Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 831 



Genus COELOPISTHIA Foerster 



Coelopisthia Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 65. No species. 



Type-species: Pteromalus cephalotes Walker. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 

 Pteromaliis subg. Coelopisthus Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 162. Emend. 

 Kranophonis Graham, 1956. Ent. Monthly Mag. 92: 257. N. name, unnecessarily proposed. 



Type-species: PteroDtaluH extentua Walker. Orig. desig. 



Ta.xonomy: Graham, 1956. Ent. Monthly Mag. 92: 257 (Ashmead's designation of cephalotes 

 as type-species of Coelopisthia based on a misidentification of that species by Thomson). 



— Peck, 1963. Canad. Ent., Sup. 30: 665 (use of Coelopisthia in conventional sense should 

 be retained and the matter referred to the Internatl. Comn.). 



bicarinata Girault. N. H., Md., D. C, Ind. Ecology: Emerges from nest of Vespula sp. 



Coelopisthia bicarinata Girault, 1916. Soc. Ent. 31: 57. 9, S. 

 forbesii (Dalla Torre). N. Y., N. J., 111., La. Host: Apantesis nais (Drury), Catocala sp. 



Pteromalus pallipes Forbes, 1885. 111. State Dept. Agr., Trans. 22: App., pp. 46, 49. Preocc. 

 by Spinola, 1808. 



Pteromalus Forbesii Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 125. N. name. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 145-146. 

 fumosipennis Gahan. Md. Ecology: Emerges from lepidopterous pupa. 

 Coelopisthia fumosipe7inis Gahan, 1909. Canad. Ent. 41: 431. 9. 



intermedia Girault. D C. 



Coelopisthia intermedia Girault, 1916. Soc. Ent. 31: 57. 9. 

 suborbicularis (Provancher). Que., N. H., Md., 111. 



Semiotellus suborbicularis Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 296. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1964 (1963). Canad. Ent. 95: 1262. 



Biology: Fiske, 1903. N. H. Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 6: 182, 197, 228. -McAtee, 1927. Ent. 

 Soc. Wash., Proc. 29: 182. — Langston, 1957. Cahf. Univ. Pubs., Ent. 14: 37, 40. 



Genus MUSCIDIFURAX Girault and Sanders 



Muscidifurax Girault and Sanders, 1910. Psyche 17: 146. 



Type-species: Muscidifurax raptor Girault and Sanders. Orig. desig. 

 Muscidivorax Kurdjumov, 1913. Ent. Obozr. 13: 5. Misspelling. 



Revision: Kogan ad Legner, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 1268-1290. 

 raptor Girault and Sanders. Md., s. to Fla., w. to Calif.; cosmopolitan. Host: Cochliomyia 

 macellaria (¥.), Fannia canicularis (L.), Musca domestica L., Phormia regina 

 (Meig.), Stomoxys calcitrans (L.). 

 Muscidifurax raptor Girault and Sanders, 1910. Psyche 17: 145. 9, cJ. 



Biology: Crandall, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 652. — DeBach and Smith, 1941. Jour. 

 Econ. Ent. 34: 741-745. —DeBach, 1943. Pan-Pacific Ent. 19: 112-118. —Legner et al., 

 1965. Puerto Rico Univ., Jour. Agr. 49: 372. -Wylie, 1967. Canad. Ent. 99: 742-748. 



— Legner, 1969. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 62: 382-385. — Sharma, 1971. Madras Agr. Jour. 58: 

 442. —Wylie, 1971. Canad. Ent. 103: 1537-1544. — Chabora and Chabora, 1971. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 64: 558-562. —Legner, 1972. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 65: 254-263. 



Morphology: Sanger and King, 1971. Entomologist 104: 137-149 (male genitalia). 

 zaraptor Kogan and Legner. Kans., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Calif. Host: Musca domestica Linn. 

 Muscidifurax zaraptor Kogan and Legner, 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 1279-1285. 9, d. 



Biology: Wylie, 1971. Canad. Ent. 103: 1537-1544 (oviposition). 



Genus LARIOPHAGUS Crawford 



Lariophagiis Crawford, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 52. 



Type-species: Lariophagus texanus Crawford. Monotypic. 



Revision: Gahan, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 71 (4): 7. 



