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pallida Ashitiead. Fla. 



Mirax pallida Ashmead, 1893. Psyche 6: 379. 9. 

 texana Muesebeck. Mich., Fla., Tex. Host: Bucculatrix sp. 



Mirax texana Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 11. 6. 



Genus PROTOMICROPLITIS Ashmead 



Protomicroplitis Ashmead, 1898 (1897). Ent. See. Wash., Proc. 4: 166. No species included. 

 Type-species: Microgaster mediata Cresson. Subsequent monotypy. First included 

 species by Ashmead, 1900. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 1900: 292. 



Revision: Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 20-32 (No. Amer. sp. in 

 Microgaster). —Nixon, 1965. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 2, p. 234-264 (World 

 spp.). 



Taxonomy: Nixon, 1965. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 2, p. 234. — Shenefelt, 1973. 

 Hym. Cat., part 9, p. 772-782 (cat. World spp.). 

 auripes (Provancher). Que. and N. B. s. to Va., w. to Ont., N. Dak., and Kans. Host: Faronta 

 diffusa (Wlkr.), Pseudaletia iinipuncta (Haw.). 

 Microgaster auripes Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym. p. 141. 9. 

 bakeri (Muesebeck). Md., Ga., Fla., 111., Iowa, Mo., La., Nebr., Kans., Tex. Host: Tarachidia 

 candefacta (Hbn.), T. erastrioides (Guen.). 

 Microgaster bakeri Muesebeck, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (15): 29. 9, <J. 



Taxonomy: Marsh, 1974. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 76: 287. 

 calliptera (Say). N. Y., N. C, Ga., Fla., Ind., Iowa, La., S. Dak., Nebr., Kans., Tex., Colo. Host: 

 Platyseitta sutor (Guen.), P. videns (Guen.). 

 Microgaster calliptera Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 264. 

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

 facetosa (Weed). Ont. and N. Y. s. to Ga., w. to B. C. and Calif. Host: Argyrotaenia velutinana 

 (Wlkr.), Elaphria versicolor (Grote), Euparthenos nubilis (Hbn.), Orthosia revicta 

 (Morr.), Plathypena scabra (F.). 

 Microgaster facetosa Weed, 1888. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 15: 296. 9, cJ. 

 Microgaster (Diolcogaster) solidaginis Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. 

 Hist. Survey, Bui. 22, p. 202. 

 garmani Ashmead. Md., D. C, Va., Ky., Ill, Mo., Ark., La., Tex. Host: Ogdoconta cinereola 

 (Guen.). 

 Protoviicroplitis germani(\) Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 23: 132. 

 iridescens (Cresson). Fla.; Cuba. Host: Asciodes gordialis Gn. 



Microgaster iridescens Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 68. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Marsh, 1974. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 76: 287. 

 mediatus (Cresson). Fla.; Cuba, Mexico. 



Microgaster mediatus Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 66. i. 



scotica (Marshall). Mich.; Europe. 



Microgaster scotica Marshall, 1885. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 1885: 251. 6. 



Tribe CARDIOCHILINI 



This group has, in the past, been placed as a tribe of the Helconinae or as a separate subfamily 

 near the Microgastrinae. Recent workers (Telenga, 1955; Nixon, 1965; Capek, 1970) have placed 

 it as a tribe within the Microgastrinae and I have chosen to follow this arrangement. 



Taxonomy: Telenga, 1955. Fauna U. S. S. R., v. 5, n. 4, p. 212. -Nixon, 1965. Brit. Mus. (Nat. 

 Hist.) Ent, Bui. Supl. 2, p. 6. -Capek, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 858, 870. 



Genus CARDIOCHILES Nees 



Cardiochiles Nees, 1818. Nov. Act. Acad. Caes. Leop. Car. 9: 307. No included species. 

 Type-species: Ichneumon saltator Fabricius. Subsequent monotypy. First species 

 included by Nees, 1834. Hym. Ichn. Affin. Monog., v. 1, p. 224. 



