Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 801 



brevicornis (Ratzeburg). Md., Mich., Ind., Idaho, Calif.; Europe. Host: Crabro sp., Crossocerus 

 sp., Ectemnhis sp. 

 Pteromahm brevicornis Ratzeburg, 1844. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 1, p. 201. 

 Pteromalun (SchizonotuH) Panneivitzii Ratzeburg, 1852. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 3, p. 230. 9. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 427 (syn.). 



Biology: Saunt, 1925. Ent. Monthly Mag. 61: 257-258 — Hallet, 1927. Cardiff Nat. Soc, Trans. 

 60: 54. — Callan, 1936. Soc. Brit. Ent, Jour. 1: 128. — Valkeila, 1959. Hyont. Aikak., Suom. 

 25: 180-181. -Askew, 1962. Entomologist 95: 126. 

 latro Wallace, Que., N. Y., Va., Mich., Wis. Host: Ceratina dupla Say, Ectemnius stirpicola 

 (Pack.), Eupliliti sp. 

 Habritys latnis Wallace, 1954. Carnegie Mus., Ann. 33: 199. 9. 

 Habritys latro Krombein, 1960. Ent. News 71: 32. Emend. 



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

 103. 



Genus ACAENACIS Girault 



Acaeiiacis Girault, 1917. New Chalcid Flies, p. la. 



Type-species: Semiotellus ficigerae Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 lausus (Walker). Pa., Fla., Ark. Ecology: Emerges from galls of Disholcaspis quercusvirens 

 (Ashmead) on twigs of live oak. 

 Pteromalus Lausus Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 19: 392. 9. 

 Pteromahis Dipsas Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 19: 394. 3. 

 Semiotellus ficigerae Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xvii. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 159 (syn.; lectotypes of lausus 

 and dipsas). 



Genus MEGATRYDYMUS Girault 



Megatrydymus Girault, 1917. New Chalcid Flies, p. la. 



Type-species: Megatrydymus taciti Girault. Orig. desig. 

 agrili (Rohwer). Oreg., Calif. Host: Agrilus angelicas Horn. 

 Ditwtus agrili Rohwer, 1919. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 21:6. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1967. In Krombein and Burks, U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, Sup. 2, p. 

 269. 

 taciti Girault. N. J., Ark., Colo., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Reared from cynipid galls on oak. 

 Megatrydymus taciti Girault, 1917. New Chalcid Flies, p. la. S. 



Genus PERNIPHORA Ruschka 



Perniphora Ruschka, 1923. Ent. Mitt. 12: 198. 



Type-species: Perniphora robtista Ruschka. Monotypic. 

 americana Miller. N. B., Maine, N. H., N. Y., Mont., Wash. Ecology: Probably parasitic on 

 species of Trypodendron developing in logs of birch and conifers. 

 Perniphora americana Miller, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97: 78. 9, 6. 



Genus OXYSYCHUS Delucchi 



Oxysychus Delucchi, 1956. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 39: 240, 246. 

 Type-species: Dinannus silvestrii Masi. Orig. desig. 

 acanthocini (Ashmead). Que., W. Va., Fla. Host: Acanthocinus obsoletus (Oliv.). 



Metastenus (?) acanthocini Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 198. 9, i. 



Biology: Hopkins, 1893. W. Va. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 32: 226. — Beaulne, 1953 (1951). Que. 

 Soc Prot. PI., Ann. Rpt. 32-33: 197. 

 callidii (Ashmead). N. J., Va. Host: Callidium antennatum Newm. 



Aetroxys callidii Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 223. 9. 



