786 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus HYPERIMERUS Girault 



Hyperimerus Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. Ill, p. 5. 



Type-species: Hyperimerus corvus Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Mespilon Graham, 1957. Ent. Monthly Mag. 92: 406. 



Type-species: Mespilon exiguum Graham. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1967. In Krombein and Burks, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, Sup. 2: 

 251, 255 (Torymidae). — Boucek, 1965. Mus. Natl. Pragae, Acta Ent. 36: 549 (syn.). 

 —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 78, 83 (Pteromalidae). 

 corvus Girault. Calif.; Mexico. Host: Chrysopa sp., Hemerobius sp., Sympherobius sp. Closely 

 associated with Pseudococcus in its native environment. 

 Hyperimerus corvus Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid Variorum Cum. Observ. Ill, p. 

 5. 9. 



Subfamily PANSTENONINAE 



Taxonomy: Erdos, 1955. Mus. Natl. Hung., Ann. Hist. Nat. (n. s.) 6: 296. —Graham, 1969. 

 Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 92. 



Genus PANSTENON Walker 



Panstenon Walker, 1846. List Hym. Brit. Mus. Chalcid. v. 1, p. 29. 



Type-species: Miscogaster oxyius Walker. Monotypic. 

 Caxidonia Walker, 1850. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 5: 125. 



Type-species: Caudonia agylla Walker. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1957. In Kerrich and Graham, Soc. Brit. Ent., Trans. 12: 276 (syn.). 

 columbianum Ashmead. D. C. 



Panstenon Columbiana Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 231. 9. 



Genus BRACHYCAUDONIA Ashmead 



Brachycaudonia Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 283, 285. 



Type-species: Brachycaudonia califomica Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 californica Ashmead. Calif. 



Brachycaudonia califomica Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 282, 368. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan and Peck, 1946. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 36: 315. 



Subfamily MISCOGASTERINAE 

 Tribe SPHEGIGASTERINI 



Genus SPHEGIGASTER Spinola 



Sphegigaster Spinola, 1811. Paris Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Ann. 17: 149. 



Type-species: Diplolepis pallicomis Spinola. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 

 Trigonogastra Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 330, 331. 



Type-species: Trigonogastra aurata Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1958. Bol. Zool. Agr. e di Bach. (2) 1: 56 (syn.). 

 aurata (Ashmead). Mich., Mont. 



Trigonogastra aurata Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 330. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan and Peck, 1946. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 36: 317 (type). 

 flavicornis (Walker). B. C; Europe. Introduced from England into B. C. in mid 1930's; 

 recovered 1939. Host: Phytomyza ilicis Curtis. 

 Merismus flaviconiis Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 377. 6. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 136 (Diplolepis 

 pallicornis Spinola, 1808, might prove to be the same). 



