808 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Sedivy, 1954. Folia Zool. et Ent. (3) 17: 176. —Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 

 1169: 25, 100. — Bogavac, 1958. Zash. Bilja 46: 80. — Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. 

 Pub. 767: 89. — Blais, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92: 388. — Capek, 1963. Banska Stiavnica Hosp. 

 Ved. Prace, no. 4, p. 267. —Forbes and Daviault, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 1128. — Postans, 

 1964. Ent. Rec. and Jour. Var. 76: 166. 



Morphology: Finlayson, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 499, 501-502 (immature stages). 



tortricis (Brues). Que., Ont., Maine, N. H., Mass., N. Y., Wis., Minn., Wyo. Host: Choristoneura 

 conflictana (Walk.), C . fuviiferana (Clem.), C. pinus Freem.; Apechthis Ontario (Cress.), 

 Itoplectis conquisitor (Say). 

 Nasonia tortricis Brues, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 259. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1932. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 25: 738 (tr. to genus Amhlymerus). —Peck, 

 1951. In Muesebeck et al., U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 557 (tr. to genus 

 Psychophagus). —Peck, 1963. Canad. Ent. Sup. 30: 698 (lectotype). 



Biology: Dowden et al., 1948. Jour. Econ. Ent. 41: 459, 461. —Daviault, 1950. Que. Soc. Prot. 

 PI., Ann. Rpt. 31: 41. —Dowden and Carolin, 1950. Jour. Econ. Ent. 43: 779. — McGugan 

 and Blais, 1959. Canad. Ent. 91: 766, 770-776, 779. —Dixon and Benjamin, 1963. Jour. Econ. 

 Ent. 56: 267. 



Genus CAPELLIA Delucchi 



Capellia Delucchi, 1958. Bol. Zool. Agr. e di Bach. (2) 1: 59. 



Type-species: Eurydinota nifiventris Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Hylocomus Graham, 1959. Soc. Brit. Ent., Trans. 13: 107. 



Type-species: Metopon (Dirhicnus) magnicomis Thomson. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1958. Bol. Zool. Agr. e di Bach. (2) 1: 57-60. — Boucek, 1965. Mus. Natl. 

 Pragae, Acta Ent. 36: 550 (syn.). 

 cyrene (Walker). Fla. 



Micronielus cyrene Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 2: 154. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 155. 

 ruflventris (Girault). Ga., Miss., Minn., Calif. Ecology: Parasitizes midge larvae developing in 

 pine resin. Host: Retinodiplosis sp. 

 Eurydinota nifiventris Girault, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 212. 9. 



Genus SCEPTROTHELYS Graham 



Sceptrothelys Graham, 1956. Ent. Monthly Mag. 92: 89. 



Type-species: Pteroynalus grandiclava Walker. Orig. desig. 

 deione (Walker). Maine, s. to N. C, w. to B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif.; Europe. Host: Coleophora 

 fuscedinella Zell, C. laricella (Hbn.), C. malivorella Riley, C. pruniella Clem., C. 

 sacramenta Hein. 

 Miscogaster Deione Walker, 1839. Monog. Chalcid., v. 1, p. 199. 9 . 

 Pteromaius Charops Walker, 1839. Monog. Chalcid., v. 1, p. 242. 6. 

 Pteromalus Aecus Walker, 1848. List Hym. Brit. Mus., Chalcid., pt. 2, p. 211. 9. 

 Metopon punctatum Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 4, p. 169. 9. 

 Metopon aeneiscapus Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 4, p. 169. 9 . 

 Eurydinota lividicorpus Girault, 1917. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 12: 86. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 485 (syn.). 



Biology: Anon., 1934. Wis. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 428: 101. —Doner, 1936. Ent. Soc. Amer., 

 Ann. 29: 227-231. — Beacher, 1947. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 40: 532-544. —Schaffner, 1959. U. 

 S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 88. 

 grandiclava (Walker). Ind., Nebr., Wyo., Colo.; Europe. Introduced from Europe along with its 

 host, but when or how is unknown. Host: Bathyplectes sp. 

 Pteromalus grandiclava Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 3: 193. 9. 

 Pteromalus claviger Foerster, 1841. Beitr. Monog. Pteromalinen, p. 24. 9. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 486 (syn.). 



