Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 819 



websteri (Ashmead). Md., Ind. Ecology: Emerges from stem gall on Lactnca ca)iade)tsis; 

 possibly parasitic on gall-making cynipid or its Eurytoma parasite. 

 Polyscelis Websteri Ashmead, 1894. Cincinnati See. Nat. Hist., Jour. 17: 52. 9, 6. 



Ta.\onomy: Gahan, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (24): 11. 



Biology: Webster, 1894. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Jour. 17: 36. 



Genus TRICHOMALUS Thomson 



Isocyrtus subg. Trichomalus Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, pp. 131, 134. 



Type-species: Trichoinalits pinictiniiclia Thomson. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 

 Lanceosonia Erdos, 1953. Acta. Biol. Hung. 4: 234. 



Type-species: Lanceosonia althaeae Erdos. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Delucchi and Graham, 1956. Beitr. z. Ent. 6: 543-576. —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. 

 (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 707-737. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1956. Ent. Monthly Mag. 92: 247-250 (syn.; types). 

 deiphon (Walker). Fla. 



Metopon deiphon Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 161. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent, Bui. 32: 156. 

 eurypon (Walker). Fla. 



Pteromalus eurypon Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 19: 398. 9. 



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

 habis (Walker). Fla. 



Lantpretatus habis walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 155. 9. 



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

 inscitus (Walker). N. Y. Ohio; Europe. Host. Rhynchaenus pallicomis Say. Other carculionid 

 hosts recorded in Palearctic Literature. 

 Pteromalus inscitus Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 2: 499. 9. 

 Pteromalus affinis Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 2: 492. 9. 

 Pteromalus tristis Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 2: 500. 9. 

 Pteromalus niicrocenis Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 2: 500. 9. 

 Pteromalus Deioclius Walker, 1839. Monog. Chalcid., v. 1, p. 240. 6. 

 Pteromalus reconditus Foerster, 1841. Beitr. Monog. Pteromalinen, p. 13. 9. 

 Pteromalus Diachymatis Ratzeburg, 1844. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 1, p. 203. S. 

 Pteromalus Orchestis Ratzeburg, 1844. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 1, p. 205. 9. 

 Pteromalus Lampe Walker, 1848. List Hym. Brit Mus., Chalcid., v. 2, pp. 125, 192. 9. 

 Isocyrtus (Trichomalus) subnudus Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 140. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1956. Ent. Monthly Mag. 92:248-250 (syn.; types). —Graham, 1969. Brit. 

 Mus. (Nat. Hist) Ent, Bui. Sup. 16: 728-729 (syn.; types). 



Biology: Mundinger, 1951. Jour. Econ. Ent 44: 30. 

 perfectus (Walker). Idaho, B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif.; Europe. Host: Ceutorhynchus assimilis 

 (Payk.). Almost all North American literature about this species used the name 

 fasciatus Thomson, a misidentification. 

 Pteromalus perfectus Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 2: 488. 9. 

 Pteromalus decorus Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 2: 496. 9. 

 Pteromalus decisus Walker, 1835. Ent Mag. 3: 185. 9. 

 Pteromalus opulentus Foerster, 1841. Beitr. Monog. Pteromalinen, p. 26. 9. 

 Isocyrtus (Trichomalus) laevinucha Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 140. 9, S. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1956 Ent. Monthly Mag. 92: 250 (syn.; types). —Delucchi and Graham, 

 1956. Beitr. z. Ent. 8: 551, 571-572 (descr.; syn.). —Peck, 1963. Canad. Ent Sup. 30: 669 

 (correction of ident. of N. Amer. specimens). —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat.Hist.) Ent., 

 Bui. Sup. 16: 729 (types). 



