Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 785 



Subfamily ASAPHINAE 

 Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 77-78. 



Genus ASAPHES Walker 



Asaphes Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 151. 



Type-species: Asaphes vulgaris Walker. Monotypic. 

 IsocratuH Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 53, 58. N. name, unnecessarily proposed; 



Asaphes preocc. in Botany. 

 Parectronia Brethes, 1913. Buenos Aires Mus. Nac. de Hist. Nat., An. 24: 91. 



Type-species: Parectronia liuebriclii Brethes. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: De Santis, 1960. Fac. Agron., Revista (3) 36: 113 (syn.). 

 californicus Girault. Colo., Utah, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Aphelinus sp., Aphidius sp., Praon 

 sp., Trioxys pallidus (Hal.). 

 Asaphes californicus Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. V, p. 1. 



9. 



Biology: van den Bosch et al., 1962. Jour. Econ. Ent. 55: 861. 

 lucens (Provancher). N. B., Que., Ont., s. to Fla., w. to B. C. and Calif. Host: Aphelinus sp., 

 Aphidius phorodontis Ashm., A. polygonaphis (Fitch), Diaretiella rapae (M'Int.), 

 Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cress.), Praon aguti Smith, P. simulans (Prov.), Trioxys utilis 

 Mues. 

 Euplectrus lucens Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 207. 9. 

 Megorismus Fletcheri Crawford, 1909. Canad. Ent. 41: 98. 9, 6. 

 Asaphes americana Girault, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 114. 9, S . 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1964 (1963). Canad. Ent. 95: 1258 (syn.). 



Biology: Spencer, 1926. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 19: 145. — Griswold, 1929. Ent. Soc. Amer., 

 Ann. 22: 449. -Shands ei al., 1955. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 57: 132-135. — Sekhar, 1958. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 51: 1-7. — Pimentel, 1961. Jour. Econ. Ent. 54: 886. — Manglitz and 

 Hill, 1964. Nebr. Agr. Expt. Sta., Res. Bui. 217: 10. —Wage et al., 1965. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Tech. Bui. 1338: 29. 

 rufipes Brues. Maine, Ont., Mass., Conn., N. Y., w. to B. C, Wash. Host: Aphelinus sp., 

 Aphidius sp., Praon sp. 

 Asaphes rufipes Brues, 1908. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 6: 160. 9 . 



Biology: Cardiff, 1915. Wash. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 127: 32. —Shands et al., 1955. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., Proc. 57: 132-135. — Johansen, 1957. Northwest Sci. 31: 72. 

 vulgaris Walker. Greenland; Europe. Host: Aphidius sp., Praon sp., Trioxys sp. There are 



numerous host records for this widespread, common, Palearctic species in the literature; 

 most of them have not been verified. This is probably always a hyperparasite of aphids. 

 Asaphes vulgaris Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 152. 9, <?. 



Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1955. Soc. Roy. Ent. Belg., Mem. 27: 174. —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. 

 (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 78-83. 



Biology: Vukasovic, 1931. Soc. Ent. Jugosl., Acta 5-6: 94-97. —Dunn, 1949. Bui. Ent. Res. 40: 

 103-117. — Evenhuis, 1964. Entomophaga 9: 229. — Broussal, 1968. [Paris] Acad., des Sci., 

 Compt. Rend. (D) 266: 1586. 



Genus BAIRAMLIA Waterston 



Bairamlia Waterston, 1929. Parasitology 21: 103. 



Type-species: Bairamlia fuscipes Waterston. Orig. desig. 

 marylandensis (Girault). Md. 



Pirene marylandensis Girault, 1916. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 11: 88. 9. 



Taxonomy: Waterston, 1929. Parasitology 21: 103. 



