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blattae Burks.

Biology: Roth and Willis, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 248.

clisiocampae (Ashmead). Transf. from Miotropis Thomson; types examined.

esurus (Riley).

Biology: Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bul. 1265, pp. 91-92.

ischnopterae (Girault).

Biology: Roth and Willis, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p. 249.

orgyiae (Girault), n. comb.

mined.

philodromi (Gahan). Nebr.

Transf. from Miotropis Thomson; types exa

silvensis (Girault), n. comb. Transf. from Miotropis Thomson; types exa

mined.

Genus Paromphaloidomyiia Girault, p. 452

Syn. of Tetrastichus Haliday, supra.

homeri Girault. Transf. to Tetrastichus Haliday.

Genus MELITTOBIA Westwood, p. 452

Delete Aceratoneuromyia Girault from syn.; a valid, but extralimital genus, teste Gradwell, 1959. Ent. Mo. Mag. 94: 277.

chalybii Ashmead. Hosts: Attack almost any insect in lab. cultures or insectaries, but in nature apparently attack only aculeate Hymenoptera or their parasites.

Biology: Medler, 1958. Ent. News 69: 21-23.-Medler, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 51: 340-344.-Krombein, 1964. Biol. Soc. Wash. Proc 77: 101.

Subfamily ELACHERTINAE

Genus EUPLECTRUS Westwood, pp. 452-453

mellipes Provancher. Maine, N. H., Wis., Alaska. Biology: Guppy, 1959. Canad. Ent. 91: 426. Taxonomy: Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 1258.

Genus DIAULINOPSIS Crawford, pp. 453-454

callichroma_Crawford. Md. south to Fla., west to Nebr. and Calif.; Mexico, West Indies.

Genus MIOTROPIS Thomson, p. 454

Stenomesioideus Ashmead, n. syn. Transf. from Catalog, p. 460; types
examined.

Miotropis Thomson has long been misidentified in the N. Amer. lit.
Delete Tetrastichomyia Girault from syn. and transf. to syn. of
Syntomosphyrum Foerster, p. 451.

clisiocampae Ashmead. Transf. to Syntomosphyrum Foerster.

mellea (Ashmead), n. comb. Transf. from Stenomesius Ashmead; types examined.

orgyiae (Girault). Transf. to Syntomosphyrum Foerster.

silvensis (Girault). Transf. to Syntomosphyrum Foerster.

Genus ELACHERTUS Spinola, pp. 455-456

aeneoniger Girault. Wis., Minn., Oreg., B. C. Host: Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.).

glacialis Ashmead. Colo., Wash., Oreg. Hosts: Barbara colfaxiana (Kearf.). Mellisopus latiferreanus (Wlshm.).

Biology: Keen, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 94.

cacoeciae Howard. Oreg. Host: Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.). Biology: Carolin and Coulter, 1959. Jour. Econ. Ent. 52: 552.

coxalis Howard. Va. Host: Callisto geminatella Pack.

Biology: Hill and Hough, 1957. Va. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bul. 130, p. 16.

hyphantriae Crawford. Mass., Ark., Tex.

proteoteratis Howard. Ont., Mich., Idaho, Ariz., Calif.

Euplectrus viridaeneus Provancher, 1887 (syn. by Burks, loc. cit. supra, p. 1258).

viridaeneus (Provancher). Syn. of proteoteratis Howard.

Genus HYSSOPUS Girault, p. 456

benefactor (Crawford). Md., Ohio. Host: Petrova virginiana (Busck), P. albicapitana (Busck), P. metallica (Busck).

evetriae (Girault). Ohio. Host: Petrova wenzeli (Kearf.).

Biology: Miller and Altmann, 1958. Ohio Jour. Sci. 58: 278-280.-Keen, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 95.

johannseni (Crawford). Va., Miss. Hosts: Laspeyresia spp. in pine cones. rhyacioniae Gahan. Ont. south to Fla. west to Mich., Ark., Tex. Hosts: Dioryctria abietella D. and S., D. amatella (Hulst), D. cambiicola (Dyar), D. zimmermani (Grote).

thymus Girault. Ont. and N. Y. south to Fla. west to Idaho and Calif. Hosts: Dioryctria auranticella (Grote), D. zimmermani (Grote), Petrova comstockiana (Fern.), P. wenzeli (Kearf.), Rhyacionia rigidana (Fern.).

Biology: Miller and Altman, 1958. Ohio Jour. Sci. 58: 278-280.-Keen, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 95.-Watson and Arthur, 1959. Canad. Ent. 91: 480-484.-Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 84.—Hartman and Kulman, 1962. Jour. Econ. Ent. 55: 1007.

Genus APTEROLOPHUS Gahan, p. 457

pulchricornis Gahan. S. C., Ind. Host: Taken sifting treehole litter.

Genus CIRROSPILUS Westwood, pp. 458-459

*Plesiospilus Ferrière, 1953. Univ. Bologna Ist. Ent. Bol. 19: 398. Type: Eulophus unistriatus Foerster. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1958. Entomophaga 3: 253.

cinctithorax (Girault). N. B., Que., Ont., Mass. Hosts: Argyresthia freyella Wishm., Coleophora fuscedinella Zeller, Lithecolletis salicifoliella Clem., L. tremuloidella Braun, Bucculatrix ainsliella Murt.

Biology: Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 84.

flavicinctus Riley. Host: Bucculatrix ainsliella Murt. Biology: Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 84.

flavoviridis Crawford. Ariz., Calif. Host: Liriomyza sp.

pictus (Nees).

Biology: Sundby, 1958 (1957). Norsk. Ent. Tidssk. Sup. 2, pp. 18-21.

Genus ZAGRAMMOSOMA Ashmead, pp. 459-460

Taxonomy: Bouček, 1959. Mus. Nat. Pragae Acta Ent. (Zagrammosoma a subg. of Cirrospilus Westwood).

americanum Girault. Ariz., Calif. Host: Recurvaria milleri Busck.

interlineatum Girault. Mass., Fla., Ohio.

Hosts: Exoteleia pinifoliella

(Chamb.), Lithocolletis cincinnatiella (Chamb.).

Biology: Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 84.

mirum Girault. Hosts: Lithocolletis crataegella Clem., Liriomyza pictella

(Thomson).

Genus Stenomesioideus Ashmead, p. 460

Transf. to syn. of Miotropis Thomson, p. 454. melleus Ashmead. Transf. to Miotropis Thomson.

*Genus MIRZAGRAMMOSOMA Girault

Mirzagrammosoma Girault, 1915. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 8: 279.

Type: Mirzagrammosoma lineaticeps Girault. By monotypy.

Insert in Elachertinae after Zagrammosoma Ashmead, p. 460.

*lineaticeps Girault. Fla.; Cent. America, West Indies. Hosts: Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin), Liriomyza archboldi Frost.

Mirzagrammosoma lineaticeps Girault, 1915. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 8: 279. .

Subfamily ENTEDONTINAE

*Genus CERANISUS Walker

(=Thripoctenus Crawford of Catalog, p. 442)

Ceranisus Walker, 1842. Entomologist 1: expl. of Pl. N, fig. 2.
Type: Cirrospilus pacuvius Walker. By monotypy.

Cryptomphale Girault, 1917. Spec. Gen. nova Euloph., p. 2.

Type: Thripoctenus nubilipennis Williams. By monotypy. Taxonomy: Burks, 1943. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 93: 509.-Bakkendorf, 1957. Ent. Medd. 28: 1.-Graham, 1959. Soc. Brit. Ent. Trans. 13: 203.-Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 117 (n. comb's.).

Insert in Entedontinae before Astichus Foerster, p. 460; transf. spp. in Catalog under Thripoctenus to Ceranisus.

Genus OMPHALE Haliday, p. 460

*Secodes Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 78, 81.
Type: Secodes fagi Foerster. By monotypy.

Taxonomy: Graham, 1963. Soc. Brit. Ent. Trans. 15: 240.

Genus CLOSTEROCERUS Westwood, p. 461

cinctipennis Ashmead. Que. south to Fla. west to Wis., Iowa, Mo. Hosts: Brachys ovatus Web. (eggs and larvae), Neodiprion lecontei (Fitch), N. excitans Roh., N. virginianus complex (eggs).

Biology: Benjamin, 1955. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bul. 1118, pp. 24-26.—
Morris, Schroeder, and Bobb, 1963. Pine Sawfly in Va., Va. Div.
For., p. 13.

tricinctus (Ashmead). Host: Exoteleia pinifoliella (Chamb.).

Biology: Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 84.

trifasciatus Westwood. Mass., Ariz. Host: Liriomyza pictella (Thomson). Biology: Sundby, 1957. Norsk Ent. Tidsskr., sup. 2, p. 41.

Genus EUDERUS Haliday, p. 462

*Secodelloidea Girault, 1917. Sp. Gen. nova Euloph., p. 2.

Type: Secodella rugosus Crawford. By monotypy.

Taxonomy: Erdös, 1956. Rov. Közlem., n. s., 9: 2 (Euderini).-Graham, 1959. Soc. Brit. Ent. Trans. 13: 172, 203 (Euderinae).-Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 172 (Secodelloidea Girault a syn.).— Bouček, 1963. Beitr. z. Ent. 13: 267 (Secodelloidea Girault distinct, poss. a subgen.).

argyresthiae (Crawford). N. Y. south to Fla., west to Wash., Oreg., Tex. Hosts: Recurvaria spp.

crawfordi Peck. Ariz., Calif. Hosts: Galls of Dryocosmus coxii (Bass.), Plagiotrochus suberi Weld.

cushmani (Crawford). New England, N. Y., Ill. Hosts: Coleophora laricella Hbn., Cydia packardii (Zell.), Dioryctria zimmermani (Grote), Proteoteras willingana (Kearf.).

Biology: Balduf, 1959. Ill. Biol. Monog. 26: 74.—Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 85.

rubriscapus (Girault), new status. Change from subsp. to sp.

rugosus (Crawford), new status. N. Y. south to Fla. west to Tenn. and Kans. Change from subsp. to sp.

rugosus rubriscapus (Girault). Change to sp.

rugosus rugosus (Crawford). Change to sp.

*Genus FLOCKIELLA Timberlake

Flockiella Timberlake, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 109.

Type: Flockiella eucalypti Timberlake. Orig. desig.

Insert in Entedontinae following Euderus Haliday, p. 463.

*eucalypti Timberlake. Calif. Host: Reared from seed capsules of Eucalyptus umbellata.

Flockiella eucalypti Timberlake, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 110. 9.
Biology: Flock, 1957. Pan-Pacific Ent. 33: 153-155.

Genus BURKSIA Fullaway, Sup. 1, p. 68

viridimaculata Fullaway. Calif.; Cuba, Argentina.

Genus CHRYSOCHARIS Foerster, pp. 463-464

ainsliei Crawford. S. C. Host: Liriomyza pictella (Thomson). compressicornis Ashmead. Syn. of viridis Provancher.

*cubensis Gahan. Fla.; West Indies.

Chrysocharis cubensis Gahan, 1932. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 25: 748. 9, ô.

gemma (Walker). Transf. to Kratochviliana Maláč, infra.

imbrasus (Walker). Transf. from Unplaced Species, p. 594, teste Graham, 1963. Soc. Brit. Ent. Trans. 15: 234.

laricinellae (Ratzeburg). Transf. to Kratochviliana Maláč, infra.

*majoriani (Girault). Fla.; West Indies, Brazil, introd. into Hawaii for biol. control. Hosts: Liriomyza sorosis (Will.), Phytobia sp., leafminers on Cassia and other plants.

Chrysocharodes majoriani Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalc. var. cum Obs., p. 10. G.

viridis Provancher. Ont., Ohio. Host: Reared from gall on Lactuca. Chrysocharis compressicornis Ashmead, 1894 (syn. by Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 1257).

Genus KRATOCHVILIANA Maláč

Kratochviliana Maláč, 1943. Ent. listy (Folia Ent.) Brno 6: 1.
Type: Kratochviliana moravica Maláč. Orig. desig.
Epilampsis Delucchi, 1954. Neue Arten Subfam. Entedon., p. 3.
Type: Chrysocharis boops Thomson. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Bouček, 1961. Trudy Min. Sel. Kruzy. Moldav. S. S. R. 7: 28 (syn.). Graham, 1963. Soc. Brit. Ent. Trans. 15: 205 (both above gen. syn. of Chrysocharis Foerster).

Insert in Entedontinae following Chrysocharis Foerster, p. 464.

gemma (Walker). B. C.; Europe. Transf. from Chrysocharis Foerster. Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1954. Schweiz. Ent. Ges. Mitt. 27: 300-301 (Epilampsis Delucchi).

laricinellae (Ratzeburg). N. B., N. S., Ont., Wis. Transf. from Chrysocharis Foerster.

Taxonomy: Bouček, 1961, loc. cit. supra, p. 28.-Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 205-207.

Biology: Clausen, 1956, loc. cit. supra, p. 92.-Graham, 1958. Ent. Soc. Ont. Ann. Rpt. 1957, pp. 37-43.-Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 85.

*Genus ENAYSMA Delucchi

Insert in Entedontinae following Chrysocharis Foerster, p. 464.

*ENAYSMA subgenus ENAYSMA Delucchi

Enaysma Delucchi, 1954. Neue Arten Subfam. Entedon., p. 1.
Type: Enaysma zwölferi Delucchi. Orig. desig.

The typical subgenus does not occur in N. Amer.

*ENAYSMA subgenus PENTENAYSMA Graham

Enaysma subg. Pentenaysma Graham, 1959. Soc. Brit. Ent. Trans. 13: 196.

Type: Eulophus latreillei Curtis. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Miller, 1962. Canad. Ent. 94: 1039-1040.

*arienascapus Miller. Que., Ont. Hosts: Lithocolletis ostryaefoliella Clem., Lithocolletis sp. on Viburnum.

Enaysma arienascapus Miller, 1962. Canad. Ent. 94: 1050. , 3.

*carioca Miller. Que., Ont. Hosts: Lithocolletis sp. on Carya, leafminer on oak.

Enaysma carioca Miller, 1962. Canad. Ent. 94: 1043. 9, ♂.

*clypeata Miller. Que. Host: Lithocolletis sp. on Acer.

Enaysma clypeata Miller, 1962. Canad. Ent. 96: 1047, 1050. ♂.

*gahani Miller. Que., Ont. Hosts: Lithocolletis lucetiella Clem., Lithocolletis spp.

Enaysma gahani Miller, 1962. Canad. Ent. 94: 1041. 9, 6.

*hirtiscapus Miller. Ont. Host: Lithocolletis tiliacella Chamb.

Enaysma hirtiscapus Miller, 1962. Canad. Ent. 94: 1047. 9, 3.

*myricae Miller. N. S. Host: Lithocolletis sp. on Myrica gale. Enaysma myricae Miller, 1962. Canad. Ent. 94: 1043-1047. 9, 3.

*Genus MOSERINA Delucchi

Moserina Delucchi, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour. 35: 389.

Type: Moserina maculata Delucchi. Orig. desig.

Insert in Entedontinae following Achrysocharoides Girault, p. 464. *maculata Delucchi. Ohio. Host: Reared from galls of Pachypsylla celtidismamma (Riley), and P. celtidisvesicula Riley.

Moserina maculata Delucchi, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour. 35: 392. f, 3.

Genus PARACHRYSOCHARIS Girault, p. 465

semiflava Girault. Wis. Host: Auplopus sp.

Genus DEROSTENUS Westwood, pp. 466–467

agromyzae Crawford. N. Y. south to Fla., west to N. Dak. and Ariz. Hosts: Delete Agromyza scutellata Fall and A. pusilla (Meig.); add Mantura floridana (Crotch), Liriomyza sorosis (Will.).

Biology: Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 214.

arizonensis Crawford. Hosts: Agromyza scutellata Fall, A. pusilla (Meig.), Liriomyza pictella (Thomson).

fullawayi Crawford. Calif.; Hawaii; Mexico.

punctiventris Crawford. Idaho, Calif.

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