28 HYMENOPTERA OF AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 



incompletus (Provancher). N. B. Host: Macrosiphum agrimoniella (Ckll.). 



nevadensis Baker. Remove from syn. under californicus Baker and place 

 as syn. of persicae Froggatt, teste Mackauer, 1963. Ztschr. f. 

 Angew. Ent. 52: 343-354; also Mackauer, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 

 924. 



nitidus Gahan. Syn. of persicae Froggatt, teste Mackauer, 1963. Ztschr. f. 

 Angew. Ent. 52: 343-354. 



*persicae Froggatt. Distribution world-wide. Hosts: Myzus persicae (Sulz.), 

 M. cerasi (F.), M. momonis Mats., M. mumecola Mats., M. ligustri 

 (Mosley), Brachycaudus persicacola (Boisd.), B. cardui (L.), B. 

 amygdalinus (Schout.), iS. klugkisti (Born.), B. helichrysi (Kalt.), 

 B. lychnidis (L.), Brevicoryne brassicae (L.), Dysaphis planta- 

 ginea (Pass.), D. crataegi (Kalt.), D. devecta (Wlkr.), Macro- 

 sipfuim euphorbiae (Thos.), Allocotaphis quaestionis (Born.), 

 Toxoptera aurantii (Fonsc), Aphis fabae Scop., A. idaei v. d. Goot, 

 A. rubrorum (Born.), A. craccivora Koch, A. medicaginis Koch, 

 A. umbrella (Born.), Longiunguis pyrarius (Pass.), Phorodon 

 humuli (Schrank), Rhopalosiphum padi (L.), R. maidis Fitch, 

 Roepkea marchali (Born.) 



Ephedras persicae Froggatt, 1904. Agr. Gaz. 15: 611-612. 9. 



Ephedras nevadensis Baker, 1909. (Syn. by Mackauer, 1963. Ztschr. 

 f. Angew. Ent. 52: 352.) 



Ephedras nitidus Gahan, 1917. (Syn. by Mackauer, 1963, loc. cit. supra, 

 p. 352.) 



"Ephedras vidali Quilis, 1931. Eos 7: 72. ?. (Syn. by Mackauer, 1963, 

 loc. cit. supra, p. 352.) 



"Ephedras palchellas Stelfox, 1941. Roy. Irish Acad. (B) 46: 133. 9. 

 (Syn. by Mackauer, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 352.) 



"Ephedras interstitialis Watanabe, 1941. Insecta Matsumurana 15: 139. 

 9. (Syn. by Mackauer, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 352.) 



"Ephedras imprcssus Granger, 1949. Inst. Sci. Madagascar Mem. (A) 

 2: 412. 9, 5. (Syn. by Mackauer, 1963, loc. cit. supra, p. 352.) 



"Ephedras (E.) holmani Stary, 1958. Acta Faun. Ent. Mus. Natl. 

 Pragae 3(34): 63, 68-79. 9, $. (Syn. by Mackauer, 1963, loc. 

 cit. supra, p. 352.) 



Taxonomy: Mackauer, 1963. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 52: 343-354. 



Genus PRAON Holiday, pp. 91-92 



Taxonomy: Mackauer, 1959. Beitr. z. Ent. 9: 810-865 (revision of 

 European species). — Mackauer, 1961. Beitr. z. Ent. 11: 794. 



abjectum ( Haliday ) . Change from ahjectas. 



aguti C. F. Smith. N. B.; Calif. Hosts: Macrosiphum frigidicola (G. and P.), 

 Myzus persicae (Sulz.). 

 Biology: Sekhar, 1957. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 50: 370-375.— Sekhar, 1959. 

 Currect Sci. 28: 333-335.— Sekhar, 1960. Canad. Jour. Zool. 38: 

 593-603. 



alaskense Ashmead. Change from alaskensis. 



americanum (Ashmead). Change from americanus. 



nanus Baker. 



Taxonomy: Mackauer, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 925-926. 



occidentale Baker. Change from occidentalis. 



Taxonomy: Mackauer, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 926-927. 

 Biology: Schlinger, 1960. Jour. Econ. Ent. 53: 151-154. 



palitans Muesebeck. Ariz., Calif., Colo., Kans., Nebr., Nev., N. Mex., Utah. 



Hosts: Therioaphis maculata (Buckt.), T. riehmi (Borner). 

 Praon exoletam palitans Muesebeck. Mackauer, 1959. Beitr, z. Ent. 9: 



832, 870. 

 Propagation: Finney, Putler and Dawson, 1960. Jour. Econ. Ent. 53: 



657. 



