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*nigroaenea Curtis. Cosmopolitan. Hosts: Musca doviestica domestica L., M. 



d. vicina Macq., Musca spp., Haematobia exigua Meig., Stomoxys 



calcitrans (L.), SarcopJiaga spp., Chrysomyia spp., Lucilia spp., 



Paratheresia claripalpis (v. d. W.). 



Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis, 1839. Brit. Ent., V. 16 [3], fol. 740 [p. 2]. 



$. 

 Spalangia hontalaspis Foerster, 1850. Naturhist. Ver. der Preuss. 



Rheinl. Verhandl 7: 505. 9, $, (Syn. by Boucek, 1963, loc. cit. 



supra, p. 448.) 

 * Spalangia astuta Foerster, 1851, ibid. 8:1. 9. (Syn. by Boucke, 1963. 



loc. cit. stipra, p. 448.) 

 Spalangia muscidaruw Richardson. 1913 (syn. by Boucek, 1963, loc. cit. 



supra, p. 448). 



rugosicollis Ashmead. Syn. of nigra Latreille. 

 stomoxysiae Girault. Syn. of endius Walker. 



*Genus CEROCEPHALA Westwood 



Cerocephala Westwood, 1832. Mag. Zool. 2 : CI. ix, pi. 4. 



Type : Cerocephala cornigera Westwood. By monotypy. 

 *Epimacrus Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 368. 



Type : Epimacrus rufus Walker. By monotypy. 

 *Sciatheras Ratzeburg, 1848. Ichn. der Forstins., v. 2, p. 209. 



Type : Sciatheras trichotus Ratzeburg. By monotypy. 

 *Parasciatheras Masi, 1917. Nov. Zool. 24: 189. 



Type: Cerocephala caelebs Masi. By monotypy. 

 *Proamotura Girault, 1920. Ins. Ins. Mens. 8: 143. 



Type: Proamotura aquila Girault. By monotypy. 

 Taxonomy: Hedqvist, 1963, loc. cit. supra, pp. 127-128. 



Insert in tribe Cerocephalini following Choetospila Westwood, p. 535. 



*clubarae Wallace. Pa. Host: TProh. Hadrobregmus carinatus (Say). 



Cerocephala dubarae Wallace, 1959. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Bui. 54: 84. 9, 



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Genus ACEROCEPHALA Gahan, p. 536 



atroviolacea (Crawford). Colo., Calif. Host: ConophtJiorus flexilis Hopk. 

 Biology: Keen, 1958, loc. cit. supra, pp. 49, 98. 



Genus ASAPHES Walker, p. 536 



All species of Asaphes are believed to be secondary parasites of Aphidi- 

 dae. 



american MS Girault. Syn. of luceiis ( Provancher) . 



californicus Girault. Colo., Wash., Oreg. 



fletcheri (Crawford). Syn. of lucens (Provancher). 



lucens (Provancher). N. B., Que., Ont., Maine south to N. C, west to Iowa 

 and Colo. Hosts: Aphidius testaceipes (Cress.), A. phorodontis 

 Ashm., A. polygonaphis (Fh.), Diaretiella rapae (M'Int.), Praon 

 aguti Smith, P. simulans (Prov.). 



Megorismus fletcheri Crawford (syn. by Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 

 1258). 



Asaphes americanus Girault (syn. by Burks, 1964, loc. cit. supra, p. 

 1258). 



Biology: Sekhar, 1958. Ent. Soc. Amer. Ann. 51: 1-8 {fletcheri). 



Genus Hyperimerus Girault, p. 537 



Transf. with included sp. to Torymidae, subfamily Monodontomerinae, 

 following Glyphomerus Foerster, p. 530. 



Genus DIPARA Walker, p. 537 

 *Tricoryphus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 46. 



