 
  closed 
  and 
  in 
  cephalic 
  view, 
  with 
  lower 
  tooth 
  not 
  directly 
  

   posterior 
  to 
  upper 
  tooth, 
  but 
  at 
  a 
  lower 
  level 
  and 
  visible; 
  eyes 
  parallel 
  or 
  

   divergent 
  below, 
  never 
  distinctly 
  convergent 
  (i. 
  e., 
  face 
  not 
  narrower 
  than 
  

   frons), 
  always 
  at 
  least 
  shallowly 
  emarginate 
  opposite 
  antennal 
  foramina; 
  

   occipital 
  carina 
  medially 
  far 
  below 
  lovel 
  of 
  posterior 
  ocelli, 
  fading 
  out 
  below 
  or 
  

   joining 
  hypostomal 
  carina 
  at 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  from 
  lower 
  articulation 
  

   of 
  mandible, 
  rarely 
  entirely 
  absent; 
  cpomia 
  entirely 
  lacking; 
  propodeal 
  fpiracle 
  

   lateral 
  in 
  position, 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  slitlike; 
  /ron< 
  tibia 
  without 
  a 
  minute 
  tooth 
  

   at 
  apex 
  opposite 
  calcarium; 
  middle 
  tibia 
  with 
  two 
  calcaria; 
  claws 
  usually 
  

   long, 
  each 
  with 
  a 
  strong, 
  many-toothed 
  pecten; 
  second 
  recurrent 
  vein 
  basad 
  

   of 
  intercubitus 
  by 
  a 
  distance 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  length 
  of 
  intcrcubitus; 
  

   intercubilun 
  strongly 
  oblique 
  and 
  nearly 
  continuous 
  with 
  basal 
  abscissa 
  of 
  

   radius; 
  nrrvellun 
  sharply 
  broken, 
  discoidella 
  distinct, 
  rarely 
  nervellus 
  not 
  

   broken 
  but 
  interstitial 
  at 
  its 
  upper 
  end 
  with 
  discoidella; 
  hind 
  tarsus 
  with 
  

   apical 
  two 
  joints 
  not 
  esperially 
  small; 
  ovipositor 
  rarely 
  exsertcd.. 
  Ophionini 
  

   Mandible^ 
  when 
  closed 
  and 
  in 
  cephalic 
  view, 
  with 
  lower 
  tooth 
  directly 
  posterior 
  

   to 
  upper 
  tooth 
  and 
  not 
  visible; 
  eyea 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  convergent 
  and 
  at 
  most 
  with 
  

   inner 
  margins 
  arcuately 
  concave; 
  occipital 
  carina 
  medially 
  usually 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  

   level 
  of 
  posterior 
  ocelli 
  and 
  joining 
  hypostomal 
  carina 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  lower 
  

   articulation 
  of 
  mandible, 
  sometimes 
  (Anomalini, 
  Anomalon 
  verbosum 
  Cresson) 
  

   far 
  below 
  ocelli, 
  rarely 
  {Podognstcr 
  Brull6) 
  fading 
  out 
  below 
  and 
  not 
  reaching 
  

   hypostomal 
  carina 
  or 
  (Clalha 
  Cameron) 
  obsolete 
  medially; 
  epornia 
  strong, 
  

   originating 
  on 
  lower 
  anterior 
  margin 
  of 
  pronotum 
  and 
  running 
  dorsad 
  nearly 
  

   to 
  dorsal 
  margin; 
  propodtal 
  spiracle 
  subdorsal 
  in 
  position 
  and 
  long 
  or 
  short 
  

   oval 
  but 
  not 
  slitlike 
  ; 
  /ron/ 
  tibia 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  tooth 
  at 
  apex 
  opposifc 
  cal- 
  

   carium; 
  middle 
  tibia 
  usually 
  with 
  two 
  calcaria, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  (Anomalini, 
  

   Hymenopharsalia, 
  OphioneUus, 
  and 
  an 
  unnamed 
  North 
  American 
  genus 
  of 
  

   Therionini) 
  with 
  only 
  one; 
  claws 
  simple 
  or 
  at 
  most 
  weakly 
  pectinate 
  and 
  

   usually 
  small; 
  second 
  recurrent 
  vein, 
  except 
  in 
  Anomalini 
  and 
  genus 
  Ophio- 
  

   pterus, 
  distad 
  of 
  intercubitus 
  or 
  proximad 
  by 
  a 
  flistancc; 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  

   length 
  of 
  intercubitus, 
  ran-ly 
  illumennpharsnlia, 
  Ophionrltus) 
  entirely 
  absent; 
  

   intercubitus 
  perpendicular 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  at 
  lea.'^t 
  not 
  nearly 
  continuous 
  with 
  

   basal 
  abscissa 
  of 
  radius; 
  nervellus 
  broken 
  or 
  unbroken; 
  hind 
  tarsus 
  usually 
  

   with 
  apical 
  two 
  joints 
  small; 
  ovipositor 
  usually 
  distinctly 
  cxscrted. 
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