166 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



nanus Provancher. Canada, Ind., Iowa, Kans. 



Bracon nanus Provancher, 1880. Nat. Canad. 12: 143. 9,6. 

 nevadensis Ashmead. Idaho, Ariz., Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Chrysobothris deleta Lee, 

 Synanthedon bibionipennis (Bdvl.). 



Bracon nevadensis Ashmead, 1889 (1888). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 11: 623. 9. 

 niger (Provancher). Que. 



Ophis niger Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 381. 9. 

 nigridorsum Ashmead. Ont., Mich., Iowa, S. Dak. 



Bracon nigridorsiim Ashmead, 1891. Canad. Ent. 23: 2. 9. 



nigropectus Provancher. Canada, Vt., Mass., Ohio, Iowa, Ark. 



Bracon nigropectus Provancher, 1880. Nat. Canad. 12: 143. 9 . 

 nitidulus Dalla Torre. Canada, Maine, Idaho. Host: Pissodes sp. 



Bracon yiitidus Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 16. 9, 6. Preocc. by Smith, 1858. 



Bracon nitidulus Dalla Torre, 1898. Nat. Canad. v. 4, p. 280. N. name for nitidus 

 Provancher. 



nuperus Cresson. Ont., U. S. except New England; Mexico. Host: Homoeosoma electellum 

 (Hulst), Isophrictis sp., Orellia nificauda (F.), Polychrosis rkoifructana Kearf. This 

 species has also been recorded as being reared from Herina frondescentiae (L.), a 

 european species, Neaspilota achilleae Johnson, and Orthoris crotchii Lee, all of which 

 need to be confirmed. 

 Bracon nuperus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 187. 9. 

 Bracon minimus Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 187. 9, cJ. 

 Bracon politus Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 373. S. 

 oenotherae (Muesebeck). Mass., N. J., Md., Va., Ga., Ohio, Tenn., Ont., Minn., Nebr., Tex., Calif. 

 Host: Mompha eloisella (Clem.). 

 Microbracon oenotherae Muesebeck, 1925. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 67 (8): 62. 9, 6. 

 palliventris (Provancher). Mass., N. Y., Ohio, Ont., Mich., Oreg. Host: Epiblema strenuanum 

 (Wlkr.). 

 Phylax palliventris Provancher, 1880. Nat. Canad. 12: 174. 9. 

 Bracon auripes Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 372. 9. 

 Zele pallidiventris Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 4, p. 78. Emend. 

 papaipemae (Gahan). N. Y., Mich., Minn. Host: Papaipema frigida (Smith). 

 Microbracon papaipemae Gahan, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61: 4. 9. 



pascuensis Shenefelt. Mich., Kans., Tex. 



Bracon pascuensis Shenefelt, 1944. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 17: 74. 9, 6. 



piceiceps Viereck. Kans. 



Bracon piceiceps Viereck, 1905. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 19: 268. 6. 



piger Wesmael. Oreg., Calif.; Europe. Introduced from France. Host: Cnephasia sp., Etiella 

 zinckenella (Treit.). 

 Bracon piger Wesmael, 1838. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles 11: 48. 9. 



Biology: Parker, 1951. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1036, p. 8-11. —Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139, p. 87. 

 pini (Muesebeck). N. S., N. B., Que., Maine, Vt., N. H., Mass., Conn., N. Y., Pa., Va., Ont., Mich., 

 Alta., Mont., Colo., Idaho, B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Cylindrocoptums fumissi 

 Buch., C. longulus (Lee), Pissodes fasciatus Lee, P. strobi (Peck), P. schwarzi Hopk., P. 

 terminalis Hopping, Podapion gallicola Riley. 

 Microbracon pini Muesebeck, 1925. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 67 (8): 52. 9, 6. 



Biology: Taylor, 1929. Ent. Amer. 10: 1-12. — Deyrup, 1975. Conif. For. Biome Ecosystem 

 Anal. Stud., Univ. of Wash., Bui. 6, pp. 81-83. 

 pityophthori (Muesebeck). N. Mex. Host: Pityophthorus sp. 



Microbracon pityophthori Muesebeck, 1925. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 67 (8): 55. 9. 

 platynotae (Cushman). Ga., La., Tex., Calif.; Mexico. Host: Heliothis zea (Boddie), Lineodes 



integra (Zell.), L. intemipta Zell., Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.), Pilemia periusalis 

 (Wlkr.), Platynota stultana Wlsm. 

 Habrobracon platynotae Cushman, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 104. 9,6. 



