832 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Taxonomy: Kurdjumov, 1913. Ent. Obozr. 13: 15-16. —Graham, 1957. Ent. Monthly Mag. 93: 



217. —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 823. 

 distinguendus (Foerster). Ont., s. to Fla., w. to B. C. and Calif.; Cosmopolitan. Ecology: Almost 

 always taken as a parasite of Coleoptera infesting stored products, but occasionally 

 collected in open country, usually in the Tropics. Host: Bruchus brachialis Fahr., 

 Lasiodemia serriconie (F.), Rhyzopertha dominica (F.), Stegobium paniceum (L.), 

 Sitophilus granarius (L.), S. oryzae (L.), S. zeamaize Mots. 



Pteromalus distinguendus Foerster, 1840. Beitr. Monog. Pteromalinen, p. 17. <J. 



Pteromalus Calamis Walker 1849. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 3: 207. 9, cJ. 



Pteromalus oryzinus Rondani, 1874. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 6: 131. 



Meraporiis utibilis Tucker, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 341. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1921 (1920). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 22: 239 (syn.). — Waterston, 1921. Roy. 

 Soc, Rept. Grain Pests Com. 9: 9, 13-15 (syn.). — Ruschka, 1921. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 7: 

 463-465 (syn.). -Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 824 (syn.). 



Biology: Hase, 1920 (1919). Gesell. f. Naturf. Freunde, Sitzber., pp. 402-432. — Nakayama, 

 1931. Agr. Expt. Sta., Chosen, Jour. 18: 65.— Smirov and Polejaev, 1937. Zool. Zhur 16: 

 999-1012. -Pechuman, 1937. Jour. Econ. Ent. 30: 563. —Bare, 1942. Jour. Econ. Ent. 35: 

 185. — McNay, 1954. Ent. Soc. Ont., Ann. Rpt. 84: 149. — Kashef, 1956 (1955). Soc. Ent. de 

 France, Ann. 124: 58-88. —Kashef, 1959. Soc. Ent. Egypte, Bui. 43: 171. —Kashef, 1961. 

 Ztschr. f. Parasitenk. 21 65-70. —Kashef, 1964. Behaviour 23: 31-42. — Gonen and Kugler, 

 1970. Israel Jour. Ent. 5: 133-140. —Van den Assem, 1971. Arch. Neerland Zool. 21 

 372-402. 



Morphology: Kashef, 1954. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. 59: 93-96 (immature stages). 

 dryorhizoxeni (Ashmead). Pa., Fla. Ecology: Emerges from root gall on live oak formed by 

 Belonocneyjia (=Dryorhizoxenus) treatae Mayr. 

 Macroglenes dryorhizoxeni Ashmead, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 133. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1951. Canad. Ent. 83: 175. 

 texanus Crawford. S. C, Ga., Miss., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Hawaii. Host: Algarobius prosopis 



(Lee), Anthonomus grandis Boh., Callosobruchus maculatus (F.), Mimosestes sallaei 

 (Sharp). 

 Lariophagus texanus Crawford, 1909. Ent. Soc. Wash. Proc. 11: 51. 9, S. 



Biology: Pierce et ai, 1912. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 100: 42, 52-62. — Bissell, 1940. 

 Jour. Econ. Ent. 33: 845. —Hinckley, 1960. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc 17: 267. —Hinckley, 

 1961. Ecology 42: 529. 



Genus SYSTELLOGASTER Gahan 



Systellogaster Gahan, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 209. 



Type-species: Systellogaster ovivora Gahan. Orig. desig. 

 ovivora Gahan. Que., Pa., Ohio, Md., 111., Okla. Host: Blatta orientalis L., Parcoblatta 

 pennsylvanica (DeG.). 

 Systellogaster ovivora Gahan, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 53: 209. 9,6. 



Biology: Edmunds, 1953. Ent. News 64: 228-230. — Judd, 1955. Canad. Ent. 87: 98-99. —Roth 

 and Willis, 1960. Smithsn. Misc. Coll. 141: 248. 



Genus TRIMEROMICRUS Gahan 



Trimeromicnis Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 161. 



Type-species: Trimeromicnis maculatus Gahan. Orig. desig. 

 maculatus Gahan. III., Mo., S. Dak., Nebr., Kans., Okla., Tex., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., 



Wash., Oreg., Calif.; Mexico. Host: Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Payk.), Smicronyx fulvus 

 (Lee); Asphondylia websteri Felt; Bruchopkagus sp. 

 Trimeromicnis tnaculatus Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 162. 9, 6. 



Biology: Gahan, 1919. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 12: 165-166. — Urbahns, 1919. Jour. Agr. Res. 16: 

 172-173. -Urbahns, 1920. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 812: 18. — McLeod, 1953. Ent. Soc Brit. 



