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Type-species: Microgaster sordipes Nees. Orig. desig. 

 Dapsilotoma Cameron, 1906. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, Jour. 17: 101. 

 Type-species: Dapsilotoma testaceipes Cameron. Monotypic. 



Revision: Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 43-72 (No. Amer. spp.). —Nixon, 

 1970. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 25: 1-30 (some Eur. spp.). 



Taxonomy: Shenefelt, 1973. Hym. Cat., part 9, p. 737-767 (cat. World spp.). 

 alaskensis Ashmead. Canada, Alaska, north. U. S. s. to N. Y., Mo., and Ariz. Host: Aidographa 

 califomica (Spey.), A. precationis (Gn.), Dargida procincta (Grote), Plusia sp., 

 Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haw.), Rachiplusia ou (Gn.), Trichoplusia ni (Hbn.). 

 Microplitis alaskeiisis Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 249. ?. 



Biology: Guppy and Miller, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 1331. 

 autographae Muesebeck. Ida., N. Mex., Ariz. Host: Aritographa califomica (Spey.). 



Microplitis autographae Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 54. 9, S. 

 bradleyi Muesebeck. Alta., Utah, B. C, Oreg., Calif. Host: Amphipyra tragopoginis (L.), 

 Feralia jocosa (Gn.). 

 Microplitis bradleyi Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 70. 9. 

 brassicae Muesebeck. Nebr., Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. Host: Autographa califomica 

 (Spey.), Trichoplusia ni (Hbn.). 

 Microplitis brassicae Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 60. 9, cJ. 

 carteri Walley. Alta. 



Microplitis carteri Walley, 1932. Canad. Ent. 64: 185. <?. 

 ceratomiae Riley. Que. and N. S. s. to D. C, w. to Oreg. and N. Mex. Host: Ceratomia 



amyntor (Geyer), Manduca sexta (L.), Paonias excaecata (Smith), Sphinx drupiferanim 

 (Smith), S. gordius Cram., S. kalmiae Smith. 

 Microplitis ceratomiae Riley, 1881. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 4: 303. 9,6. 

 Microplitis waldeni Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 22, 

 p. 204. 

 coactus Lundbeck. Greenland. Host: Noctua sp. 



Microplitis coactus Lundbeck, 1896. Vid. Medd. Naturh. Foren. Kjobenhavn, p. 243. 9. 

 coloradensis Muesebeck. Mich., Minn., Colo. 



Microplitis coloradensis Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 49. 3. 

 confusus Muesebeck. N. B., N. Y., Md., Ont., Mich., Ind., Minn., N. Dak., Tex. Host: 

 Eucirrhoedia pampi^ia (Gn.). 

 Microplitis confiisus Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 69. 9, cJ. 

 crenulatus (Provancher). Que., Mass., Mich. 



Microgaster crenulatus Provancher, 1888. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym. p. 387. 

 "9"= 6. 

 croceipes (Cresson). N. J. s. to Ga., w. to Utah, and Ariz.; Oreg. Host: Heliothis S7cbfleza 

 (Guen.), H. virescens (F.), H. tea (Boddie). 

 Microgaster croceipes Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 183. 9. 

 Microplitis nigripennis Ashmead, 1905. In Quaintance and Brues, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. 

 Ent. Bui. 50, p. 122. 



Biology: Lewis, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63: 67-70. —Jones and Lewis, 1971. Jour. Ins. 

 Physiol. 17: 921-927. — Barras, 1972. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 43B: 941-947. —Vinson and 

 Lewis, 1972. Jour. Ins. Physiol. 18: 2123-2124. — Dahlman and Vinson, 1975. Comp. 

 Biochem. Physiol. 52B: 465-468. — Edson and Vinson, 1977. Jour. Ins. Physiol. 23: 5-8. 

 feltiae Muesebeck. Ind. s. to S. C. and Ala., w. to N. Dak., Wash., and Calif. Host: Agrotis 



gladiaria Morr., A. ipsilon (Hufn.), Feltia ducens Wlkr., F. subterranea (F.), Lacinipolia 

 renigera (Steph.), Peridroma saucia (Hbn.). 

 Microplitis feltiae Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 46. 

 Microgasteril) feltiae Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 62. S. 



Biology: Putler and Thewke, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63: 645-648. 



