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Genus Pristaulacus

Aulacidae ? - Pristaulacus occidentalis Another Ichneomon? - Pristaulacus fasciatus 8014963 - Pristaulacus - female Pristaulacus? - Pristaulacus niger - female Ichneumon? - Pristaulacus rufitarsis - female Help to ID please - Pristaulacus foxleei Ichneumon July 30 - Pristaulacus auricomus - female Ichneumonid Wasp - Pristaulacus foxleei - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Evanioidea (Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps)
Family Aulacidae (Aulacid Wasps)
Genus Pristaulacus
Explanation of Names
Pristaulacus Kieffer 1900
Numbers
23 extant spp. and 1 fossil sp. in our area(1), ~110 described spp. worldwide(2)
1. Pristaulacus arizonicus (Townes, 1950): AZ
2. Pristaulacus auricomus Smith, 2008: AZ(3)
3. Pristaulacus bilobatus (Provancher, 1878): northeastern (Canada: NS, ON; United States: MI, NC, NH, NJ, OH, PA, WI, WV)
4. Pristaulacus californicus (Townes, 1950): CA
5. Pristaulacus canadensis (Townes, 1950): MB; ME
6. Pristaulacus editus (Cresson, 1880): western (Canada: BC; United States: CA, NV, OR)
7. Pristaulacus fasciatus (Say, 1829): eastern (AR, DC, GA, IL, IN, MD, MI, MO, MS; OH, PA, TX, VA)
8. Pristaulacus flavicrurus (Bradley, 1901): eastern (Canada: ON; United States: GA, IL, MD, MI, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, VA, VT, WV)
9. Pristaulacus foxleei (Townes, 1950): western (Canada: BC; United States: CA, ID, OR, WA)
10. Pristaulacus melleus (Cresson, 1879: CA, NV, OR
11. Pristaulacus mexiuni Smith, 2008: AZ(3)
12. Pristaulacus minor (Cresson, 1880): western (Canada: BC; United States: CA, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY)
13. Pristaulacus montanus (Cresson, 1879): western (Canada: BC; United States: CA, NV, OR, WA)
14. Pristaulacus niger (Shuckard, 1841): eastern (Canada: MB, NS, ON, QC; United States: AL, CO, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NY, PA, TX, VA)
15a. Pristaulacus occidentalis lavatus (Townes, 1950): BC; CA, OR, WA
15b. Pristaulacus occidentalis occidentalis (Cresson, 1879): western (CO, ID, NM, UT, WY)
16. Pristaulacus oregonus (Townes, 1950): OR
17. Pristaulacus pacificus (Cresson, 1879): (north)western (Canada: BC; United States: CO, ID, OR, WA)
18. Pristaulacus resutorivorus (Westwood, 1851): widespread (Canada: AB, BC, ON, QC; United States: CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, ID, MD, ME, MI, MS, MT, OR, PA, VA, WA)
19. Pristaulacus rufitarsis (Cresson, 1864): widespread (Canada: AB, BC, MB, NB, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT; United States: AK, AZ, CA, CO, GA, ID, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, VA, VT, WA, WY)
20. Pristaulacus stigmaterus (Cresson, 1864): eastern (Canada: ON, QC; United States: AR, CT, GA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, WV)
21. Pristaulacus strangaliae Rohwer, 1917: eastern (Canada: MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC; United States: CT, DC, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, WV)
22. Pristaulacus torridus (Bradley, 1908): TX
23. Pristaulacus violaceus (Bradley, 1905): DC, OH, VA

Miocene fossil species:
1. Pristaulacus rohweri Brues 1910: CO
Identification

Wing venation
Range
worldwide(2)
Works Cited
1.World catalog of the family Aulacidae (Hymenoptera)
Smith D.R. 2001. Contributions on Entomology, International 4: 263-319.
2.Aulacidae, by J.T. Jennings & A.R. Deans (in The Tree of Life Web Project)
3.Aulacidae of the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Central America
David R. Smith. 2008. Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (2): 267-355.