Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 789 



Stella Girault. Ariz., Calif. Host: Aciurina maculata (Cole). 



Halticoptera stella Girault, 1917 (May). Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. 



Ill, p. 1. 9. 

 Megorismus poloni Girault, 1917 (June). Psyche 24: 97. 9. 



Genus MERISMUS Walker 



Merisvnis Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 371, 375. 



Type-species: Meri.s)HH.s nifipes Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 rufipes Walker. Va.; Europe. Probably an adventive. 



Merisynus nifipen Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 378. 9. 



Genus SELADERMA Walker 



Seladenna Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 288. 



Type-species: Selademia laetitvi Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 diaeus (Walker). Ont. Ecology: Host probably an agromyzid. 



Lamprotatus Diaeus Walker, 1844. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 14: 16. 9. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 203 (Seladenna). 

 — Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32: 156. 



Biology: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 203 (type labeled, "Bred 

 from pupa of Vanesm cardiii," but that is erroneous and refers to next species in 

 Walker's publication, Pieromalus puparum (L.); true host of diaeus probably an 

 agromyzid). 



Genus BUBEKIA Dalla Torre 



Brachycrepis Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 174, 176. Preocc. by Leconte, 1854. 



Type-species: Brachycrepis tricariyiatus Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Bubekia Dalla Torre, 1897. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 16: 84. N. name. 

 Bubeckia Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 568. Misspelling. 



Revision: Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 114. 

 carolinensis (Ashmead). N. C. 



Acroclisis carolinensis Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 228. 6. 

 fallax Gahan. Ind., Tenn., Iowa, Kans., Okla. Host: Mayetiola destructor (Say), Meromyza 

 aniericana Fitch. 

 Bubekia fallax Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 114-116. 9, 6. 



Biology: Morrill and Kieckhefer, 1971. Jour. Econ. Ent. 64: 1129-1131. 

 lasiopterae (Ashmead). Ohio. Host: Asteroviyia agrostis (0. S.). 



MegorisiHus lasiopterae Ashmead, 1893. Ohio Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Ser., Bui. 1: 160. 6. 



tricarinata (Ashmead). Kans. 



Brachycrepis tricarinattis Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 176. 9. 



Genus PARACAROTOMUS Ashmead 



Paracarotovius Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 335. 



Type-species: Paracarotoinus cephalotes Ashmead. Monotypic. 



cephalotes Ashmead. Va. 



Paracarotovius cephalotes Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 336. 6. 



Genus MISCOGASTER Walker 



Miscogaster Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 371, 458. 



Type-species: Halticoptera hortensis Walker. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 

 Mischogaster Thomson, 1876. Hym. Scand., v. 4, pp. 220, 239. Emend. 



Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1955. Lunds Univ., Arsskr. (n. s.) 50 (20): 6-10, 55-56. 



