Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 815 



Type-species: Platymesopus tibialis Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Platytenna Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 303. 



Type-species: Platytenna nobile Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1839. 

 Amblymerus Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 303, 306. 



Type-species: Amblymenis amaenus Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1839. 

 Eutelus Walker, 1834. Ent. mag. 2: 351, 356. 



Type-species: Eutelus dilectus Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1839. 

 Xenocrepis Foerster. 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 64. No species. 



Type-species: Xenocrepis pura Mayr. Included by Mayr, 1904. 

 Asemantus Foerster, 1878. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 35: 51. 



Type-species: Asemantus a^nphitolus Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Syntomocera Foerster, 1878. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 35: 52. Preocc. by Schiner, 

 1861. 



Type-species: Syntomocera clavicomis Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Disema Foerster, 1878. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 35 54. Preocc. by Maeklin, 1875. 



Type-species: Disema pallipes Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Eutelus subg. Platytenmis Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 75. Emend. 

 Zacalochlora Crawford, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 45: 251. 



Type-species: Zacalochlora milleri Crawford. Monotypic. 

 Baeoponerus Masi, 1924. Genova, Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat., Ann. 50: 222. 



Type-species: Baeoponerus aeneus Masi. Monotypic. 

 Euamblymerus Hincks, 1944. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Proc. (B) 13: 37. N. name for part of 



Amblymerus. 

 Syntomocerella Ghesquiere, 1946. Rev. de Zool. et de Bot. Africaines 34: 369. N. name for 



Syntomocera Foerster. 

 Disemisca Ghesquiere, 1946. Rev. de Zool. et de Bot. Africaines 34: 369. N. name for 



Disema Foerster. 

 Aklbergiella von Rosen, 1955. Ent. Tidskr. 76: 88. 



Type-species: Eutelus aequus Walker. Orig. desig. 



As presently defined, this genus is a rather amorphous one, with no non-integrating charac- 

 ters and an extremely lengthy generic synonymy. It is likely that future workers will divide it 

 into subgenera or into several genera, for all of which there will be available names. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1957. Ent. Monthly Mag. 93: 220-230 (syn.). —von Rosen, 1958. Opusc. 

 Ent. 23: 203-240. —von Rosen, 1959. Ent. Tidskr. 79: 131-146. —von Rosen, 1959. Ent. 

 Tidskr. 80: 146-162. —von Rosen, 1960. Opusc. Ent. 25: 1-29 —von Rosen, 1960. Ent. 

 Tidskr. 82: 1-48. —von Rosen, 1961. Ent. Meddel. 31: 116-122. —von Rosen, 1962. K. 

 Lantbr. Hogsk., Ann. 28: 141-148. — Hedqvist, 1963. Stud. Forest. Suecica 11: 57, 121. 

 -von Rosen, 1966. Ent. Tidskr. 87: 78-84. —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., 

 Bui. Sup. 16: 638-639 (syn.). — Boucek, 1971. Polskie Pismo Ent. 41: 310 (syn.). 

 aequus (Walker). Nebr.; Europe. Ecology: Essentially a predator, developing in grass, alfalfa, 



and other plant stems, feeding on eggs or larvae of other insects. Host: Delphacodes 



pellucida (F.). Also other, undetermined hosts. 

 Eutelus aequus Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 364. 9. 

 Pteromalus purpureus Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 2: 493. 9. 

 Pteromalus contractus Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 3: 188. 9. 

 Pteromalus Leogoras Walker, 1839. Monog. Chalcid., v. 1, p. 269. <J. 

 Pteromalus Odites Walker, 1845. Linn. Soc. London, Proc. (Zool.) 1: 261. 9. 

 Pteromalus Temesa Walker, 1848. List Hym. Brit. Mus., Chalcid., v. 2, pp. 124, 188 6. 

 Metastenus purus Walker, 1872. Notes on Chalcid., p. 118. 9. 

 Eutelus (Platytermus) decipiens Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 77. 9. 

 Monnoniella oviphaga Ahlberg, 1925. Centralanst. for Forsoksv. pa Jordbruksomradet. 



Meddel. (Ent.) 46: 82. 

 Amblymerus graminuin Hardh, 1950. Suom-hyont. Aikak. 16: 88. 9. Male a different 



species. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1957. Ent. Monthly Mag. 93: 222-236 (syn.; types), —von Rosen, 1955. 

 Ent. Tidskr. 76: 88-90 (syn.). —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 655 

 (syn.). 



