Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 949 



Taxonomy: Howard, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40 (7): 239-241. -Risbec, 1954. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, 

 Bui. Ser. A 16 (4): 1070-1071. -Oliver, 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40 (4): 227-230. 



Biology: Doube and Heath, 1975. Jour. Med. Ent. 12 (4): 443-447. 

 hookeri Howard. Mass. s. to Fla. w. to Mont., Idaho, Calif. Host: Deniiacentor andersoni 

 Stiles, D. imriDiiapterus Neum., D. curiabilis (Say), Haeniapliyticilis leporiapalusfris 

 (Pack.), h-o(len deiitafus Marx, /. iintris B. and S., /. scapnlarin Say, Rhipiceplialun 

 satK/iiiiu'Ks (Latr.). 

 HiDiti'irllus Hookni Howard, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40 (7): 241. 6, 9. 

 IxodiplKtijus Cdiiciirtei du Buysson, 1912. Arch, de Parasitol. 15: 246-247. S, 9. 

 Hahwlvpis caniplnia Risbec, 1951. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, Mem. 13: 170-172. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1934. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 36 (6): 89-97. — Quaraishi, 1958. Amer. 

 Midland Nat. 59 (2): 489-504. 



Biology: Wood, 1911. Jour. Econ. Ent. 4 (5): 425-431. — Cooley, 1927. Mont. State Bd. Ent., 

 Bien. Rpt. 6: 15-17. —Cooley and Kohls, 1928. Science 67 (1748): 656. —Cooley, 1929 

 (1927-1928). Mont. State Bd. Ent., Bien. Rpt. 7: 10-16; 17-31. -Morton, 1929 (1927-1928). 

 Mont. State Bd. Ent., Bien. Rpt. 7: 32-35. -Parker and Butler, 1929 (1927-1928). Mont. 

 State Bd. Ent., Bien. Rpt. 7: 35-38. —Cooley, 1930. Mont. State Bd. Ent., Bien. Rpt. 8: 

 Hi-25. -Cooley and Kohls, 1934. Fifth Pacific Sci. Cong., Proc. B. 5: 3375-3381. -Bishopp, 

 1938. U. S. Dept. Agr., Cir. 478: 23. -Smith and Cole, 1943. Jour. Econ. Ent. 36 (4): 

 569-572. -Ushakova, 1962. Kazan Inst. Zool. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Trudy 16: 183-185. 



Genus IXODIPHAGUS Howard 



Ixodiphaoii.s Howard, 1907. Ent. News 18 (9): 377. 



Type-species: Ixodiphagiin texanuN Howard. Monotypic. 



Ixodipliagus is apparently a monotypic genus distributed throughout the Holarctic Region. 

 The type-species parasitizes tick nymphs. 



Taxonomy: Hoffer, 1963. Mus. Nat. Pragae, Acta Ent. 35: 591. 

 texanus Howard. Mass., Minn. w. to Idaho, Tex. Host: Deniiacentor variabilis (Say), 



Haeiiiapliysalis ieporispaliistris (Pack.), Ixodes cookei Pack., /. dentatus Marx, /. 

 scapularis Say, Rliipicephaliis saiiguiiiens (Latr.). 

 Ixodipliagus texanus Howard, 1907. Ent. News 18 (9): 376, 377-378. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1934. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 36 (6): 89-97. —Quaraishi, 1958. Amer. 

 Midland Nat. 59 (2): 502. 



Biology: Larson, 1937. Jour. Parasitol. 24: 496-498. —Larson and Green, 1938. Jour. Parasitol. 

 24: 363-368. -Smith et al., 1946. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 905: 72. 



Tribe MICROTERYINI 



Genus AGROMYZAPHAGUS Gahan 



Agroinijzaphagns Gahan, 1912. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 14 (1): 6-7. 



Type-species: Agroiiujzaphagus detrinientosns Gahan. Orig. desig. 



This monotypic genus is Holarctic. It parasitizes flies of the genus Leucopis. 



Taxonomy: Mercet, 1926. Eos 2 (4): 317. — Trjapitzin, 1968. Vses. Ent. Obshch., Trudy 52: 

 65-66. 

 detrimentosus Gahan. Md. w. to Wis., Utah, Calif. Host: Leucopis nigricornis Egger?, L. sp. on 

 plum. 

 Agroinijzapliagus detrimentosus Gahan, 1912. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 14 (1): 7. cJ, 9. 



Genus APHIDENCYRTUS Ashmead 



Aphidencyrtus Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 340, 347, 398. 



Type-species: Encyrtus aphidiphagus Ashmead. Orig. desig. The type-species is 

 considered a synonym oi Encyrtus aphidivorus Mayr. 



