Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 869 



paya Burks. Ga., 111., Mo., Kans., Tex., Calif. 



Ceratosmicra paya Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 348. 9, 6. 

 provancheri Burks. Mass., Pa. 



Cemtosniicra provaucheri Burks, 1968. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 70: 171. 9. 



Subfamily BRACHYMERIINAE 



Taxonomy: Steffan, 1950. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. 55: 146-150 (tribal classification). 

 -Steffan, 1950. Paris Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Bui. (2) 22: 596-602 (tribal classification). 

 — Steffan, 1956. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. 61: 238-242 (generic list with synonymy). 

 —Steffan, 1959. Mus. Natl. Pragae, Acta Ent. 33: 288 (key to tribes). — Habu, 1960. Natl. 

 Inst. Agr. Sci. Japan, Bui. (C) 11: 140-141 (key to tribes). 



Genus ACANTHOCHALCIS Cameron 



Genus ACANTHOCHALCIS Subgenus ACANTHOCHALCIS Cameron 



Acanihochalch Cameron, 1884. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 1, p. 100. 

 Type-species: Acanthochalcis nigricans Cameron. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Girault, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 193-194. —Steffan, 1959. Mus. Natl. 

 Pragae, Acta Ent. 33: 307. 



nigricans Cameron. Kans., Okla., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. 



Acantltoclmlcis nigricana Cameron, 1884. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 1, p. 100. 9. 



Genus ACANTHOCHALCIS Subgenus BELOCHALCIS Steffan 



Acanthochalcis subg. Belochalcis Steffan, 1959. Mus. Natl. Pragae, Acta Ent. 33: 308. 

 Type-species: Aca)ithoclialcis iinispinosa Girault. Monotypic. 

 unispinosa Girault. Tex., Ariz., Calif. This species is probably the largest one in the 

 Chalcidoidea. 

 Aca7ithochalcis unispinosa Girault, 1917. New Chalcid Flies, p. 5. 



Genus PHASGONOPHORA Westwood 



Phasgonophora Westwood, 1832. In Griffith, Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 15 (Insecta 2), p. 

 432, pi. 77, fig. 2. 



Type-species: Phasgonophora sulcata Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Phasganophora Sichel, 1865. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (4) 5: 347. Emend. 

 sulcata Westwood. N. B., Maine, N. H., s. to Fla., w. to Greg., Calif. Host: Agrilus anxiiis 

 Gory, A. bilineafus (Weber), C hrysobothris fernorata (Olivier). 

 Phasgonophora sulcata Westwood, 1832. hi Griffith, Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 15 (Insecta 



2), p. 432. 9. 

 Sniicra gigantea Ashmead, 1881. Canad. Ent. 13: 90. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 351 (gigantea Ashm.). 



Biology: Blackman and Stage, 1924. N. Y. State Col. Forestry, Syracuse Univ., Tech. Pub. 17: 

 19, 22, 25. —Rhodes, 1924. In Blackman and Stage, N. Y. State Col. Forestry, Syracuse 

 Univ., Tech. Pub. 17: 188. -Hoffman, 1940. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 35: 63. —Nash et a/., 

 1951. Maine Forest Serv., Bui. 15: 40. —Barter, 1957. Canad. Ent. 89: 32. 



Genus TRIGONURA Sichel 



Phasganopliora subg. Trigonura Sichel, 1865. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (4) 5: 347, 358, 

 376. 



Type-species: Phasganophora (Trigoniira) crassicauda Sichel. Monotypic. 

 Bactrochalcis Kieffer, 1912 (1911). Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 80: 463. 



Type-species: Bactrochalcis reticulata Kieffer. Monotypic. 

 Centrochalcis Cameron, 1913. Indian Forest Rec. 4: 92. Preocc. by Cameron, 1905. 



Type-species: Centrochalcis ruficaudis Cameron. Monotypic. 



