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querciglobuli querciglobuli (Fitch), changed status. N. H. south to N. C., west to Minn. and Tex. Hosts: Disholcaspis mamma (Cress.), D. virens (Ashm.), D. quercusglobulus (Fitch) galls on Quercus spp. Macroglenes querciglobuli Fitch (reduced to subsp. rank by Bugbee, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 51: 193-197).

Eurytoma punctiventris Walsh (syn. by Bugbee, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 193).

Biology: Judd, 1957. Ent. News 68: 195.

*querciglobuli_ rubra Bugbee. Fla., Miss. Hosts: Disholcaspis virens (Ashm.) and D. spongiosa galls on Quercus virginiana, D. sp. gall on Q. stellata. Eurytoma querciglobuli rubra Bugbee, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 51: 196. 9.

*querciglobuli utahensis Bugbee. Utah. Host: Disholcaspis colorado (Gill.) gall on Quercus utahensis.

Eurytoma querciglobuli utahensis Bugbee, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 51: 197. 9.

*sciromatis_Bugbee. N. C., Ga., Fla., La. Host: Reared from cankers on Pinus spp. of Cronartium fusiforme; may be phytophagous.

Eurytoma sciromatis Bugbee, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour. 35: 346. 9, ô. *semivenae Bugbee. N. Y. west to Kans. and Tex. Hosts: Pachypsylla vesicula Riley and P. mamma Riley galls on Celtis spp.

Eurytoma semivenae Bugbee, 1957. Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour. 30: 47. 9, 3. solenozopheriae Ashmead. Fla. Name prob. cited in error as sec. par. of Bucculatrix ainsliella Murt. by Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 90.

stigmi Ashmead. Nev., Calif. Hosts: Hoplitis producta gracilis (Mich.), Pemphredon giffardi (Roh.), Solierella similis (Bridw.), Trypoxylon sculleni Sandh.

studiosa Say. Que. and Ont. south to Fla., west to Colo. and N. Mex. Host: Disholcaspis succinipes (Ashm.).

Eurytoma succinipedis Ashmead (syn. by Bugbee, 1956, loc. cit. supra, p. 505).

succinipedis Ashmead. Syn. of studiosa Say.

triodiae (Howard). Transf. to Eurytomocharis Ashmead, infra.

*tumoris Bugbee. Calif. Host: ? Phytophagous in stems and branches of Pinus sylvestris.

Eurytoma tumoris Bugbee, 1962. Kans. Ent. Soc. Jour. 35: 345. 9, ♂.
Biology: Stark and Koehler, 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40: 41-46.

tylodermatis Ashmead. Hosts: Curculionidae_only; other published host records should be disregarded, teste R. E. Bugbee in litt. Records as par. of Rhyacionia spp. in Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 90, should be referred to pini Bugbee.

vagabunda Ashmead. Syn. of auriceps Walsh.

Genus EURYTOMOCHARIS Ashmead

Delete from syn. under Eurytoma Illiger, p. 574, and insert as valid genus following Eurytoma, p. 579.

Taxonomy: Bugbee, 1956, loc. cit. supra, pp. 505-506.-Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 831-832.

ashmeadi (Peck), n. comb. Transf. from Eurytoma Illiger, teste Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 831 (minuta Ashmead).

eragrostidis Howard. Transf. from Eurytoma Illiger; types examined.

muhlenbergiae (Howard). Transf. from Eurytoma Illiger, teste Bugbee, 1956, loc. cit. supra, p. 505.

triodiae Howard. Transf. from Eurytoma Illiger; types examined.

Genus HEIMBRA Cameron, Sup. 1, p. 82

opaca (Ashmead) [opacas (!) of Sup. 1, p. 82]. Kans., N. Mex., Utah, Calif.

Genus EUDECATOMA Ashmead, pp. 579–582

Nomenclature: Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 833-844 (subspp. ch. to var.).

amsterdamensis (Girault). Syn. of mellea (Curtis).

florida (Girault), corrected spelling of floridae of Catalog, teste Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 836.

*mellea (Curtis). Que., N. Y., Oreg.; Holarctic. Hosts listed in Catalog under amsterdamensis (Girault), p. 579.

Decatoma mellea Curtis, 1831. Brit. Ent. 8: 345. ♂ (= 9).

Decatoma amsterdamensis Girault, 1917 (syn. by Claridge, 1959. Soc. Brit. Ent. Trans. 13: 152, 160).

nubilistigma (Walsh). N. H. Host: Reared from gall of Euura sp. on Salix discolor.

occidentalis occidentalis (Balduf). Utah, Oreg. Hosts: Disholcaspis eldoradensis (Beut.), Xanthoteras eburneum (Bass.), twig gall on Quercus garryana.

vacciniicola (Balduf).

Biology: Judd, 1959. Amer. Micros. Soc. Trans. 78: 213.

Genus SYSTOLE Walker, p. 582

Taxonomy: Claridge, 1959. Ent. Mo. Mag. 95: 38.

geniculata Foerster.

Biology: Roberts, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 541.

Genus BRUCHOPHAGUS Ashmead, pp. 582-583

Taxonomy: Bouček, 1954. Mus. Nat. Pragae Acta Ent. 30: 76 (subg. of Eurytoma).-Fedoseeva, 1954. Mosk. Univ. Vestnik 9 (5): 113-118.-Fedoseeva, 1958. Zool. Zhur. 37: 1345-1351.

Biology: Burks, 1958 (1957). Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 59: 273-277 (hosts). -Fedoseeva, 1960. Nauch. Dok. Vyssh. Shkoly. Biol. 3: 14-18 (ecology).

*kolobovae Fedoseeva. Cosmopolitan. Hosts: Seeds of Lotus spp.

Bruchophagus kolobovae Fedoseeva, 1956. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. Dokl. 111: 491. 9, ♂.

Taxonomy: Fedoseeva, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 1349.-Perju, 1960. Acad. R. P. Romaine, Bucharest Comun. 10: 575.-Szélenyi, 1961. Budapest. Növen, Kut. Int. Evkön 8: 133, 136.-Strong, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 55: 1-4.

mexicanus Ashmead. Idaho, Ariz., Calif. Host: Seeds of Astragalus mollissimus.

*platyptera (Walker). Cosmopolitan. Hosts: Seeds of clovers.

Systole platyptera Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 153. .

Eurytoma gibba Boheman, 1836 (syn. by Claridge, 1959. Ent. Mo. Mag. 95: 39 [syn. questionably by Erdös, 1951. Folia Ent. Hung., n. s., 4: 60 and Hellén, 1953. Not. Ent. 33: 18]).

Biology: Carillo and Dickason, 1963. Oreg. State U. Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bul. 68, p. 11 (gibbus).

Taxonomy: Fedoseeva, 1954, loc. cit. supra, pp. 115, 117 (gibbus).— Strong, 1962, loc. cit. supra, pp. 1-4 (gibbus).

*roddi (Gussakovsky). Cosmopolitan. Hosts: Seeds of Medicago spp. Euryfoma [Eurytoma] roddi Gussakovsky in Rodd, Gussakovsky and Antova, 1933. [Pests of dry-farming crops of Cent. Asia, Tashkent], pp. 122, 150. 9, ♂.

*Bruchophagus gibbus medicaginis Kolobova, 1950. Ent. Obozr. 31: 70
(syn. by Perju, loc. cit. supra, p. 575).

Taxonomy: Nikolskaya, 1952. Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R., Keys to Fauna of
U.S.S.R. 44: 173, 175.-Fedoseeva, 1954, loc. cit. supra, p. 116.—
Fedoseeva, 1958, loc. cit. supra, p. 1349.-Strong, 1962, loc. cit.
supra, pp. 1-4.

Biology: Strong, 1962. Hilgardia 32: 229-248.-Carillo and Dickason,
1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 25.—Strong, Bacon, and Russell, 1963. Hil-
gardia 35: 1-12.

sculptus (Ashmead), corrected spelling of sculpta of Sup. 1, p. 82, teste Peck, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 831.

Family CHALCEDECTIDAE

Genus CHALCEDECTUS Walker, p. 584

*Episystole Girault, 1927. S. Austr. Mus. Rec. 3: 317. Type: Episystole poeta Girault. Orig. desig.

*Neochalcodectus Masi, 1936. Soc. Ent. Ital. Bol. 68: 68.

Type: Neochalcodectus sinaiticus Masi. By monotypy.

Taxonomy: Bouček, 1959. Mus. Nat. Pragae Acta Ent. 33: 568.

Genus EUCHRYSIA Westwood, p. 584

hyalinipennis Ashmead. Fla., N. Mex., Ariz. Host: Oncideres rhodosticta

Bates.

longicornis Ashmead.

Family CHALCIDIDAE

Subfamily HALTICHELLINAE

Genus HALTICHELLA Spinola, p. 584

Biology: Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bul. 1265, p. 110. rhyacioniae_Gahan. Mass. south to S. C. and Miss., west to Nebr. and Tex. Host: Rhyacionia rigidana (Fern.).

Biology: Miller and Neiswander, 1959. Ohio Agr. Expt. Sta. Res. Bul. 840, p. 18.-Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 91.

xanticles (Walker). Iowa, Okla., Tex., Sask. Hosts: Grapholitha molesta (Busck), Coleophora laricella Hbn., Hbn., Exoteleia pinifoliella (Chamb.).

Biology: Schaffner, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 91.—Allen, 1962, loc. cit.

supra, p. 109.

Genus HOCKERIA Walker

(=Stomatoceras Kirby of Catalog, p. 585)

Hockeria Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 21, 34.

Type: Chalcis bispinosa Fabricius. Desig. by Kirby, 1883. Taxonomy: Bouček, 1951. Mus. Nat. Pragae Acta Ent. 27, Šup., p. 61.— Steffan, 1953. Feuille Nat. (Cahiers Nat.), n.s., 8: 10.-Habu, 1960. Nat. Inst. Agr. Sci. Japan Bul., ser. C, 11: 220.

Use of this generic name is provisional, to conform with preponderant usage in current literature. Since the genotype of Stomatoceras is a misidentified species, the case should be referred to the Internatl. Comm. on Zool. Nomencl.

americensis (Girault), new status.

Stomatoceras unipunctatipennis americensis Girault, 1918 (ch. from subsp. to sp.; types re-examined).

eriensis (Wallace), new status. Del. south to N. C., west to N. Dak., Kans., Tex., Calif.

Stomatoceras rubra var. eriensis Wallace, 1942 (ch. to sp. by Steffan, 1959. Vie et Milieu 10: 304).

rubra (Ashmead), new status. Calif., Mexico. Host: Harrisina brillians B. & McD. Ch. from subsp. to sp. by Steffan, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 304.

tenuicornis (Girault). Calif.

unipunctatipennis (Girault), new status. N. Y. south to Fla., west to Oreg., Calif. Hosts: Neodiprion spp.

Stomatoceras unipunctatipennis unipunctatipennis of Catalog (ch. from subsp. to sp.; types re-examined).

Genus SCHWARZELLA Ashmead, p. 585

The female of this genus has not been identified.

arizonensis Ashmead. N. Mex., Calif.

Subfamily BRACHYMERIINAE

Taxonomy: Steffan, 1959. Mus. Nat. Pragae Acta Ent. 33: 287-290.

*Tribe CRATOCENTRINI

Genus ACANTHOCHALCIS Cameron, p. 585

Revision: Steffan, 1959, loc. cit. supra, pp. 306-309.

ACANTHOCHALCIS subgenus ACANTHOCHALCIS Cameron

Changed from genus to subgenus, by Steffan, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p. 307. nigricans Cameron. Kans., Okla.; Mexico.

*ACANTHOCHALCIS subgenus BELOCHALCIS Steffan

Acanthochalcis subg. Belochalcis Steffan, 1959. Mus. Nat. Pragae Acta Ent. 33: 308.

Type: Acanthochalcis unispinosa Girault. By monotypy.

unispinosa Girault. Ariz.

*Tribe PHASGONOPHORINI

Genus PHASGONOPHORA Westwood, p. 585

sulcata Westwood. N. H.

Genus TRIGONURA Sichel, p. 586

*Bactrochalcis Kieffer, 1912. Soc. Ent. de France Ann. 80: 463. Type: Bactrochalcis reticulata Kieffer. By monotypy. Revision: Burks, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 52: 75-81.

*algerti Burks. Tex., Ariz., Calif. Hosts: Chrysobothris piuta Wickham, C. octocola Lec.

Trigonura algerti Burks, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 52: 77. 9, ô.

californica Rohwer. Utah, Ariz., Oreg. Host: Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier).

elegans (Provancher). Conn., Ont., N. Y., Pa., W. Va., Ark. Hosts: Agrilus sp., Chrysobothris femorata (Oliv.), C. sexsignata (Say), Magdalis armicollis (Say), M. barbita (Say), M. olyra (Hbst.), ? Scolytus sp.

Trigonura hicoriae Rohwer, 1919 (syn. by Burks, 1959, loc. cit. supra, p.

78).

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 1260

hicoriae Rohwer. Syn. of elegans (Provancher).

*insularis (Cresson). Fla.; West Indies.

Phasgonophora insularis Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila. Proc. 4: 102. 9, 6.

*pini Burks. B. C., Oreg., Calif.

Trigonura pini Burks, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 52: 80. f, 3.

tarsata (Dalla Torre). N. B., Vt., Mass., Ont., Pa., N. C., Ohio. Hosts: Magdalis armicollis (Say), M. barbita (Say).

*ulmi Burks. Que., Ont., N. Y., N. J., Pa., N. C., Ill., Iowa. Hosts: Magdalis armicollis (Say), Scolytus quadrispinosus Say., Scolytus sp. Trigonura ulmi Burks, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 52: 80. 9, ♂.

*Tribe BRACHYMERIINI

Genus BRACHYMERIA Westwood, p. 586

Revision: Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 86: 225-273.

BRACHYMERIA subgenus BRACHYMERIA Westwood

Ch. from gen. to subg. by Habu, 1960. Nat. Inst. Agr. Sci. Japan Bul., Ser. C., 11, p. 144.

*aeca Burks. N. S., Que., Maine, south to Fla., west to B. C. and N. Mex. Hosts: Chaetophlepsis sp., prob. other Tachinidae parasitic on Lepidoptera larvae, poss. also Tenthredinidae.

Brachymeria (Brachymeria) aeca Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 86: 242., 3.

belfragei (Crawford). Tex.; Mexico, Honduras, Panamá.

coloradensis (Cresson). N. H. and Ont., south to Fla., west to B. C. and Calif.; Holarctic. Hosts: Sarcophaga kellyi Ald., S. hunteri Hough, par. on grasshoppers.

Chalcis tachinae Howard, 1885 (syn. by Burks, 1960, loc. cit. supra, p.
251).

Biology: Smith, 1957. Canad. Jour. Res. 36: 258.-Spencer, 1958. 10th
Internatl. Ent. Cong. Proc. 4: 497.

*comitator (Walker). Fla., Tex.; Mexico south to Colombia and Brazil. Hosts: Ceramidia butleri (Mos.), C. viridis (Druce), C. sp., Alabama argillacea (Hbn.), Pieris sp.

Chalcis comitator Walker, 1862. Ent. Soc. London Trans., ser. 3, 1: 350. ô.

compsilurae (Crawford). Maine, N. H., and Ont., south to N. C. and Tenn.; Mich., Ill., Wis., Minn., Man., Mont., south to Colo. and N. Mex., B. C., Oreg. Hosts: Rileymyia fulvipes (Bigot), other Tachinidae par. on Lepidoptera.

hammari (Crawford). Ark., Kans., Tex. west_to_Oreg. and Calif.; Mexico. Hosts: Argyrotaenia citrana (Fern.), Carpocapsa pomonella (L.), Platynota stultana (Wlshm.), Psorosina hammondi (Riley), ?Cremastus cookii Weed.

Biology: Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bul. 1265, p. 110.

fonscolombei (Dufour). Worldwide in warm-temperate zone.

*intermedia (Nees). Mass., Conn.; S. Europe, Near and Middle East. Hosts: Pupae of many Lepidoptera.

Chalcis intermedia Nees, 1834. Hym. Ichn. affin. Monog., v. 2, p. 29. 3. Distribution: Burks, 1960. Ent. News 71: 62.

incerta (Cresson). Fla.; West Indies, Mexico. Hosts: Alabama argillacea

(Hbn.), Celerio lineata (Fab.), Heliothis zea (Bod.), Laphygma frugiperda (Sm.), Lymire edwardsi (Grote), Megalopyge krugii Dew., M. opercularis (A. & S.), Neonympha sp., Oiketicus abbotii Grote, Papilio cresphontes Cram., Mocis latipes (Guén.).

louisianae (Girault). Syn. of columbiana (Howard) in subg. Pseudobrachym

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