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and lateral reddish markings or suffusions ; front and middle legs with 

 femora mostly reddish. 



Type: 9, Parker Creek, Sierra Ancha, Ariz., Apr. 20, 1947, H. and 

 M. Townes (Washington, USNM 63743). 



Paratypes: cf, 9, Parker Creek, Sierra Ancha, Ariz., Apr. 19 and 29, 

 1947, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 2d", 9, Workman Creek, Sierra 

 Ancha, Ariz., May 1 and 3, 1947, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 9, 

 near Alpine, Ariz., May 26, 1947, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 9, 

 Morley, Colo., Aug. 26, 1940, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 9, W. 

 Cortez Pass at 8,500 ft., Mexico, July 13, 1954, R. R. Dreisbach 

 (Dreisbach). 9, Mexico City at 8,000 ft., Mexico, July 16, 1954, 

 R. R. Dreisbach (Dreisbach). 



Host: Unknown. 



Subgenus Ateleophadnus Cameron 



Ateleophadnus Cameron, 1905, Invert. Pacifica, vol. 1, p. 127. 



Type: (Ateleophadnus bicarinata Cameron) = pterophori (Ashmead); mono- 

 basic. 



Pseudopoemenia Kiss, 1924, Verh. Mitt. Siebenb. Ver. Naturw., vols. 72-74, p. 91. 

 Type: Pseudopoemenia annulata Kiss; monobasic. 



Submetapleural carina present; propodeum rather long, with dis- 

 tinct, dorsomedial carinae on basal 0.66; first tergite with median 

 carinae extending beyond apex of basal declivity (in male extending to 

 apex of tergite); subgenital plate of female with a moderately large, 

 median, basal, membranous excision; ovipositor (as in Lissoscambus) 

 rather strongly compressed, with basalmost ridges on apex of lower 

 valve forming an angle of about 40° with its longitudinal axis and 

 with most ridges developed dorsally into forward directed teeth; 

 front femur of male with a distinct, broad, coriaceous excision beneath; 

 front tibia of male distinctly (often strongly) bent near middle, and 

 rather abruptly and sometimes strongly swollen beyond; male genitalia 

 moderately large. Body black. 



This subgenus is Holarctic. It contains three Nearctic species and 

 the Palearctic annulata (Kiss), ciiicticarpus (Kriechbaumer), nigricans 

 (Thomson), similis (Bridgman), and several undescribed species from 

 the eastern Palearctic. 



Keys to the Nearctic species of the subgenus Ateleophadnus 



MALES 



(Reliable characters have not been found for the separation of males of granu- 

 losus and deceptor.) 

 1. Front femur with a broad, deep excision beneath; front tibia strongly and angu- 

 larly bent near middle, and abruptly and strongly swollen beyond the point 

 of angulation; hind tibia rather indistinctly banded, the brownish subbasal 

 and apical bands not sharply delimited by the intervening yellowish band. 



1. pterophori (Ashmead) 



