Genus SPHECOPHAGA Westwood, p. 258

vesparum burra (Cresson), changed status. Transcont. in Canad. and Transit. Zones. S. vesparum vesparum occurs in Europe. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 525, 526).

Tribe CRYPTINI

(=Mesostenini of Catalog)

Revision: Townes and Townes, 1962. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): I-VII, 1-602 (Mesostenini)

*Subtribe BARYCERATINA

Place as first subtribe of Cryptini, p. 258.

*Genus WHYMPERIA Cameron

Whymperia Cameron, 1903. Entomologist 36: 122.

Type: Whymperia carinifrons Cameron. By monotypy.

*Protocryptus Schmiedeknecht, 1904. Opusc. Ichn., Band 2 (fasc. 6), p. 414. Syn (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 22).

Type: Protocryptus grandis Schmiedeknecht. Desig. by Vier-
eck, 1914.

*Zamansa Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 42: 647. Syn. with
Protocryptus by Townes, 1946, Bol. Ent. Venezolana 5 (2): 33.
Type: Cryptus aztecus Cresson. By monotypy and orig. desig.

Place as first genus in subtribe Baryceratina, p. 258.

*tricolor Townes. Ariz.

Whymperia tricolor Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 22. 9.

Genus Christolia Brullé, pp. 258-259

Syn. of Baryceros Gravenhorst, infra.

Lamprocryptidea Viereck._ Delete from Catalog. A valid Neotrop. genus (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 12).

Haplomus Szépligeti. Syn. of Lamprocryptidea Viereck (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 12).

Aplomiana Strand. Syn. of Lamprocryptidea Viereck.

*Genus BARYCEROS Gravenhorst

(= Christolia Brullé, pp. 258-259)

Baryceros Gravenhorst, 1829. Ichn. Europaea, v. 2, p. 777.

Type: Baryceros guttatus Gravenhorst. By monotypy.

Christolia Brullé. (Syn., teste Townes, 1961. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 63 (3): 167.)

*Neochristolia Blanchard, 1936. Rev. Argentina de Ent. 1 (2): 40. (Syn. by Townes, loc. cit. supra, p. 167.)

Type: Neochristolia eucleides Blanchard. By monotypy and orig. desig.

armatus (Provancher). Syn. of audax saundersi (Cresson).

audax audax (Cresson), changed status. Mass., Conn., N. Y., Mich., Wis. south to S. C., Ala., Kans. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 27, 28).

*Mesostenus exaptus Cresson, 1878. Canad. Ent. 10: 208. 9. (Syn. by Cushman, 1929. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 74 (Art. 16): 25.)

audax saundersi (Cresson), changed status. Que., Ont., south to R I., N. Y., Ohio, Mich. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 27, 29).

Christolia armata (Provancher) (syn. teste Townes, and Townes, 1962, p.

candidus (Cresson).

Christolia dumetorum Townes (syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 25).

dumetorum (Townes). Syn. of candidus (Cresson).

fortis (Cresson). Pa., Ohio, Mich., W. Va., Ga.

*halli Townes. Ariz.

Baryceros halli Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 24, 30. 3.

saundersi (Cresson). Subsp. of audax (Cresson).

texanus (Ashmead). Va., N. C., Ind., Ky., Ark., Okla.; Mexico.

*Subtribe CRYPTINA

(=Mesostenina Townes)

Place as second subtribe of Cryptini, p. 259

Genus CRYPTUS Fabricius, Sup. 1, p. 46

(=Trachysphyrus of Catalog, pp. 259–263)

Meringopus Foerster. Delete type citation and replace with: Cryptus recreator Fabricius. Included by Tschek, 1870 (teste Townes, Townes, and Gupta, 1961, p. 163).

Itamoplex Foerster. Change "Desig. by Viereck, 1914" to: Included by Ashmead in Smith, 1900.

*Cosmiocryptus Cameron, 1902. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 28: 371.

Type: Cosmiocryptus violaceipennis Cameron. By monotypy. Steriphocryptus Cameron, 1903. Transf. to syn. of Polytribax in (Aptesini)=Hemigasterini, p. 257.

*Buathra Cameron, 1903. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 1903: 233.
Type: Buathra rufiventris Cameron. By monotypy.
*Plesiocryptus Cameron, 1903. Ztschr. Syst. Hym. Dipt. 3: 299.
Type: Plesiocryptus carinifrons Cameron. By monotypy.
*Bathycrisis Cameron, 1905. Spolia Zeylanica 3: 96.

Type: Bathycrisis striaticollis Cameron. By monotypy.
*Mesocryptus Szépligeti, 1916. Mus. Nat. Hungarici Ann. 14: 251.
Preocc.

Type: Mesocryptus pulcherrimus Szépligeti. By monotypy. *Pseudomesocryptus Strand, 1917. Ent. Ztschr. 10: 137. N. name for Mesocryptus.

*Nippocryptus Uchida, 1936. Ins. Matsumurana 11: 3.

Type: (Hemiteles suzukii Matsumura)
By monotypy.

=

vittatorius (Jurine).

*Neocryptopteryx Blanchard, 1947. Zool. Mus. Hist. Natl. Montevideo Comun. 2 (Pt. 42): 1.

Type: Neocryptopteryx orientalis Blanchard. By orig. desig. Taxonomy: Townes, Townes and Gupta, 1961, pp. 163-164 (Generic syn.).

albitarsis albitarsis (Cresson). Hosts: Heliothis zeae (Boddie); Macronoctua onusta Grt.

Mesostenus tarsatus Provancher. Transf. to Mesostenus Gravenhorst, p. 265, as questioned syn. of temporalis Townes.

*albitarsis argentifrons Cameron. Newfoundland to B. C. south to R. I., N. Y., Tex., and Calif.; Mexico, Costa Rica.

*Cryptus bicolor Smith, 1879. Descr. of N. sp. of Hym. in the Coll. Brit. Mus., p. 231. Preocc.

*Cryptus monticola Cameron, 1885. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Ins. Hym., v. 1, p. 203. Preocc.

Cryptus argentifrons Cameron, 1885. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Ins. Hym. 1:

204.

*Cryptus eggeri Dalla Torre, 1902. Cat. Hym., v. 3 (Pt. 2) p. 569. N. name for bicolor Smith.

Trachysphyrus albitarsis coloradensis (Ashmead).

Trachysphyrus inornatus (Pratt).

(All syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 248-249).

albitarsis coloradensis (Ashmead). Syn. of albitarsis argentifrons Cameron. albitarsis mutatus Pratt, changed status.

Cryptus mutatus Pratt. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and
Townes, 1962, pp. 244, 251).

Cryptus curticaudus Pratt (syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 251). albitarsis rufovinctus Pratt, changed status. B. C. Host: Trichoplusia sp. Cryptus rufovinctus Pratt. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 244, 253).

altonii Dalla Torre. A. subsp. of laborator (Thunberg).

arcticus Schiødte. N. W. T., Calif. (Arctic and Arctic-Apline).

aridus aridus Pratt, changed status. B. C., Oreg., Calif., Colo. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 183, 229).

aridus ocellaris Pratt, changed status. Oreg., Calif. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 229, 230).

associatus Pratt. Syn. of persimilis Cresson.

asymmetricus asymmetricus Pratt, changed status. B. C. and Sask. south to Mts. of Calif. and Ariz. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 206).

asymmetricus mirabilis Pratt, changed status. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 206, 207).

bilobatus Pratt. A subsp. of symmetricus Pratt.

calescens robustus Cresson, changed status. Alaska, Yukon, B. C. to Man. south to Calif. and N. Mex. in Canad. and Huds. Zones. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 201). C. calescens calescens Gravenhorst is European.

crassipes Pratt. Transf. to Reptatrix Townes, infra. crassisculptus Pratt. A subsp. of rugosiscutum Pratt. crassulus Pratt. Mich.

curticaudus Pratt. Syn. of albitarsis mutatus Pratt.

dirus Cresson. B. C. and Idaho south to Calif. and Ariz.

Cryptus nitschei Dalla Torre. Remove from syn.; valid subsp. of relativus Cresson.

dorsicarinatus Pratt. Alaska, Alta., Mont., Colo.

eleucopus Walkley. Syn. of relativus nitschei Dalla Torre.

Cryptus eleucopus Walkley. Sup. 1, p. 46.

*fasciatus (Townes), n. comb. Ariz.

Trachysphyrus fasciatus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S.
Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 180, 188. ♂, d.

flagellatus Pratt. A subsp. of rugosiscutum Pratt.

genatus Pratt. Ariz., Utah.

inornatus Pratt. Syn. of albitarsis argentifrons Cameron.

iroquois Viereck. A subsp. of moschator (Fabricius).

*krombeini (Townes), n. comb. W. Va. (Lost River State Park, Hardy Co.). Trachysphyrus krombeini Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 185, 243. 9.

laborator altonii Dalla Torre, changed status. Host: Melanolophia imitata (Wlkr.). Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 209, 210).

laborator fabricii Schiødte.

Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 214-215.

laborator perplexus Cresson, changed status. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 209, 213).

latigenalis Pratt. Alta., Mont., Ont. Host: Loxostege sticticalis (L.).

Biology: Ullyett, 1949. Canad. Ent. 81: 285-299; 82: 1-11 (as inornatus).

Taxonomy: Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 184, 242-243.

leucopus Ashmead. Syn. of relativus nitschei Dalla Torre.

*lochmaius (Townes), n. comb. Ariz.

Trachysphyrus lochmaius Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 183, 216. 3, 9.

luctuosus luctuosus Cresson, changed status. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 183, 221; also & descr.). Other subspp. of luctuosus Cress. occur in Europe and Japan.

*mentigus mentigus (Townes), n. comb._ Ariz.

Trachysphyrus mentigus mentigus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3); 184, 234. ♂, .

*mentigus rhodomerus (Townes), n. comb. Alaska, Yukon, Wash. to Calif., Ariz., Utah, Colo., N. Mex.

Trachysphyrus mentigus rhodomerus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 234, 235. ô, G.

*mentigus rufator (Townes), n. comb. Calif. (Blue Lake, Lassen Co.). Trachysphyrus mentigus rufator Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 234, 235. 9.

mimicus Pratt. A subsp. of tejonensis Cresson.

minimus Pratt. Sask., N. Mex., Nev.

mirabilis Pratt. A subsp. of asymmetricus Pratt.

moschator iroquois (Viereck), changed status. N. J., Ohio, Mich. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 223, 224). C. moschator moschator (Fabricius) is European.

* murorum Tschek. Man., Calif.; Europe.

Cryptus murorum Tschek, 1872. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien. Verhandl. 22: 234. ♂, .

mutatus Pratt. A subsp. of albitarsis (Cresson).

ocellaris Pratt. A subsp. of aridus Pratt.

pacificus Cresson. B. C. to Calif. in Cand., Transit., U. Austral Zones. Cryptus punicus Cresson. Remove from syn. A valid subsp. of relativus Cresson.

Cryptus californicus Ashmead. Syn. of relativus punicus Cresson.

perplexus Cresson. A subsp. of laborator (Thunberg).

persimilis Cresson.

Cryptus associatus Pratt (syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 237). recurvatus Pratt. Calif., Tex.

relativus nitschei Dalla Torre, changed status. B. C., Wash., Calif., Alta., Mont., Nev., Utah, Ariz., Colo., N. Mex. Host: Aegeria tibialis (Harr.). Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 193, 195).

Cryptus violaceipennis Ashmead, preocc.

Cryptus nitschei Dalla Torre, n. name. Removed from syn. of dirus Cres

son.

Cryptus leucopus Ashmead (syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p.

195).

Cryptus eleucopus Walkley (syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p.

relativus punicus Cresson, changed status. B. C. to Calif., Nev. Removed from syn. of pacifus Cresson and reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 193, 197).

Cryptus californicus Ashmead (syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p.

197).

relativus relativus Cresson, changed status. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 193).

robustus Cresson. A subsp. of calescens Gravenhorst.

rufopedibus Pratt. Syn. of tejonensis tejonensis Cresson.

rufovinctus Pratt. A subsp. of albitarsis (Cresson).

*rugifrons (Townes), n. comb. Ariz., Calif.

Trachysphyrus rugifrons Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 184, 255. ô, f.

rugosiscutum crassisculptus Pratt, changed status. Tex. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 226, 227).

rugosiscutum flagellatus Pratt, changed status. Mexico. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 226, 227).

rugosiscutum rugosiscutum Pratt, changed status. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 226, 228).

rugulosus Pratt. Syn. of tejonensis mimicus Pratt.

ruralis Pratt. B. C., Sask., Man., Idaho.

*scapulatus (Townes), n. comb. Calif.

Trachysphyrus scapulatus Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 184, 241. ♂, d.

strigosus Pratt. Oreg.

symmetricus bilobatus Pratt, changed status. Calif. in Canad. and Huds. Zones. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 204, 205).

symmetricus symmetricus Pratt, changed status. Mont., Colo. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 204).

tejonensis mimicus Pratt, changed status. Alaska to Oreg. and Ariz., Alta., Utah, Colo., N. Mex. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 190).

Cryptus temporalis Pratt. (Syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 190.) Cryptus rugulosus Pratt. (Syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 190). tejonensis tejonensis Cresson, changed status. Calif., Ariz., Wash. Reduced to subsp. rank (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 190, 191). Cryptus vancouverensis Harrington. Remove from syn. A valid species. Cryptus rufopedibus Pratt. (Syn. teste Townes and Townes, 1962, p. 191.)

temporalis Pratt. Syn. of tejonensis mimicus Pratt.

vancouverensis Harrington. B. C. to Calif. Host: Malacosoma sp. A valid sp. (teste Townes and Townes, 1962, pp. 181, 187).

*Genus LANUGO Townes

Lanugo Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 35, 259, 536.

Type: Cryptus retentor Brullé. Orig. desig. (p. 536).

Place on page 263 of Catalog after Cryptus Fabricius.

*bicincta Townes. Kans. (Osborne).

Lanugo bicincta Townes, 1962. In Townes and Townes, U. S. Natl. Mus. Bul. 216 (Pt. 3): 261, 270. 9.