Echthromorpha conopleura Krieger

Fullaway, D. T., 1946, Ichneumonidae, Evaniidae, And Braconidae Of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 221-227 : 221

1. Echthromorpha conopleura Krieger ,

Zool. Mus. Berlin, Mitt. 4 (2): 321, 1909.

Mt. Alifan , April 21, Bryan; Ritidian Point , April 14, 22, Bryan; Piti , April 30, issued from pupa of Sylepta derogata on Hibiscus tiliaceus , Swezey; Piti, May 2, Usinger ; Piti , Aug. 2, Sept. 17, reared from Cosmophila flava flava on Urena lobata var. sinuata, Swezey ; Mt. Tenjo, May 3, Swezey, Usinger ; Inarajan, May 6, Usinger ; Mt. Chachao , May 16, Swezey; Agana , May 25, Swezey; Asan, Aug. 8, reared from a Nacoleia diemenalis on an unidentified legume, Swezey; Fadian , Aug. 19, Swezey; Sasa, Sept. 3, reared from pupae of Spodoptera mauritia in rice seedling plot, Swezey; Yigo, Nov. 8, reared from Sylepta derogata, Swezey . Occurring rather commonly.

This species was described from Brazil. There is no record of its occurrence elsewhere except in Guam. It is the species recorded from Guam by me in 1913 as Echthromorpha continua ( Brulle) (?) . It was recently studied by R. A. Cushman at the U. S. National Museum, from material sent from Guam by R. G. Oakley. Cushman determined it as Echthromorpha conople~ra Krieger , so named because of the conical protuberance on the mesopleura which distinguishes it from other species.

As no other species of Echthromorpha is known to occur in the Western Hemisphere , and as this species was described from only four specimens in the BerlinMuseum, withpartiallyillegiblelabel,itmaybepossiblethattheloc~lity " Brasil " is in error. It will be of great interest to learn of its occurrence in any additional localities.