Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 813 



onerati (Fitch). Ont., N. Y., N. J. Ecology: Emerges from twig galls on oak. 



Pteronialus onerati Fitch, 1859 (1858). N. Y. State Agr. Soc, Trans. 18: 812. 9, 6. 

 phycidis Ashmead. N. B., Ont., s. to Del., and Pa., w. to B. C. and Calif. Host: Acrobasis 

 juglandis (Le B.), A. rubrifasciella (Pack.), Archippus packardianus (Fern.), 

 Choristoneura fuDiiferana (Clem.), Coleophora laricella (Hbn.), C. malivorella Riley, C. 

 pruniella Clem., Dioryctria reniculella (Grote), Exoteleia pinifoliella Chamb., 

 Rhyacionia frustrana (Comst.), Spilonota ocellana (D. and S.). 

 Habrocytus phycidis Ashmead, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 157. 9. 

 Habrocytus dux Girault, 1917. Canad. Ent. 49: 181, 182. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1930. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 77 (8): 8 (syn.). 



Biology: Muesebeck and Dohanian, 1927. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 1487: 27 (dtix). —Doner, 

 1936. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 29: 226, 231. -Beacher, 1947. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 532-544. 

 — Raizenne, 1952. Canada Div. Forest Biol., Forest Lep. South. Ont. and Par., p. 259. 

 — Legner, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer., No. Cent. Br., Proc. 17: 116. — Di.xon and Benjamin, 1963. 

 Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 267. —Legner and Oatman, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 731. —Cody et 

 al., 1967. Mich. Ent. 1: 163. — Finlayson, 1967. Canad. Ent. 99: 1263 (immature stages). 

 piercei Crawford. Conn., N. Y., N. J., Md., W. Va., Ohio, Wis., La., N.Dak., Tex., Colo., Calif. 

 Host: Anihononius gra^idis Boh., A. nnmculus Say, A. nebulosus Lee, Microlarinus 

 lareynii (duVal), M. lyprifonitis (Wall.), Tachypterellus consors cerasi List, T. 

 quadrigibbns (Say); Coleophora malivorella Riley. 

 Habrocytus piercei Crawford, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 443. 9. 



Biology: Pierce et al., 1912. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 100: 52-63. —List, 1932. Colo. 

 Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 385: 59-61. -Hammer, 1936. N. Y. Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 240: 45. 

 —Gould and Geissler, 1940. Jour. Econ. Ent. 33: 815. —Wilson, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97: 968. 

 — Goeden and Ricker, 1970. Jour. Econ. Ent. 63: 827-831. 

 purpureiventris (Ashmead). Minn., Nebr., Kans., Okla., Tex. Ecology: Parasitic on a tephritid 

 maggot in the seeds of iron weed. 

 SyntasisH) purpureiventris Ashmead, 1888. Kans. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 3: App., P. VI. 9, 

 i. 

 quinquefasciatus Girault. N. Mex. 



Habrocytus quinquefasciatus Girault, 1916. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 9: 298. 9,3. 



Taxonomy: Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. V, p. 5. 

 rhodobaeni Ashmead. Va., Kans. Host: Rhodobaenus tredecimpunctatus (Illiger). 



Habrocytus rhodobaeni Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 220. 9. 

 rosae Girault. Conn., N. Y., Nebr., Mont., Alta., Colo., B. C, Calif. Ecology: Emerges from galls 

 of Diplolepis fusiforrnayis (Ashm.) and D. ignota (0. S.). 

 Habrocytus rhodobaeini{\) var. rosae Girault, 1917. Canad. Ent. 49: 180, 181. 9. 

 simillimus Gahan. Ariz. Host: Melanagromyza gibsoni (Mall). 



Habrocytus simillimus Gahan, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 55: 127. 9, S. 

 thyridopterigis Howard. Maine and Ont., s. to N. C, w. to Wis., Mo., Ark. Host: Acrobasis 

 rubrifasciella (Pack.), Coleophora fuscedinella Zell., C. laricella (Hbn.) C. malivorella 

 Riley, C. pruniella Clem., C. ulmifoliella McD., Coleotechnites apicitriptmctella (Clem.), 

 Malacosoma americanum (F.), Orygia leucostigma (Smith), Rhyacionia buoliana 

 (Schiff.), R. frustrana (Comst.), R. rigidana (Fern.), Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis 

 (Haw.). 

 Habrocytus thyridopterigis Howard, 1897. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 5: 34. 9. 



Biology: Cushman, 1927. Jour. Agr. Res. 34: 617. —Doner, 1936. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 29: 

 230-234. — Balduf, 1937. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 39: 179-180. —Raizenne, 1952. Canada Div. 

 Forest Biol., Forest Lep. South. Ont. and Par., p. 170. — Waddell, 1952. Ent. Soc. Brit. 

 Columbia, Proc. 48: 88. — Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 89. — Harman 

 and Kulman, 1962. Jour. Econ. Ent. 55: 1007. — Kulman, 1965. Jour. Econ. Ent. 58: 68, 864. 



Genus LONCHETRON Graham 



Lonchetron Graham, 1956. Ann. Ent. Fenn. 22: 80. 



