Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA 357 



Genus GROTEA Cresson 



Grotea Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 397. 



Type-species: Grotea angidna Cresson. Monotypic. 



This is a small Neotropic and Nearctic genus. The hosts are twig-nesting bees of the genus 

 Ceratina. More than one Ceratina larva is consumed by each Grotea larva, and the pollen loaves 

 in the cells of the consumed Ceratina larvae are also eaten by larvae of Grotea. 



Revision: Townes and Townes, 1960. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 538-541 (Nearctic spp.). 

 — Slobodchikoff, 1970. Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 50-60 (Nearctic and Neotropic spp.). 

 anguina Cresson. Que. w. to Wis. and w. Iowa, s. to n.w. S. C, n. Miss., and s. Tex. Host: 

 Ceratina calcarata Rbtsn., C. dupla Say, C. metallica H. S. S. 

 Grotea anguina Cresson, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 398. 6,9. 



Biology: Graenicher, 1905. Ent. News 16: 43-49. — Rau, 1922. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Trans. 24: 

 43. —Rau, 1928. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 21: 383. —Daly, Stage, and Brown, 1967. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 60: 1275. 

 californica Cresson. Northern Idaho and s. B. C. s. to s. Calif. Host: Ceratina acantha Prov., 

 C. dallatorreana Friese, C. gigantea H. S. S., C. nanula Ckll., C. ptinctigena Ckll. 

 Grotea californica Cresson, 1879 (1878). Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 30: 370. 9. 



Biology: Slobodchikoff. 1967. Pan-Pacific Ent. 43: 161-168. —Daly, Stage, and Brown, 1967. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 1275-1277. 



lokii Slobodchikoff. Colo., Ariz.; Mexico. This species was confused with anguina and 

 californica in the revision of Grotea by Townes and Townes (1960). 

 Grotea lokii Slobodchikoff, 1970. Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 60. 6, 9. 



Tribe BRACHYCYRTINI 



Revision: Walkley, 1956. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 106: 315-329. 



Genus BRACHYCYRTUS Kriechbaumer 



Brachycyrtus Kriechbaumer, 1880. Zool.-Min. Ver. Regensburg, Corresp. Bl. 34: 161. 



Type-species: Brachycyrtus omatus Kriechbaumer. Monotypic. 

 Proterocryptiis Ashmead, 1906. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 30: 174. 



Type-species: Proterocryptus nawaii Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Xanthocharops Morley, 1912. Linn. Soc. London, Trans. 15: 173. 



Type-species: Xanthocharops primus Morley. Monotypic. 

 Vakau Cheesman, 1928. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 1: 189. 



Type-species: Vakau taitensis Cheesman. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 Brachycyrtomorpha Blanchard, 1940. hi Kreibom de la Vega, Tucuman Estac. Expt. Agr., 



Rev. Indus, y Agr. 3: 170. Nomen nudum (figure only). 

 Brachycyrtomorpha Blanchard, 1942. Soc. Cient. Argentina, An. 134: 105. 



Type-species: Brachycyrtomorpha crossi Blanchard. Monotypic and orig. desig. 



This is a small genus of worldwide distribution. The hosts are pupae or prfepupae of 

 Chrysopidae. 



Revision: Townes and Townes, 1960. U. S. Natl. Mus. Bui. 216 (pt. 2): 542-544 (Nearctic spp.). 

 ornatus Kriechbaumer. Pa., Md., Ohio, Mich., Ariz., s. B. C; Mexico; Eurasia. Host: Chrysopid. 

 Brachycyrtus omatus Kriechbaumer, 1880. Zool.-Min. Ver. Regensburg, Corresp.-Bl. 34: 



163. 9. 

 Brachycyrtus chrysopae Walley, 1940. Canad. Ent. 72: 86. 9. 

 pretiosus Cushman. Central and s. Fla. Host: Nodita pavida (Hagen), chrysopid pupae. 

 Brachycyrtus pretiosus Cushman, 1936. U. S. Nat. Mus., Proc. 84: 19. 6, 9. 



Subfamily TRYPHONINAE 



Species of this subfamily are external parasites of the larvae of sawflies or Lepidoptera. The 

 eggs of Tryphoninae are equipped with a holdfast which is often borne on a stalk or is derived 



