Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 299 



myzophagum Mackauer. Calif. ?; Europe. Liberated in Calif, but not known to be established. 

 Introduced from Israel. Host: Myzus certus (Wlkr.), M. persicae (Sulzer). 



Praon vohicre myzophagum Mackauer, 1959. Beitr. z. Ent. 9: 847. 9,6- 

 nanus Baker. Nev. Host: Rhopalosiphum fitchii (Sanderson). 



Praon nanus Baker, 1909. Pomona Jour. Ent. 1: 23. 6 . 



Taxonomy: Mackauer, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 925-926 (possibly synonym of Praon 

 americanum Ashmead). 

 negundinis Smith. Canada, Ohio, Iowa. Host: Periphylhis lyropidus (Kess.), P. negundinis 

 (Thomas). 

 Praon negundinis Smith, 1944. Aphidiinae of North America, p. 27. 9, S. 

 occidentale Baker. Canada, northern U. S. Host: Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harr.), A. solani 



(Kalt.), Aphis nasttirtii Kalt., Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas), M. rosae (L.), Myzus 

 persicae (Sulzer). 

 Praon occidentalis Baker, 1909. Pomona Jour. Ent. 1: 23. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mackauer, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 926-927. —Mackauer and Finlayson, 1967. Canad. 

 Ent. 99: 1059-1061. 



Biology: Schlinger, 1960. Jour. Econ. Ent. 53: 151-154. — Schlinger and HaU, 1960. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 53: 410. 

 pequodorum Viereck. U. S. and southern Canada. Host: Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harr.), A. 

 solani (Kalt.). 

 Praon pequodorum Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 22: 

 259. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mackauer and Finlayson, 1967. Canad. Ent. 99: 1053-1057. 



Biology: Shands, et al., 1965. Maine Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. T19: 1-77. — HalfhUl and Dickie, 

 1972. Environ. Ent. 1: 402-405 (history of releases). 

 simulans (Provancher). Md., Ont. Host: Dactynotus ambrosiae (Thomas), D. rudbeckiae 

 (Fitch). 

 Aphidaria simulans Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 153. 9, 

 6. 



Biology: Spencer, 1926. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 19: 119-157. 

 unicum Smith. Colo., Utah, Wash., Calif. Host: Aphis spiraecola Patch, A.fabae Scop., A. 

 rumicis L., Myzus persicae (Sulzer), Ovahis crataegarius (Wlkr.). 

 Praon unicus Smith, 1944. Aphidiinae of North America, p. 30. 9, 6. 



Biology: Schlinger, 1960. Jour. Econ. Ent. 53: 151-154. —Schlinger and Hall, 1960. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 53: 411. 

 volucre (Haliday). 111.; Europe. Reportedly adventive from England. 

 Aphidius (Praon) volucris Haliday, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 484. 9, (J. 



Biology: Mackauer and Stary, 1967. Index World Aphidiidae, pp. 33-34 (host list). 



Subfamily APHIDIINAE 



All species are solitary endoparasites of larval and adult aphids, and pupation is inside the 

 mummified host. The subfamily is cosmopolitan in distribution. 



Tribe APHIDIINI 



SUBTRIBE LYSIPHLEBINA 



Genus LYSIPHLEBUS Foerster 



Genus LYSIPHLEBUS Subgenus LYSIPHLEBUS Foerster 



Lysiphlebus Foerster, 1862. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 19: 248. 

 Type-species: Bracon dissolutus Nees. Monotypic. 



Members of the typical subgenus are not known in North America. 



