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Parachasma Fischer, 1967. Beitr. Neotr. Fauna 5: 7. 



Type-species: Opius zeteki Muesebeck. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Fischer, 1967. Beitr. Neotr. Fauna 5: 7-11 (in Parachasma). —Fischer, 1971. 

 Index World Opiinae, p. 36-38 (cat. World spp., in Parachasina). 

 anastrephilum (Marsh), n. comb. Fla. Host: Anastrepka interrupta Stone, A. susperisa (Loew). 

 Parachasma anastrephilum Marsh, 1970. Fla. Ent. 53: 31. 9, 6. 



cereus (Gahan), n. comb. Fla.; Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, Brazil. Introduced from Trinidad. 

 Host: Anastrepha suspensa (Loew). 

 Opius cereus Gahan, 1919, Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 21: 169. S. 



Tribe OPIINI 



Taxonomy: Fischer, 1973. Das Tierreich, lief. 91, p. 60 (key to subtribes and genera). 



SUBTRIBE BIOSTERINA 



Genus BIOSTERES Foerster 



Biosteres Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 259. 



Type-species: Bracon carbonarius Nees. Orig. desig. 

 Zetetes Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 258. Preocc. by Cabanis, 1860. 



Type-species: Zetetes ultor Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Chilotrichia Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 258. 



Type-species: Opius blandus Haliday. Orig. desig. 

 Steriospihis Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 19: 259. 



Type-species: Steyiospilus vagator Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Rhabdospilus Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Varh. 19: 259. 



Type-species: Opius placidus HaHday. Orig. desig. 

 Opiellus Ashmead, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32: 368. N. name for Zetetes Foerster. 

 Celiestella Cameron, 1903. Ztschr. Syst. Hym. Dipt. 3: 343. 



Type-species: Celiestella testaceipes Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Diachasmimorpha Viereck, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 44: 641. 



Type-species: Diachasmimorpha comperei Viereck. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Fischer, 1965. Polskie Pismo Ent. 35: 115-155 (N. Amer. spp. as subgenus of 

 Opius). 



Taxonomy: Fischer, 1967. Abt. Zool. Bot. Landsmus. Joanneum Graz, Mitt. 26: 159 



(resurrection to generic rank). —Fischer, 1971. Index World Opiinae, p. 19-32 (cat. World 



spp.). —Fischer, 1973. Das Tierreich, lief. 91, p. 485-486 (synonymy, subgenera). 

 aietes Fischer. Oreg. 



Biosteres aietes Fischer, 1970. Polskie Pismo Ent. 40: 763. 9 . 

 anthomyiae (Ashmead). Conn., N. Y., N. J., Mich., Ill, Minn., Colo., Idaho. Host: Pegomya 

 bicolor (Wied.), P. hyoscyami hyoscyami (Panz.). 



Opius anthoynyiae Ashmead, 1889 (1888). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 11: 654. 9. 



Opius (Desmiostoma) novaeangliae Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. 

 Survey, Bui. 22, p. 183. 9. 

 argos Fischer. S. C, Wash. 



Biosteres argos Fischer, 1970. Polskie Pismo Ent. 40: 766. 9, <?. 

 californicus (Fischer). Calif. 



Opius (.Biosteres) californicus Fischer, 1865. Polskie Pismo Ent. 35: 140. 9. 

 carbonarius (Nees). Ont., Minn., Colo., Alaska, Yukon, B. C, Wash., Calif.; Europe. 



Bracon carbonarius Nees, 1834. Hym. Ichn. Aff. Monog., v. 1, p. 58. 9, S. 



Opius procerus Wesmael, 1835. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 156. 6. 



Opius impressus Wesmael, 1835. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles 9: 157. 6. 



Taxonomy: van Achterberg, 1975. Ent. Bar. 35: 175-176. 

 distractus (Fischer). Wyo. 



Opius (Biosteres) distractus Fischer, 1965. Polskie Pismo Ent. 35: 119. 6. 



