Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 809 



intermedia Graham. W. Va., Tenn., Wyo., Colo.; Europe. Introduced from Europe along with 

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

 Sceptrothelys intermedia Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 486. 9, 



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Genus PTEROMALUS Swederus 



Pteromalus Swederus, 1795. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 16: 201. 



Type-species: Ichneumon pupanim Linnaeus. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 



Many authors believe that this genus and Habrocytus Thomson are essentially inseparable. 



cassotis Walker. Maine, s. to Fla., w. to Mich., Tex., and Calif. Host: Chlosyne lacinia Geyer, 

 Danaun plexippus (L.), Limenitis archippus (Cramer), L. artliemis astyanax (F.), 

 Papilio cresphontes Cramer, P. polyxenes asierius Stoll. 



Pteromalus Cassotis Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 19: 393. 9. 



Pteromalus archippi Howard, 1889. In Scudder, Butterflies of Eastern U. S. and Canada, 

 pp. 1872, 1891. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 154 (lectotype; syn.). 



Biology: Scudder, 1889. Butterflies of Eastern U. S. and Canada, p. 747. — Schaffner and 

 Griswold, 1934. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 188: 6, 153. — Drummond et a/., 1970. Lep. 

 Soc. Jour. 24: 140. 



coeruleiventris (Ashmead). Mass., N. Y., D. C, III, Kans. Host: Orgyia leiicostigma (Smith). 

 Sphegigaster coeruleiventris Ashmead, 1888. Kans. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 3: App. p. VI. 9. 

 Pteromalus cuproideus Howard, 1897. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 5: 28, 55. 9, 



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Biology: Girault, 1908. Psyche 15: 89-96. 

 doryssus Walker. Fla. 



Pteromalus Doryssus Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 19: 395. 9,6. Types lost. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 157. 

 eryx Walker. Fla. 



Pteromalus Eryx Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 19: 397. i. Type 

 fragmentary. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 158. 

 eurymi Gahan. Tenn., Kans., Utah, Ariz., Calif. Host: Colias eurytheme Bdv. 

 Pteromalus eurymi Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 46: 435. 9, cJ. 



Biology: Wildermuth, 1914. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 124: 21-23. — Wildermuth, 1920. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Farmers' Bui. 1094: 9. 

 euthymus Walker. Fla. Type lost. 



Pteromalus Euthymus Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 19: 393. S. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 158. 

 fuscipes (Provancher). Que. 



Semiotellus fuscipes Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 295. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1964 (1963). Canad. Ent. 95: 1262 (may be the same as Pteromalus 

 vanessae Howard, but poor condition of Provancher's type prevents a certain decision). 

 hemileucae Gahan. N. Mex.; Mexico. Host: Hemileuca oliviae Ckll. 



Pteromalus hemileucae Gahan, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 210. 9. 

 puparum (Linnaeus). Newfoundland, Que. and Ont., s. to Fla., w. to B. C. and Calif.; 



Cosmopolitan. Accidentally introduced from Europe about a century ago. Host: Agraulis 

 vanillae (L.), Colias philodice (Godart), Cynthia cardui (L.), C. carye (Hbn.), 

 Epargyrens titynis (F.), Eurema lisa (Bdv. and LeC), Argyrotaenia velutinana (Walk.), 

 Lambdina fiscellaria (Guenee), Limenitis archippus (Cramer), Malacosoma 

 americammi (F.), Ny7nphalis antiopa (L.), Papilio polyxenes asterius Stoll, Pieris 

 protodice (Bdv. and LeC.), P. rapae (L.), Polygonia satyrus (Edw.), Thyridopteryx 



