810 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



ephemeraeformis (Haw.), Vanessa atalanta (L.), V. virginiensis (Drury). Other hosts 



reported in the world literature. 

 Ichneumon pupanim Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., ed. 10, v. 1, p. 567. 

 Pteromalus latifrons Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 2: 501. 9. 

 Pteromalus cephalotes Walker, 1836. Ent. Mag. 3: 481. 9. 

 Pteromalus comes Walker, 1836. Ent. Mag. 3: 492. 9. 

 Pteromalus Omytus Walker, 1839. Monog. Chalcid., v. 1, p. 238. S. 

 Pteromalus Brassicae Curtis, 1842. Roy. Agr. Soc, Jour. 3: 311. 9. 

 Pteromalus Pontiae Curtis, 1842. Roy. Agr. Soc, Jour. 3: 312. i. 

 Pteromalus Orinus Walker, 1845. Linn. Soc. London, Proc, Zool. 1: 263. 9. 

 Pteromalus nigricans Walker, 1872. Notes on Chalcid., p. 121. 9. Preocc. by Foerster, 



1841. 

 Pteromalus brassicae Packard, 1877. In Hayden, U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, Rpt. 9: 747. 



9. Preocc. by Curtis, 1842. 

 Pteromalus pieridis Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 296. 9, 6. 

 Pteromalus nigritulus Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 137. N. name for nigricans 



Walker. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 489 (syn.). 



Biology: Packard, 1877. In Hayden, U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, Rpt. 9: 748-749. 

 —Saunders, 1878. Canad. Ent. 10: 185. —Saunders, 1880. Canad. Ent. 12: 193. —Webster, 

 1889. Ind. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 25: 13. -Chittenden, 1901. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent. Bui. 

 (n. s.) 30: 70. -Fiske, 1903. N. H. Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 6: 223-224. — Matheson, 1907. 

 Canad. Ent. 39: 205. — Doten, 1911. Nebr. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 78: 20-24. -Wilson, 1919. 

 Wis. Agr. Expt. Sta., Res. Bui. 45: 22-23. — Twinn, 1924. Ent. Soc. Ont., Ann. Rpt. 54: 86. 

 —Parker and Thompson, 1925. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 18: 386. — Faure, 1926. Contrib. 

 Etude Pieride du Chou, pp. 63-72. — Essig, 1931. Hist, of Ent., pp. 331-333, 390. 

 — Schaffner and Griswold, 1934. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 188: 153. — Greenshields, 

 1939. Amer. Nat. 73: 89-91 (genetics). —Richards, 1940. Jour. Anim. Ecol. 9: 282-285. 

 —Whiting, 1940. Amer. Nat. 74: 377-379 (genetics). — Kurir, 1946. Zentbl. Gesam. Forst. 

 and Holzwirtsch. 70: 81-86. —Clausen, 1951. Jour. Econ. Ent. 44: 6. —Clausen, 1956. U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139: 49. -Blunck, 1957. Jour. Econ. Ent. 50: 836. —Wiltshire, 1958. 

 Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 110: 241. — Masslenikova, 1958. Ent. Obozr. 37: 542. 

 —Blunck and Wilbert, 1959 (1957). Internatl. Cong. Crop Prot., Proc. 1: 1017. —Ho, 1962. 

 Ent. Sinica, Acta 11: 47. — Kaitazoff, 1963. Sofia. Rast. Zashch. 11: 22. — Bouletreau and 

 David, 1967. Entomophaga 12: 1-4. 



Morphology: Parker, 1924. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 93: 267, 291, 309 (larva). —Burks, 1938. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 161 (wing venation). — Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Misc. Coll. 99 

 (14): 36-37 (male genitalia). —Flanders, 1942. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 35: 254 (female 

 genitalia). — Domenichini, 1953. Bol. Zool. Agr. e di Bach. 19: 248 (gaster). 

 vanessae Howard. Maine, s. to Fla., w. to Mont, and Calif. Host: Ascia monuste (L.), 



Malacosoma disstria Hbn., Nymphalis antiopa (L.), Papilio cresphontes Cramer, P. 



palamedes (Dru.), P. polyxenes asterius Stoll., P. thaos L., Polygonia comma (Harr.), P. 



interrogationis (F.), Vanessa atalanta (L.). 

 Pteromalus puparum var. vanessae Howard, 1889. In Scudder, Butterflies of Eastern U. 



S. and Canada, pp. 1872, 1890, 1891. 9. 



Biology: Schaffner and Griswold, 1934. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 188: 154. 

 venustus Walker. Ont., S. Dak., Alta., Idaho, Utah; Europe. Accidentally introduced, certainly 

 before 1965. Host: Megachile relativa Cress., M. rotundata {¥.). 

 Pteroviahis venustus Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 2: 494. 9. 

 Pteromalus planiscuta Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 4, p. 155. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 491 (syn.). —Peck, 1969. 

 Canad. Ent. 101: 418-422 (separation of various par. of Megachile rotundata). 



Biology: Hobbs, 1968. Canad. Ent. 100: 781-784. -Peck, 1969. Canad. Ent. 101: 420-421. 

 — Hobbs and Krunic, 1971. Canad. Ent. 103: 674-685. 



