SuperfamUy ICHNEUMONOIDEA 289 



Gamoseciis Provancher, 1880. Nat. Canad. 12: 167. 



Type-species: Gamosecus melliniis Provancher. Desig. by Viereck, 1914. 



Parasitic on adult Coleoptera, particularly Chrysomelidae and Curculionidae. 



Revision: Muesebeck, 1936. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 241: 14-20 (some No. Amer. spp.). 



Taxonomy: Loan, 1969. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 71: 404-416 (key to No. Amer. spp.). 

 — Shenefelt, 1969. Hym. Cat., part 4, p. 101-115 (cat. World spp.). —Loan, 1975. 

 Entomophaga 20: 31-41 (Haliday types). 



Biology: Smith, 1953. Ohio Jour. Sci. 53: 173-176 (host list). —Loan, 1969. Ent. Soc. Wash., 

 Proc. 71: 409-410 (host Ust). 

 aethiopoides Loan. Maine s. to Va., w. to Ont. and Ohio; Calif.; Europe. Introduced from 



France. Host: Hypera meles (F.), H. nigrirostris (F.), H. postica (Gyll.), H. nimicis (L.), 

 Sitoiia crinitus Hbst., S. hispidulus (F.). 

 Microctonus aethiopoides Loan, 1975. Entomophaga 20: 33. 9, S. According to Loan 

 (1975), this species has been incorrectly identified as aethiops (Nees); most literature on 

 aethiops in North America apparently refers to aethiopoides Loan. 



Taxonomy: Fuester, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63: 1777-1778 (larval distinction). 



Biology: Loan and Holdaway, 1961. Canad. Ent. 92: 1057-1079. —Coles and Putler, 1963. 

 Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 609-610. — Brunson and Coles, 1968. U. S. Dept. Agr., Prod. Res. Rpt. 

 101, p. 4 (distr., releases, recoveries). —Day, et al., 1971. Jour. Econ. Ent. 64: 190-193 

 (distr.). — Dysart and Day, 1976. U. S. Dept. Agr., Prod. Res. Rpt. 167, p. 4-5 (releases and 

 recoveries). —Abu and Ellis, 1976. Environ. Ent. 5: 1040-1042. 



Morphology: Loan and Holdaway, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 1059-1065. 

 alticae Loan. Oreg. Host: Altica bimarginata Say. 



Microctonus alticae Loan, 1969. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 71: 414. 9. 



barri Loan. Idaho. 



Microctomis barri Loan, 1969. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 71: 413. 9. 

 blapstini Loan. Ont. Host: Blapstinus metallicus (F.). 



Microctonus blapstini Loan, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 231. 9, cJ. 



Biology: Loan, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 238-239. 

 carabivorus Muesebeck. Md., Va., Tenn., Mich., Wis., Iowa, Idaho. Host: Galerita sp. 



Microctonus carabivorus Muesebeck, 1936. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 2, p. 16. 9, cJ. 

 colesi Drea. Vt., Mass., R. I., Conn., N. Y., Pa., N. J., Del., Md., W. Va., Va., N. C, Ohio. Host: 

 Hypera postica (Gyll.). 

 Microctonus colesi Drea, 1968. Ent. News 79: 98. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Fuester, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63: 1777-1778 (larval distinction). 



Biology: Brunson and Coles, 1968. U. S. Dept. Agr., Prod. Res. Rpt. 101, p. 4-5 (releases, 

 recoveries as Microctonus sp.). —Day, et al., 1971. Jour. Econ. Ent. 64: 191-193 (distr.). 

 —Dysart and Day, 1976. U. S. Dept. Agr., Prod. Res. Rpt. 167, p. 4 (releases and 

 recoveries). 

 crepidoderae Loan. Ont. Host: Crepidodera spp. 



Microctonus crepidoderae Loan, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 230. 9,6. 



Biology: Loan, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 239-240. 

 cucumeridis Loan. Ont. Host: Epitrix cucumeris (Harr.). 



Microctonus cucumeridis Loan, 1969. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 71: 412. 9. 

 disonychae Loan. Ont. Host: Disonycha triangularis (Say). 



Microctonus disonychae Loan, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 233. 9,6. 



Biology: Loan, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 237-238. 

 eleodis (Viereck). Mich., Minn.; Sask. s. to Kans. and N. Mex., w. to Alta., Oreg. and Calif. 



Host: Eleodes extricata (Say), E. hispilabris (Say), E. obsoleta (Say), E. opaca (Say), E. 



