Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 787 



Biology: Cameron, 1939. Bui. Ent. Res. 30: 178-180, 192-197. — McLeod, 1954. Ent. Soc. Brit. 

 Columbia, Proc. 50: 22. 



Genus SYNTOMOPUS Walker 



Syntomopus Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 371, 372. 



Type-species: Sy7itomopus thoracicus Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 affinis Ashmead. D. C, 111. 



Syntomopus affinis Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 228. 9. 

 americanus Ashmead. Conn., N. Y., s. to Fla., w. to Oreg., Calif.; Mexico, Cent. Amer. Host: 

 Melanagromyza angelicae (Frost), M. virens (Loew). 

 Sy7itoviopus americanus Ashmead, 1894. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Jour. 17: 51. 9, 6. 



Biology: Lange, 1944. Jour. Econ. Ent. 37: 394-395. 



Genus CYRTOGASTER Walker 



Cyrtogaster Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 317, 381. 



Type-species: Cyrtogaster nifipes Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Dicorvius Foerster, 1841. Beitr. Monog. Pteromalinen, p. 38. 



Type-species: Dicortmis aquisgranensis Foerster. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 55 (syn.). 

 trypherus (Walker). Del., s. to Fla., w. to Calif. Ecology: Common in alfalfa fields. Host: 

 Brachydeutera argentata (Walk.), Drosophila sp. 

 Lampretatus trypherus Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 158. "9" = 6. 

 Cyrtogaster glasgowi Crawford, 1914. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 2: 36. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 161 (syn.). 

 vulgaris Walker. B. C, Wash.; Europe. Ecology: Commonly intercepted in quarantine in living 

 herbaceous vegetation from England, Scotland, and Continental Europe. Introduced 

 from England into B. C. in mid-1930's and recovered. Host: Phytomyza sp., P. ilicis 

 Curtis, P. nigra Meig. 



Cyrtogaster vulgaris Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 382. 9, 6. 



Cyrtogaster thoracica Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 382. 9. 



Cyrtogaster rufipes Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 383. 9,6. 



Cyrtogaster tenuis Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 384. 9. 



Cyrtogaster cingulipes Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 384. 9. 



Dicortmis aquisgranensis Foerster, 1841. Beitr. Monog. Pteromalinen, p. 38. i. 



Lamprotatus Acamas Walker, 1848. List Hym. Brit. Mus., Chalcid., v. 2, pp. 111. 168. 9. 



Cyrtogaster biglobus Foerster, 1861. Progr. Realsch. Aachen 1860-1861, p. 33. 3. 



Sphegigaster degener Walker, 1872. Notes on Chalcid., p. 117. 9. 



Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1955. Soc. Roy. Ent. de Belg., Mem. 27: 174-175 (syn.). —Askew, 1965. 

 Entomophaga 10: 180-181 (syn.). —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 

 142-143 (syn.; types). 



Biology: Cameron, 1939. Bui. Ent. Res. 30: 178-180, 197-199. —Askew, 1965. Entomophaga 

 10: 185-186 (hosts in Europe). —Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 

 143 (hosts in England). 



Genus LOPHOCOMODIA Ashmead 



Lophocomodia Ashmead, 1888. Kans. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 3: App. p. VI. 

 Type-species: Lophocomodia americana Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 americana Ashmead. Kans. 



Lophocomodia americana Ashmead, 1888. Kans. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 3: App. p. VI. S. 



Tribe MISCOGASTERINI 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 149-150 (approx. equal to 

 Lamprotatini of older classifications). 



