Acmopolynema bifasciatipenne (Girault, 1908)

Stichothrix bifasciatipennis Girault, 1908 [55]: 9. Lectotype ♀ (USNM), designated by Schauff, 1981: 456. TL: USA, District of Columbia, Washington. Frison, 1927: 229 (paratype listing, host).

Polynema oecanthi Ashmead, 1900b: 562 [nomen nudum] (distribution); Pierce, 1907: 361 (host, distribution); Girault, 1910 [69]: 258 (distribution); Viereck, 1910: 637; Girault, 1911 [96]: 317; Tucker, 1917: 304.

Cosmocoma oecanthi: Crevecoeur, 1922: 386 [nomen nudum] (distribution).

Polynema bifasciatipenne: Girault, 1910 [69]: 254 (description, host); Girault, 1911 [72]: 23 (need for slide mounting); Girault, 1911 [87]: 151 (host); Girault, 1911 [89]: 139 (comparison with extralimital species); Girault, 1911 [96]: 317 (host), 318, 319 (key); Girault, 1912 [110]: 41 (mention); Girault, 1913 [135]: 14 (mention); Parrot & Fulton, 1914: 426 (host, distribution); Girault, 1916 [265a]: 60 (host); Wheeler, 1923: 3 (larva description); Girault, 1929 [428]: 15 (key), 19 (host); Dozier, 1932: 83 (comparison with P. vittatipennis); Udine & Pinckney, 1940: 81 (host, distribution); Brandhorst, 1943: 169, (biology, plant hosts, distribution); Thompson, 1958: 572 (host catalogue).

Acmopolynema bifasciatipenne: Ogloblin, 1946: 286 (generic transfer); Burks, 1958: 63 (catalogue); Burks, 1979: 1031 (catalogue, hosts); Schauff, 1981: 446 (key), 455 (host, distribution); Yoshimoto, 1990: 78 (list, species group placement); Xu & Lin, 2002: 141 (hosts), 144 (compared with extralimital species).

Acmopolynema bifasciatipennis bifasciatipennis: Peck, 1951: 416 (catalogue, distribution); Peck, 1963: 41 (catalogue, hosts).

Acmopolynema bifasciatipenne bifasciatipenne: Burks, 1967: 215 (catalogue).

Acmopolynema bifasciatipennis: Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy, 2007: 35 (label on holotype of extralimital species).

Nearctic hosts. Oecanthidae: Anaxiphia exigua (Say), Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, O. nigricornis quadripunctatus Beutel, O. niveus (De Geer) .

Distribution. USA: CA, DC, DE, KS, MA, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TX, VA.