Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 759 



Biology: Krombein, 1960. Ent. News 71: 32, 67. — Krombein, 1964. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 77: 

 102-103. 



Genus PHYSOTHORAX Mayr 



Physotlwrax Mayr, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 35: 159, 196. 



Type-species: Physothorax disciger Mayr. Desig. by Gahan and Pagan, 1923. 



Members of this genus have been reared from the receptacles of figs. As with Idarninae, the 

 exact relationship of wasp to host is not known. 



Revision: Burks, 1969. Fla. Ent. 52: 115-119 (Nearctic spp.). 

 bidentulus Burks. Fla. Host: Ficus altissima?, F. aurea, F. citrifolia. 



Physotlwrax bidentulus Burks, 1969. Fla. Ent. 52: 118-119. ?, 6. 

 pallidus Ashmead. Fla.; W. Indies. Host: Ficus aurea, F. citrifolia. 



Physothorax pallidus Ashmead, 1900. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 254. 9,6. 

 russelli Crawford. Fla. Host: Ficus aurea. 



Physothorax russelli Crawford, 1910 (1909). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 204. 9. 



Taxonomy: Butcher, 1964. Fla. Ent. 47: 237 (fig associates). 



Subfamily ERIMERINAE 



By E. E. Grissell 



Members of this subfamily are parasites of insects in grass stems. 

 Taxonomy: Breland, 1938. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 357 (phylogeny). 



Genus ERIMERUS Crawford 



Erivierus Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 123. 



Type-species: Torynius wickhaiui Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 wickhami (Ashmead). Utah. Ecology: From galls on Hilaria {Harmolita)^. 

 Torymus wickhayni Ashmead, 1904. Ent. News 15: 302. 9. 



Taxonomy: Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 123. 



Genus PSEUDERIMERUS Gahan 



Pseuderimerus Gahan, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 55: 124. 



Type-species: Pseuderimerus mayetiolae Gahan. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Peck, et al., 1964. Ent. Soc. Canad., Mem. 34: 21 (placed as Monodontomerinae). 

 femoratus Gahan. Calif. Host: Mayetiola destructor (Say). 



Pseuderimerus femoratus Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 32-33. 9. 

 mayetiolae Gahan. Calif. Host: Mayetiola destructor (Say). 



Pseuderimerus viayetiolae Gahan, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 55: 125. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Hill and Pinckney, 1940. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 715: 10-13. 



Biology: Packard, 1928. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 81: 14. —Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 30-32. 

 semiflavus Gahan. Calif. Host: Mayetiola destructor (Say). 



Pseuderimerus semiflavus Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 33. 9. 



Subfamily MONODONTOMERINAE 

 By E. E. Grissell 



The Monodontomerinae are a loose assemblage of taxa not particularly well defined 

 morphologically or biologically. All species are parasitic, with hosts in the Diptera, Hymenop- 

 tera, Lepidoptera, and Coleoptera. 



