Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 829 



Genus DIBRACHOIDES Kurdjumov 



Dibrachoides Kurdjumov, 1913. Ent. Obozr. 13: 2-3, 12. 



Type-species: Pteromalus dy^iastes Foerster. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 814-817 (Palearctic fauna). 

 dynastes (Foerster). Que. Neb., Wyo., Utah, Wash., Oreg., Calif; Europe. Introduced from 



Europe for biological control of the alfalfa weevil in 1911-1913: recovered in 1918. Host: 

 Hypera Jiigirostris (F.), H. postica (Gyll.), H. nimicis (L.). 

 Pteromalus dynastes Foerster, 1841. Beitr. Monog. Pteromalinen, p. 24. 9. 

 Pteromalus transversus Foerster, 1841. Beitr. Monog. Pteromalinen, p. 18. 9. 

 Pteromalus (Dibrachys) acutus Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 162. 9, d. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1956. Ent. Monthly Mag. 92: 260 (druso Walker). —Graham, 1969. Brit. 

 Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 815-816 (use of druso for this species an error; syn.). 



Biology: Rockwood, 1920. Canad. Ent. 52: 39. — Chamberlin, 1924. U. S. Dept. Agr., Cir. 301: 

 3-5. —Chamberlin, 1924. Jour. Econ. Ent. 17: 628. —Smith, 1930. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 23: 

 577-593. —Chamberlin, 1933. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 35: 106. — Essig and Michelbacher, 

 1933. Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 567: 70-71. — Kaufmann, 1939. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 26: 

 425-426. —Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139: 50. —Fisher et al., 1961. Jour. 

 Econ. Ent. 54: 197. — Delucchi, 1962. Awamia 2: 124. —van den Bosch et al., 1961. Calif. 

 Agr. 15: 11. —Coles and Puttier, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 611. — Ismailov, 1967. Zashch. 

 Rast. 12: 35. 



Genus PARADIBRACHYS Girault 



Paradibrachys Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chacidoid. Variorum cum Observ. V, p. 1. 

 Type-species: Paradibrachys guizoti Girault. Orig. desig. 



guizoti Girault. Calif. 



Paradibrachys guizoti Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. V, p. 

 1. 9. 



Genus NEOCATOLACCUS Ashmead 



Neocatolaccus Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 320, 322. 



Type-species: Catolaccus tylodermae Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



cratylus (Walker). Fla. 



Pteromalus Cratylus Walker, 1847. Ann. and Ma^. Nat. Hist. (1) 19: 392. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 155. 

 moneilemae Gahan. Tex. Host: Moneilema ulkei Horn. 



Neocatolaccus moneilemae Gahan, 1936. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 83: 484. 9,6. 

 tylodermae (Ashmead). N. H., s. to Fla., w. to Mich., Ill, Kans., Ariz. Host: Ampelogiypter 



sesostris (Lee), Cylindrocopturus longulus (Lee), Lixus musculus Say, L. parens Lee, 

 L. scrobicollis Boh., Microlarinus lyprifomiis (Woll.), M. lareynii (du V.), Onychobaris 

 subtonsa Lee, Trichobaris texana Lee, Tyloderma foveolatum Say. 

 Catolaccus tylodermae Ashmead, 1893. Ohio Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Ser., Bui. 1: 161. 9, 6. 



Biology: Wester, 1956. Ent. Soe Wash., Proe 58: 286. — Goeden and Ricker, 1970. Jour. Econ. 

 Ent. 63: 827-831. 



Genus HYPOPTEROMALUS Ashmead 



Hypopteromalus Ashmead, 1900. In Smith, Ins. of N. J., Sup., p. 559. 

 Type-species: Pteromalus tabacum Fitch. Monotypie 

 inimicus Muesebeck. N. B., Que., Ont., s. to Va., w. to N. Dak. and Kans. Host: Apanteles sp., 

 A. lacteicolor Vier., A. melanoscelus (Ratz.), H yposoter fugitivus (Say). 

 Hypopteromalus inimicus Muesebeck, 1927. Jour. Agr. Res. 34: 332. 9, S. 



Biology: Muesebeck and Dohanian, 1927. U.S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 1487: 28.— Proper, 1934. Jour 

 Agr. Res. 48: 361.— Doner, 1936. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 29: 226 — Raizenne, 1952. Canada 



