Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 803 



laticeps (Ashmead). D. C, s. to Fla., w. to Calif.; Cosmopolitan. Host: Acanthoscelides obtectus 

 (Say), Bruclms pisoruvi (L.), Callosobnichus inaculatzis (F.). 

 Bruchobius laticeps Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: xi, 313. 9. 



Taxonomy: Waterston, 1921. Roy. Soc. Rpt. Grain Pests Com. 9: 14-16. — Delucchi, 1956. 

 Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 39: 243-246. 



Biology: Paddock and Reinhard, 1919. Tex. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 256: 80-81. — Masi, 1924. 

 Genova, Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat, Ann. 51: 152. — Chatterji, 1954. Indian Jour. Ent. 16: 77. 

 — Cheema and Misra, 1962. Current Sci. 31: 21. -Luca, 1964. Inst. Franc. d'Afr. Noire, 

 Bui. (A) 26: 1201. 



Genus NORBANUS Walker 



Norbanus Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 159. 



Type-species: Norbaiius dysaiiles Walker. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 

 Arthrolysis Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 52. No species. 



Type-species: Pteromalus scabriculus Nees. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 

 Picroscytus Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, pp. 50, 58. 



Type-species: Pteromalus scabriculus Nees. Monotypic. 

 Stylophorella Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus. Mem. 1: 275. 



Type-species: Stylophorella perplexa Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 dysaules Walker. Fla. 



Norbayius dysaules Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 158. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 157 (Lectotype designated). 

 perplexus (Ashmead). N. J., Del, Tenn., Kans., Tex. 



Stylophorella perplexa Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 275. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan and Peck, 1946. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 36: 316. 

 pisius Walker. Fla. Host: Euscepes porcellus Boh. 



Norba7ius pisius Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 160. 9. 

 Pteromalus Hybreas Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 19: 397. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 160 (syn.). 



Genus HOMOPORUS Thomson 



Merisus subg. Homoponis Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, pp. 60, 64. 



Type-species: Pteromalus fulviventris Walker. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 

 Phaenacra Foerster, 1878. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 35: 51. 



Type-species: Phaenacra nubigera Foerster. Monotypic. 

 Parapteromalus Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 320. 



Type-species: Parapteromalus isosomatis Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Merisoporus Masi, 1926. Genova, Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat., Ann. 50: 226. 



Type-species: Pteromalus hmiger Nees. Orig. desig. 

 Pseudomerisus Erdos and Novicky, 1953. In Erdos, Acta Biol. Hung. 4: 236. 



Type-species: Pseudomerisus stipae Erdos and Novicky, Orig. desig. 



This genus corresponds to Merisus as used in all North American literature published after 

 about 1900. Following the publication by Delucchi, 1956 (Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 39: 229-233) the 

 genus Merisus Walker has been limited to Palearctic species, and all North American species 

 are placed in Homoporus Thomson. 



Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1957. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 40: 418-419 (syn.). —Graham, 1969. Brit. 

 Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 444-458 (syn.; key to British, and some other 

 European, spp.; types). 

 atriscapus (Gahan), n. comb. N. Dak. Ecology: Reared from stems of Stipa comata. 



Merisus atriscapus Gahan, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 71 (4): 4. 9, 6. 

 chalcidiphagus (Walsh and Riley). Ont., N. Y., s. to S. C, w. to Oreg. and Calif.; Europe. Host: 

 Ditropinotus aureoviridis (Cwfd.), Eurytoma parva Phil., Harmolita sp., H. 



