102 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



mexicana (Cameron). N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. 



Poecilosoma mexicanum Cameron, 1883. Biol.-Cent. Amer., v. 1, p. 34. 



Empria arizonensis Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 174. 9. 

 multicolor (Norton). N. B., Que. to Ga. w. to Alta., Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Widespread. 

 Host: Alnus, Betnla papyrifera, B. lutea. 



Strong ylogaster multicolor Norton, 1862. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 9: 120. 9,6. 



Emphytus hullensis Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 25. 6. 



Empria carbasea MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 341. 9. 



Aphilodyctium maculatum Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 408. 9. 



Aphilodyctium multicolor erythrogastrum Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 408. 

 9,6. 



Biology: Wong, 1954. Canad. Ent. 86: 154. 

 nordica Ross. N. W. T., Man. 



Empria nordica Ross, 1936. Pan-Pacific Ent. 12: 175. 9. 

 obscurata (Cresson). Maine to Pa. w. to N. W. T., Alaska, B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: 

 Widespread; sometimes a pest of cultivated strawberries. Host: Fragaria. Either a 

 variable species or a species complex. 



Selandria obscurata Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. S: 15. 9 , 6 . 



Poecilosoma punctulata Weldon, 1907. Canad. Ent. 39: 304. 9,6. 



Empria affinis Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 173. 9. 



Empria caudelli Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 173. 9. 



Empria cava MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 306. 9. 



Empria cauduca MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 309. 9. 



Empria capillata MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 341. 9. 



Eynpria condita MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 342. 9. 



Empria contorta MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 343. 9. 



Empria conferta MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 344. 9. 



Empria cwicreta MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 344. 9. 



Empria conciliata MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 344. 9. 



Empria concisa MacGillivray, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 346. 9. 



Empria costata MacGillivray, 1914. Canad. Ent. 46: 103. 9. 



Empria fragariae Rohwer, 1914. Jour. Econ. Ent. 7: 479. 9. 



Empria cista MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 16. 9. 



Empria cistula MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 16. 9. 



Biology: Malley, 1889. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 2: 137-140 (ignota, not Norton). — Malley, 

 1890. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 3: 9-12 (ignota, not Norton). — Osborn and Gossard, 

 1892. Iowa Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 18: 512-514 {ignota, not Norton). —Webster, 1915. Iowa 

 Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 162, 20 pp. (fragariae). —Webster, 1916. Iowa Acad. Sci., Proc. 23: 

 291-297 (fragariae). 



Genus PHRONTOSOMA MacGillivray 



Phrontosoma MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 366. 



Type-species: Phrontosoma atnim MacGillivray. Orig. desig. 



A small, exclusively North American genus. One unidentified species extends the distribution 

 of this genus to western United States. 



belfragei (Cresson). Mass. to Pa. w. to Ont., Wis., Kans., Tex. Ecology: Adults collected from 

 Comus. 

 Selandria belfragei Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 15. 9. 

 Caliroa nortonia MacGillivray, 1894. Canad. Ent. 24: 324. 6. 

 Phrontosoma atrum MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 367. 6. 

 Phrontosoma daeckei MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 367. 9. 

 Phrontosoma collaris MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 367. 9. 



Genus MONOSOMA MacGillivray 



Monsoma(l) MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 368. 



