Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 775 



nigriclavus Girault. Fla. 



Cleonyviiis nigriclavus Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. Ill, 

 p. 6. 9. 



Tribe CHALCEDECTINI 



Taxonomy: Steffan, 1968. Entomophaga 13: 209-211. —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 

 Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 36. 



Genus CHALCEDECTUS Walker 



Chalcedectus Walker, 1852. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (2): 10: 47. 



Type-species: Chalcedectus niaculiconiis Walker. Monotypic. 

 Chalcodectus Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, pp. 186, 569. Emend. 

 Chalcedectes Ashmead, 1899. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 201. Emend. 

 Episy stole Girault, 1927. So. Austral. Mus., Rec. 3: 317. 



Type-species: Episystole poeta Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Neochalcodectus Masi, 1936. Soc. Ent. Ital, Bol. 68: 68. 



Type-species: Neochalcodectus si)iaiticus Masi. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Boucek, 1959. Mus. Natl. Pragae, Acta Ent. 33: 568. 

 texanus Brues. Tex. 



Chalcedectes texanus Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 106. 6. 



Genus EUCHRYSIA Westwood 



Euchrysia Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon., p. 139. 



Type-species: Euchrysia cleptidea Westwood. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 



Revision: Girault, 1917. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 12: 14-15. 

 hyalinipennis Ashmead. N. C., Fla., Mo., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. Host: Chrysobothris deleta 

 Lee, C. mali Horn, Oncideres rhodosticta Bates. 

 Euchrysia hyalinipennis Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 231. 9. 

 maculipennis Ashmead. Calif. 



Euchrysia inaciilipeimis Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 232. S. 

 similis Girault. Kans. 



Euchrysia similis Girault, 1917. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 12: 15. 9. 



Tribe TRIGONODERINI 



Taxonomy: Hedqvist, 1968. Ent. Tidskr. 89: 35-63. —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 

 Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 98-123. 



Genus EPISTENIA Westwood 



Epistenia Westwood, 1832. hi Griffith, Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, v. 15 (Insecta, v. 2), p. 

 432. 



Type-species: Epistenia coeruleata Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Dasyglenes Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 173, 174. 



Type-species: Dasyglenes osniiae Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Idiobia Brethes, 1927. Ent. Mitt. 16: 330. 



Type-species: Idiobia schmidti Brethes. Monotypic. 



Revision: Hedqvist, 1968. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 124: 1-8. 

 Taxonomy: Boucek, 1959 (1958). Mus. Natl. Pragae, Acta Ent. 32: 381 (syn.). 

 burksi Hedqvist. Ind., Tex. Ecology: Reared from nest of twig-inhabiting aculeate. 



Epistenia burksi Hedqvist, 1968. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 124: 3. 9, d. 

 coeruleata Westwood. N. Y., N. J., Va., Ga., Fla., Mo., Tex., Ariz., Nev., Calif. Host: Ceratina 

 sp., Ectemnius sp., Isodontia elegans (Smith), Leptochilus republicanus zendaloides 



