Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 889 



Genus ZAISCHNOPSIS Ashmead 



hcliHopnis Ashmead, 1896. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 16. Preocc. by Walsingham, 1881. 



Type-species: Isclinopais ophthahuica Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 ZaiachnopaiH Ashmead, 1904. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 6: 126. N. name. 



schwarzii (Ashmead). Fla. 



Charitopim schwarzii Ashmead, 1896. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 11. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1951. Canad. Ent. 83: 172. 



Genus ENCYRTASPIS Ashmead 



Encyrtaspia Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 290, 492. 



Type-species: Encyrtanpis brasilienniti Ashmead. Monotypic. 



Revision: Gahan, 1943. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 94: 363-369. 

 californica (Ashmead). N. Mex., Calif. Host: Anarsia lineatella Zell., Evetria sp. 

 Tineobius califoniicun Ashmead. 1896. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 15. 9. 



laticeps (Brues). Tex. 



Anastatits laticeps Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 107. 9. 

 semirufa Gahan. N. Y., s. to Fla., w. to La., Tex., Ariz. Host: Gmpholitha ))iolesfa (Busck), 

 Laetilia coccidivoni (Comst.); Macroce)itnis aiicylivorus Roh. 



Encyrtaspis seniiruftis Gahan, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 71 (4): 10. 9, S. 



Biology: Haeussler, 1930. Jour. Agr. Res. 41: 366. -Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 

 1265: 101-102. 



Genus LECANIOBIUS Ashmead 



Lecaniobius Ashmead, 1896. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 8, 17. 



Type-species: Lecaiiiobitts cockerellii Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Zalophofhrix Crawford, 1908. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 9: 156. 



Type-species: Zaiophothrix ))iiru»i Crawford. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Compere, 1939. Calif. Univ. Pubs., Ent. 7: 79-83. 



Taxonomy: Crawford, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 275. -Gahan, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., 

 Proc. 65 (4): 3-4. -Gahan, 1943. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 94: 339. 

 capitatus Gahan. Tex.; Mexico, Cent. Amer., S. Amer. Host: Ceroplastes sp., Saissetia 

 heniispherica (Targ.-Toz.), S. nigra (Niet.), S. oleae (Oliv.). 

 Lecaniobius capitatus Gahan, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 65 (4): 4-6. 9. 

 cockerellii Ashmead. Fla.; West Indies, Cent, and S. Amer. Host: Saissetia nigra (Niet.), S. 

 oleae (Oliv.); Scutellista cyanea Mots. 

 Lecaniobius cockerellii Ashmead, 1896. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 17. 9. 

 Zaiophothrix mirum Crawford, 1908. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 9: 157. 9. 



Taxonomy: Smith and Compere, 1928. Calif. Univ. Pubs., Ent. 4: 242, 297-301. 

 utilis Compere. Calif.; S. Amer. Introduced from Argentina into Calif., first recovered in 1935. 

 Later introduced from Calif, into Peru and Brazil. Host: Saissetia oleae (Oliv.). 

 Lecaniobius utilis Compere, 1939 (Sept.). Calif. Univ. Pubs., Ent. 7: 79. 9, cJ. 



Biology: Wille, 1937. Lima, Peru, Estac. Expt. Agr. de la Molina, Mem. 9: 121 (manuscript 

 name). —Wille, 1937. Lima, Peru, Estac. Expt. Agr. de la Molina, Informe 42: 4-11 

 (manuscript name). —Wille, 1938. Lima, Peru, Estac. Expt. Agr. de la Molina, Mem. 10: 

 194-196 (manuscript name). —Wille, 1939 (Jan.). Lima, Peru, Estac. Expt. Agr. de la 

 Molina, Mem. 11: 218-219 (manuscript name). —Compere, 1939 (Sept.). Calif. Univ. Pubs., 

 Ent. 7: 79-83 (life history). —Flanders, 1942. Jour. Econ. Ent. 35: 687. —Flanders, 1944. 

 Jour. Econ. Ent. 37: 409. -Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139: 108. 



