784 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Mesopeltita Ghesquiere, 1946. Rev. de Zool. et de Bot. Africaines 39: 370. N. name. 

 atrocyanea (Masi). Tex.; Cent, and So. Amer., West Indies, East Indies. Host: Saissetia sp. 

 Mesopeltis atrocyanea Masi, 1917. Novitates Zool. 24: 197. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Waterston, 1917. Bui. Ent. Res. 7: 252-257. 



Biology: Compere, 1940. Hilgardia 13: 414-415. 



Genus SCUTELLISTA Motschulsky 



Scutellista Motschulsky, 1859. Etudes Ent. 8: 172, 177. 



Type-species: Scutellista cyanea Motschulsky. Monotypic. 

 Aspidocoris Costa, 1863. Accad. Aspiranti Nat. Napoli, Ann. (3) 3: 25. 



Type-species: Aspidocoris cyaneus Costa. Monotypic. 

 Enargopelte Foerster, 1878. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 35: 62. 

 Type-species: Enargopelte obscura Foerster. Monotypic. 

 cyanea Motschulsky. Del., s. to Fla., w. to CaHf.; Cosmopolitan. Living material imported from 

 Italy in 1895, cultured in D. C, and liberated in La. in 1898. Another introduction from 

 South Africa into Calif, was carried out in 1901. Both were successful, and cyanea is 

 now so common in North America it is often assumed to be native. Host: Ceroplastes 

 cirripediformis Comst., C.floridensis Comst., Coccus hesperidum L., Lecanium comi 

 Bche., Phenacoccus arteynisiae Ehrh., Saissetia coffeae (Walk.), S. yiigra (Nietn.), S. 

 oleae (Bern.). 

 Encyrtus caeruleus Fonscolombe, 1832. Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. (1) 26: 304. 

 Scutellista cyanea Motschulsky, 1859. Etudes Ent. 8: 172. 9, c?. Although caeruleus 

 Fonscolombe has priority, Graham, 1969 (Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.,) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 76), 

 intends to submit an application to the International Commission to have it suppressed, 

 in view of the very large volume of literature there is that uses the name cyanea 

 Motschulsky. 



Biology: Marlatt, 1901. U. S. Dept. Agr., Yearbook for 1900, pp. 274-275. —Howard, 1903. U. 

 S. Dept. Agr., Ann. Rpt., for 1902, pp. 228-229. -Marlatt, 1904. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent. 

 Bui. (n. s.) 44: 50-56. — Ehrhorn, 1905. Calif. State Comnr. Hort., Monthly Cir., November, 

 pp. 2-6. -Martelli, 1908. Lab. Zool. Gen. e. Agr. Portici, Bol. 2: 226, 238, 246. -Quayle, 



1910. Jour. Econ. Ent. 3: 446-451. —Howard and Fiske, 1911. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. 

 Bui. 91: 31-33. —Quayle, 1911. Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 214: 456-459. —Quayle and Rust, 



1911. Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 223: 179-183. -Essig, 1913. Calif. State Comn. Hort, 

 Monthly Bui. 2: 118-119, 270-271. —Essig, 1915. Calif. State Comn. Hort., Monthly Bui. 4: 

 Sup. pp. 152, 154, 374. —Smith, 1916. Jour. Econ. Ent. 9: 479-481. —Smith, 1921. Jour. 

 Econ. Ent. 14: 349. —Essig, 1926. Ins. Western N. Amer., p. 825. —Smith and Compere, 

 1928. Univ. CaHf. Pubs. Ent. 4: 241-245, 322-332. -Essig, 1931. Hist, of Ent., pp. 335-337, 

 360, 388. -Quayle, 1932. Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 542: 43. -Smith, 1933. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 26: 523-525. —Compere, 1937. Bui. Ent. Res. 28: 51. —Smith, 1944. Hilgardia 

 16: 281. -Woglum et al., 1947. Jour. Econ. Ent. 40: 818-819. -Flanders, 1953 (1952). Ent. 

 Soc. Amer., Ann. 45: 544-547. —Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139: 108. 

 —Flanders, 1958. Jour. Econ. Ent. 51: 247. —Flanders, 1959. Jour. Econ Ent. 52: 596-597. 

 -Gaxho, 1960. Tirana U. Shtet., Bui. Ser. 14: 55. -Talhouk, 1961. Entomophaga 6: 208. 



— Inserra, 1968. Entomologica 4: 45-77. — Nuzzaci, 1969. Entomologica 5: 9-36, 127-138. 



Morphology: Mercet, 1910. Real Acad. Ci. Madrid, Rev. 9: 185-191 (larva, pupa). —Parker, 

 1924. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 93: 371 (larva, egg). — Balachowsky and Mesnil, 1935. Ins. 

 Nuisables Plantes Cult., v. 1, p. 572 (larva). — Domenichini, 1953. Bol. Zool. Agr. e Bach. 

 Univ. Milano 19: 258 (gaster). 



Genus TOMOCERODES Girault 



Tomocerodes Girault, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 246. 



Type-species: Tomocerodes aniericana Girault. Monotypic. 

 americana Girault. Ariz.; Mexico. Host: Lecayiodiaspis prosopidis (Mask.). 

 Tomocerodes aniericana Girault, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 247. 9, 6. 



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