Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 261 



quintilis Viereck. Conn. 



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

 p. 204. 6. 

 rugosus Muesebeck. N. J., Mich. 



Microplitis nigosus Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 48. S. 

 scutellatus Muesebeck. Maine, N. Y., Mich., 111., Iowa, S. Dak., Kans., Mont., Idaho, Wash., 

 Oreg. 

 Microplitis scutellatus Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 66. 9. 



striatus Muesebeck. Mich., Tex. 



Microplitis striatjis Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 64. 3. 

 varicolor Viereck. Que. and N. B. s. to Fla., w. to Ont., Utah, and Tex. Host: Leucania 



latiuscula H.-S., Plathypena scabra (F.), Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haw.), Syngrapha 

 epigaea (Grote). 

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

 22, p. 204. 



Biology: Wood and Neilson, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92: 761. — Guppy and Miller, 1970. Canad. Ent. 

 102: 1331. 



Nomina Nuda in Microplitis Foerster, 



Microplitis atrocoxalis Ashmead, 1905. In Nason, Ent. News 16: 296. 

 Microplitis bicolor Ashmead, 1900 (1899). In Smith, Ins. of N. J., p. 594. 

 Microplitis forbesii Ashmead, 1905. In Nason, Ent. News 16: 296. 

 Microplitis illinoisensis Ashmead, 1905. In Nason, Ent. News 16: 296. 

 Microplitis ohioensis Ashmead, 1905. In Nason, Ent. News 16: 296. 

 Microplitis similis Ashmead, 1905. In Nason, Ent. News 16: 297. 

 Microplitis sphiyigis Ashmead, 1905. In Nason, Ent. News 16: 297. 



Genus MIRAX Haliday 



Mirax Haliday, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 263. 



Type-species: Mirax rufilabris Haliday. Monotypic. 

 Centistidea Rohwer, 1914. Psyche 21: 81. 



Type-species: Centistidea ectoedemiae Rohwer. Orig. desig. 



The exact relationships of this genus are not clearly understood. Telenga (1955) and Capek 

 (1970) place it with the Adeliinae, but Tobias (1967) and Nixon (1965) place it in the Microgas- 

 trinae, the latter author suggesting a separate tribal position. Hosts are lepidopterous leaf 

 miners. 



Revision: Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 10-12 (No. Amer. spp.). 



Taxonomy: Telenga, 1955. Fauna U. S. S. R., v. 5, n. 4, p. 19. —Nixon, 1965. Brit. Mus. (Nat. 

 Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 2, p. 8. —Tobias, 1967. Ent. Obozr. 46: 657. —Capek, 1969. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., Proc. 71: 309. —Capek, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 870. — Shenefelt, 1973. Hym. Cat., 

 part 9, p. 676-679 (cat. World spp.). 

 aspidiscae Ashmead. Que., Md., D. C, Fla. Host: Coptodisca splendoriferella (Clem.), 

 Grapholitha priinivora (Walsh). 

 Mirax aspidiscae Ashmead, 1893. Psyche 6: 378. 9, d. 

 Mirax grapholithae Ashmead, 1893. Psyche 6: 378. 6. 

 coptodiscae Walley. B. C, Wash., Calif. Host: Coptodisca arbutiella Busck. 



Mirax coptodiscae Walley, 1941. Canad. Ent. 73: 84. 9, (J. 

 ectoedemiae (Rohwer). Va., Oreg., Calif. Host: Ectoedemia castaneae Busck, Marmara 

 arbutiella Busck, Proleucoptera sp. 

 Centistidea ectoedemiae Rohwer, 1914. Psyche 21: 81. 9, 3. 

 lithocolletidis Ashmead. N. J., D. C, S. C, Fla., Ont., Mich., Tenn., Tex. Host: Cameraria 

 aceriella (Clem.), Leucanthiza dircella Braun. 

 Mirax lithocoUetidis Ashmead, 1893. Psyche 6: 378. 9, <J. 

 minuta Ashmead. Ohio, Fla., Tex. Host: Cameraria caryaefolieUa (Clem.). 

 Mirax minuta Ashmead, 1893. Psyche 6: 378. 9. 



