760 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Revision: Crawford, 1914. Ent. See. Wash., Proc. 16: 123-124 (key to genera). — Szelenyi, 

 1957. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. Hist.-Nat., n. s., 8: 381-388 (key to genera). —Szelenyi, 

 1960. Acad. Sci. Hungarici, Acta Zool. 5: 141-146 (rev. key to genera). 



Genus LIODONTOMERUS Gahan 



Lochites Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 43, 44, 120. Preocc. by Lochites Gistl, 1848 

 (Protozoa). 



Type-species: Lochites papaveris Foerster. Monotypic. 

 Liodontamenis Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 159. 



Type-species: Liodontomerus perplexus Gahan. Orig. desig. 

 Lochitisca Ghesquiere, 1946. Rev. de Zool. et de Bot. Africaines 34: 368. N. name for 

 Lochites Foerster. 



Members of this genus are parasitic upon Bntchophagus in leguminous seeds. 



Taxonomy: Nikol'skaya, 1952. Chalcid fauna of the U. S. S. R. 44: 135 (Holarctic. Eng. transl. 

 1963). -Burks, in Butler and Hansen, 1958. Pan-Pacific Ent. 34: 224. 



Biology: Neunzig and Gyrisco, 1959. Jour. Econ. Ent. 52: 899-901. 

 insuetus Gahan. Nebr., Kans., Okla., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Calif.; Holarctic. Host: 

 Bruchophagus gibbus (Boh.)?, B. platyptera (Walk.), B. roddi (Guss.). 

 Liodontomerus insuetus Gahan, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 208. 9. 



Biology: Butler, et a/., 1968. Ariz. Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., Tech. Bui. 185: 7. 

 longfellowi (Girault). N. Y., Md., Va., W. Va., Ohio, Mich., Minn., Iowa, S. Dak., Utah, Idaho, 

 Oreg.; Holarctic. Host: Bruchophagus gibbus (Boh.), B. platyptera (Walk.) complex. 

 Idiomacromenis longfellowi Girault, 1917 (May 14). Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum 



cum Observ. Ill, p. 8. 9, S. 

 Liodontomerus secundus Gahan, 1917 (May 26). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 208. 9,6. 



Biology: Urbahns, 1919. Jour. Agr. Res. 16: 169-170. —Butler and Hansen, 1958. Pan-Pacific 

 Ent. 34: 227. 

 perplexus Gahan. Iowa, S. Dak., Utah, Ariz., Calif.; Holarctic. Host: Bruchophagus platyptera 

 (Walk.) complex. 

 Liodontomerus perplexus Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 159. 9,6. 



Biology: Urbahns, 1920. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 812: 17-18. — Sorenson, 1930. Utah Agr. Expt. 

 Sta., Bui. 218: 27-32. —Butler, et al., 1968. Ariz. Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., Tech. Bui. 185: 7-9. 



Genus IDIOMACROMERUS Crawford 



Idiomacromenis Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 124. 



Type-species: Idiomacromerus biynaculipennis Crawford. Orig. desig. 

 bimacuiipennis Crawford, Kans., Utah, Calif. Host: Eurytoma compressa Bugbee, E. seminis 

 Bugbee. 

 Idiomacromerus bimacuiipennis Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 124. 9. 



Genus PLATYKULA Ruber 



Platykula Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 106. 



Type-species: Syntomaspis albihirta Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



albihirta (Ashmead). Fla. 



Syntomaspis albihirta Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 187. 9. 



Genus DIMEROMICRUS Crawford 



Dimeromicnis Crawford, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 38: 127. 



Type-species: Dimeromicnis ash^neadi Crawford. Orig. desig. 

 cecidomyiae (Ashmead). Fla., Tex. Host: Cecidomyiid on Baccharis halimifolia. 



Megastigmad) cecidomyiae Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 185. 9,6. 

 Lochites auriceps Ashmead, 1894. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 25: 153. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 347. 



