Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 799 



Taxonomy: Peck, 1951. In Muesebeck, et ai, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 557 (syn.). 

 burkei (Crawford). Colo., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Dendroctonus 

 brevicoviis Lee, D. engelmanni Hopk., D. obestis (Mann.). 

 Cecidostiba burkei Crawford, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 170. 9. 



Biology: Massey and Wygant, 1954. U. S. Dept. Agr., Cir. 944: 22, 26. 

 dendroctoni (Ashmead). Va., W. Va., N. C, Ga., Wis., Mont., Idaho, B. C, Wash., Calif. Host: 

 Cylindrocopturus funiissi Buch., Dendroctonus frontalis Zimm., D. monticolae Hopk., 

 D. pseudotsugae Hopk., Ips grandicollis (Eichh.), Polygrapbus riifipennis (Kby.). 

 Cecidostiba dendroctoni Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 337. 9. 



Biology: Furniss, 1942. Jour. Econ. Ent. 35: 859. — Evenden et a/., 1943. U. S. Dept. Agr., 



Cir. 664: 17. -Fronk, 1947. Va. Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 108: 10. —Franklin, 1969. Ga. 



Ent. Soc, Jour. 4: 121. 

 elongatus (Ashmead). Fla. 



Dinotus elongatus Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 175. 9. 

 polygraphi (Ashmead). Maine, Va., W. Va. Host: Polygraphus rufipennis (Kby.). 



Cecidostiba polygraphi Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 338. 9, 6. 

 thomsoni (Crawford). Wyo., Mont., Wash., Oreg., Cahf. Host: Pissodes sp., Scolytus ventralis 

 Lee 



Cecidostiba thomsoni Crawford, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 171. 9,6. 



Genus RHOPALICUS Foerster 



Rhopalicus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 66, 70. 



Type-species: Cleonymus maculifer Foerster. Monotypic. 

 pulchripennis (Crawford). Que., and Maine, s. to Md. and Miss., w. to B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. 

 Host: Cylindrocopturus eatoni Buch., C. funiissi Buch., Dendroctonus brevicomis Lee, 

 D. monticolae Hopk., D. murrayanae Hopk., D. ponderosae Hopk., Pissodes sp., P. 

 proximatus Hopk., P. strobi (Peck), P. tertninalis Hopk., P seudohylesinns nebulosus 

 (Lee), Scolytus unispinosus Lee 

 Spintherus pulchripennis Crawford, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 168. 9. 

 Rhopalicus americanus Girault, 1916. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 9: 296. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 65 (4): 16 (syn.). 



Biology: Taylor, 1929. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 10: 17-22, 66-67. — DeLeon, 1934. Canad. Ent. 66: 61. 

 —Furniss, 1942. Jour. Econ. Ent. 35: 859. — Reid, 1957. Canad. Ent. 89: 7. —Keen, 1958. U. 

 S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 21, 100. -Stark and Wood, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 1217. 

 tutela (Walker). Que., Ont., Maine, N. H., Conn., N. Y., Pa., Mich., Wis.; Europe. Introduced 



from Europe into Ont. and Que. in mid 1930's, but known to be estabHshed in New 



England in 1920. Host: Ips pini (Say), Pissodes strobi (Peck). 

 Cheiropachus tutela Walker, 1836. Ent. Mag. 4: 14. 9, <?. 

 Cleonymus maculifer Foerster, 1840. Beitr. Monog. Pteromalinen, p. 34. 9. 

 Pteromalus suspensus Ratzeburg, 1844. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 1, p. 189. 

 Pteromalus Spinolae Ratzeburg, 1844. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 1, p. 189. 9,6. Preocc. by 



Foerster, 1841. 

 Pteromalus immaculatus Ratzeburg, 1844. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 1, pp. 189, 205. 

 Pteromahis lunula Ratzeburg, 1848. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 2, p. 193. 9. 

 Pteromalus multicolor Ratzeburg, 1848. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 2, p. 193. N. name for 



spiiiolae Ratzeburg. 

 Pteromahis aemuhis Ratzeburg, 1848. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 2, p. 203. 

 Rhopalicus Annellus Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 42. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Kurdjumov, 1913. Ent. obozr. 13: 10 (syn.). — Ferriere, 1948. Schweiz. Ent. 

 Gesell., Mitt. 21: 520 (syn.). — Hedqvist, 1963. Stud. Forest. Suecica 11: 71-79 (characters). 

 —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 413 (types). 



Biology: Hanson, 1937. Bui. Ent. Res. 28: 206. — Nuorteva, 1956. Acta Ent. Fenn. 13: 64. 

 — Chararas, 1959. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. 64: 11. — Chararas, 1962. Encyc. Ent. 38: 450. 



