Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 871 



Type-species: TinnidkoxeUa nigricoxa Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Tuniidicoxokles Girault, 1913. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 79A (6): 86. 



Type-species: Tuniidicoxoides ktirandae^isis Girault. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Habu, 1960. Natl. Inst. Agr. Sci. Japan, Bui. (C) 11: 144 (changed from genus to 

 subgenus). 

 aeca Burks. N. S., Que., Maine, s. to Fla., w. to B. C, N. Me.x. Host: Chaetopltlepsis sp. 



Probably parasitize other Tachinidae that parasitize Lepidoptera or Tenthredinidae. 

 Bmchijnievia {Bracliipiieria) aeca Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 242. 9, 6. 



alexinus (Walker). Ga. 



Perilaiiipus alexhttts Walker, 1846. List. Hym. Brit. Mus., Chalcid., v. 1, p. 89. 6. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 164 (transferred to 

 Bnicliy}iierki). 

 belfragei (Crawford). Tex.; Mexico, Cent. Amer. 



Chalcis belfragei Crawford, 1910 (1909). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 205. 9. 

 coloradensis (Cresson). N. H., Ont., s. to Fla., w. to B. C, Calif.; Holarctic. Ecology: Oviposit 

 on the wing in grasshoppers containing sarcophagid or tachinid parasites. Host: 

 Blaenoxipha luttiteri (Hough), B. keliyi (Aid.), Ceracia dentata (Coq.). 

 Chalcis feniorata Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 143. 9. Preocc. by 



Panzer, 1801. 

 Chalcis coloradensis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 60. 6. 

 Chalcis Dahinnnii (!) Thomson, 1875. Hym. Scand., v. 4, p. 17. 6, 9. N. name for femorata 



Dalman. 

 Chalcis iachinae Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 8, 32, 36. 9. 



Biology: Burks, 1941. 111. State Acad. Sci., Trans. 33: 208. -Smith, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 

 29-32. -Smith, 1957. Canad. Jour. Res. 36: 258. -Spencer, 1958. Tenth Internatl. Ent. 

 Cong., Proc. 4: 497. -Nikolskaja, 1960. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Zool. Inst., Trudy 27: 222. 

 — Steffan, 1962. Fragmenta Ent. 4: 23. —Smith, 1965. Canad. Jour. Zool. 43: 187. 

 — Huggans and Blickenstaff, 1966. Mo. Agr. Expt. Sta., Res. Bui. 903: 36. 

 comitator (Walker). N. Y., N. J., Fla., Tex.; Mexico, s. to Brazil. An adventive species, always 

 brought in in bananas. Host: Ceraniidia sp., C. bittleri (Moesch.), C. viridis (Druce). 

 Chalcis comitator Walker, 1862. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. (3) 1: 350. 6. 



Biology: Harrison, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 284 (both primary and secondary parasite). 

 compsilurae (Crawford). Maine, Ont., s. to N. C, w. to Man., Mont, Colo., N. Mex., B. C, Oreg. 

 Host: Blepharipa scutellata (R.-D.), Carcelia amplexa (Coq.), C. laxifrons Vill, 

 Conipsilura concinnata (Meig.), Euphorocera claripennis (Macq.), E. edwardsii (Will), 

 Exorista larvaruvi (L.), Leschenaultia fuivipes (Bigot), Lespesia aletia (Riley), L. 

 frenchii (Will.), Parasetigena agilis (R.-D.), Petatachina peliucida Coq., 

 Townsettdielloinyia nidicola (Tns.). 

 Chalcis compsilurae Crawford, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 41: 272. 9, 6. 



Biology: Dowden, 1935. Jour. Agr. Res. 50: 495-523. —Salt, 1941. Cambridge Phil. Soc, Biol. 



Rev. 16: 253-255. —Flanders, 1944. Jour. Econ. Ent. 37: 409-410. — Kulman and Hodson, 



1961. Jour. Econ. Ent. 54: 221. —Dixon and Benjamin, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 267. 

 fonscolombei (Dufour). N. J., s. to Fla., w. to 111., Mo., Kans., Colo., Ariz., Calif.; world-wide, in 

 all faunal regions. Host: Blaesoxipha iinpar (Aid.), B. plinthopyga (Wied.), Calliphora 

 coloradensis Hough, Cochlioniyia ntacellaria {¥.), Liicilia illustris (Meig.), Orchellia 

 caesarion (Meig.), Phaenicia niexicana (Macq.), P. sericata (Meig.), Phorrnia regina 

 (Meig.), Sarcophaga sp., S. haemorrhoidalis (Fall.), Synthesionnjia midiseta (Wulp). 



Chalcis podagrica Fonscolombe, 1832. Ann. des Sci. Nat. 26: 277. Preocc. by Fabricius, 

 1787. 



Chalcis Fonscolombei Dufour, 1841. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 10: 12. N. name. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1936. 111. State Acad. Sci., Trans. 29: 254 (lectotype). -Gahan, 1942. U. S. 

 Natl. Mus., Proc. 92: 49 (redescription). 



