Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 791 



phloeotribi (Ashmead). Conn., N. J., Va. Host: Chramesus hicoriae Lee, Lixus musculus Say, 

 Phloeotribiis frontalis (Oliv.), Pseiidopityophthonis minutissimus (Zimm.)- 

 Secedes phloeotribi Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 233. ?, 6. 



Biology: Chittenden, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 78. 



Genus ORMOCERUS Walker 



Omiocenis Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 168. 



Type-species: Oniioceriis vernalis Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Horntocenis Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 59, 60. Emend. 

 Terobia Foerster, 1878. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verh. 35: 64. 



Type-species: Terobia dispila F.oerster. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Delucchi, 1955. Soc. Roy. Ent. de Belg., Mem. 27: 175 (syn.). —Peck, 1963. Canad. 



Ent., Sup. 30: 903 (N. Amer. spp. unplaced). 

 flora Girault. Fla. 



Terobia flora Girault, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 216. 9, 6. 

 vulgaris Ashmead. Alaska. 



Terobia vulgaris Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 144. 9,6. 



Genus PARASYNTOMOCERA Girault 



Parasyntoynocera Girault, 1917. Chalcidoidea Nova Marilandensis II, p. 2. 

 Type-species: Parasyntomocera hillmeadia Girault. Orig. desig. 

 hillmeadia Girault. Md. 



Parasyntomocera hillmeadia Girault, 1917. Chalcidoidea Nova Marilandensis II, p. 2. 9. 



Genus ERIXESTUS Crawford 



Erixestus Crawford, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 38: 87. 



Type-species: Erixestus wiiuiemaiia Crawford. Monotypic. 

 winnemana Crawford. Que., Md., Va. Ecology: An egg parasite. Host: Calligrapha bigsbyana 

 (Kby.), C. scalaris (Lee). 

 Erixestus ivinnemana Crawford, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 38: 88. 9, i. 



Biology: Daviault, 1941. Nat. Canad. 68: 106-107. 



Genus SYSTASIS Walker 



Systasis Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 228, 296. 



Type-species: Systasis encyrtoides Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Syntasis Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 274, 275. Misspelling. 

 diplosidis Eckel. Mass., Fla., Miss., Ohio, Mich., Wis., Calif. Host: Cecidomyia resinicola (0. S.), 

 C. resinicoloides Will. 

 Syntasis diplosidis Eckel, 1903. Ent. News 14: 283. 9. 



Biology: Williams, 1909. Ent. News 20: 7 (Syjitasis). 



Morphology: Eckel, 1902. Ent. News 14: 283, pi. xiv (larva, adult). 

 encyrtoides Walker. Wis., Alaska, Oreg.; Europe. Host: Contarinia sp. Numerous dipterous 

 hosts recorded in Palearctic literature. 

 Systasis encyrtoides Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 296. 9, J. 

 Tridymus punctatus Ratzeburg, 1852. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 3, p. 227. 

 Hormocerus impletus Walker, 1872. Notes on Chalcid. pt. 6, p. 96. 9. 

 Systasis longicomis Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, p. 204. 9. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. Sup. 16: 261 (syn.; types). 



Biology: Parnell, 1963. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 115: 271-272. — Ferron, 1964. Ann. des 

 Epiphyt. (C) 15: 277. — Kralovic, 1964. Biologia Bratislava 19: 265. 



Morphology: Solinas, 1965. Entomologica [Bari] 1: 248 (immature stages). 



