Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 895 



lepidosaphes Compere. Fla., Tex., Calif. Host: Lepidosaphes beckii (Newm.). 



Aphytis lepidosapheti Compere, 1955. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 10 (4): 279, 307. c^, 9. 



Taxonomy: Quednau, 1964. So. Africa Ent. Soc, Jour. 27 (1): 93 (key), 107. 



Biology: DeBach, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52 (4): 354-362. —Dean, 1961. Ent. Soc. Amer., 

 Ann. 54 (6): 918-920. -DeBach and Landi, 1961. Hilgardia 31 (14): 459-497. -DeBach and 

 Argyriou, 1967. Entomophaga 12 (4): 325-342. — Huffaker, 1971. Biol. Control, pp. 130-131, 

 171, 462. 

 lingnanensis Compere. Fla., Tex., Calif. Host: Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.), A. citriua (Coq.) (in 

 lab.), Aspidiotiis iierii Bouche, Diaspis ecliinocacti (Bouche) (in lab.). 

 Aphytin liHguaneHaiii Compere, 1955. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 10 (4): 279, 303-305. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: DeBach, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann-. 52 (4): 356, 357, 359 (key), 360. —Quednau, 



1964. So. Africa Ent. Soc, Jour. 27 (1): 93 (key), 107. -Rao and DeBach, 1969. Hilgardia 39 

 (19): 515-567. 



Biology: van den Bosch and Messenger, 1973. Biol. Control, pp. 77. —DeBach et al., 1956. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 49 (3): 235-239 (as Aphytis "A"). —DeBach and White, 1960. Calif. 

 Agr. Exp. Sta., Bui. 770, 58 pp. -DeBach and Sisojevic, 1960. Ecology 41 (1): 153-160. 

 -Gordh and DeBach, 1976. Canad. Ent. 108 (6): 583-589. —Huffaker, 1971. Biol. Control, 

 pp. 74-75, 85, 89, 170-171, 180-186. 



maculicornis (Masi). Calif. Host: Parlatoria oleae (Colvee). 



Aphelinus niaculicomis Masi, 1911. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 5 (4): 158-159. 9. 



Taxonomy: Doutt, 1954. Jour. Econ. Ent. 47 (1): 39-40. —Hafez and Doutt, 1954. Canad. Ent. 

 86 (2): 90-96. — Sugonyayev, 1962. Akad. Nauk SSSR Izv., ser. Biol. 5: 755. —Ahmad and 

 Ghani, 1971. Bui. Ent. Res. 61 (1): 69-74. — Khasimuddin and DeBach, 1976. Entomophaga 

 21 (1): 81-92. 



Biology: Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139: 6, 33, 82. -Huffaker et al., 1962. 

 Hilgardia 32 (13): 541-636. -Huffaker and Kennett, 1966. Hilgardia 37 (9): 283-335. 

 -Huffaker, 1971. Biol. Control, pp. 30-31, 42, 48, 73, 118, 129, 172-179. -Khasimuddin and 

 DeBach, 1975. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 68 (5): 893-896. 

 melanostictus Compere. Calif. Host: Quadraspidiotus juglansregiae (Comst.). 



Aphytis melanostictus Compere, 1955. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 10 (4): 278, 287. 6, 9. 

 melinus DeBach. Calif. Host: Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.), A. citrina (Coq.) (in lab.), Diaspis 

 echinocacti (Bouche) (in lab.), Hemiberlesia lataniae (Sign.). 

 Aphytis melinus DeBach, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52 (4): 359, 361-362. 6, 9. 



Taxonomy: Quednau, 1964. So. Africa Ent. Soc, Jour. 27 (1): 93 (key), 114-115. —Quednau, 



1965. So. Africa Agr. Sci., Jour. 8: 43-56. -Rao and DeBach, 1969. Hilgardia 39 (19): 

 515-567. 



Biology: DeBach and Landi, 1959. Calif. Agr. 13: 9. —DeBach and Sundby, 1963. Hilgardia 34 

 (5): 105-166. -Quednau, 1964. So. Africa Agr. Sci., Jour. 7: 335-340. -Huffaker, 1971. Biol. 

 Control, pp. 75, 89, 120, 180, 184-186, 188, 190, 464. -Sternlicht, 1973. Entomophaga 18 (4): 

 339-342. -McLaren and Buchanan, 1973. Austral. Jour. Zool. 21 (1): 111-117. 

 -Abdelrahman, 1974. Austral. Jour. Zool. 22 (2): 203-247. 

 mytilaspidis (LeBaron). Cosmopolitan. Host: Aspidiottis nerii Bouche, Aulacaspis rosae 



(Bouche), Canilaspis juniperi (Bouche), Chionaspis furfura (Fitch), C. salicisnigrae 

 (Walsh), C. heterophyllae Cooley, C. pinifoliae (Fitch), Dynaspidiotus britannicus 

 (Newst.), Lepidosaphes ulmi (L.), Lepidosaphes sp. on Ptelea trifoliata, Parlatoria 

 blanchardi (Targ.-Tozz.), Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Sign.), Quadraspidiotus juglansregiae 

 (Comst.), Q. ostraeaformis (Curt.), Q. peniiciosus (Comst.). Aphytis mytilaspidis is 

 noteworthy in that it has an arrhenotokous and a thelytokous form. Moreover, Rossler 

 and DeBach (1973) have shown that thelytokous females are capable of utilizing sperm 

 of males from an arrhenotokous population. 

 Aphelinus viytilaspidis LeBaron, 1870. Amer. Ent. and Bot. 2: 360. 9. 



Taxonomy: Compere, 1955. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 10 (4): 309-310. —DeBach and Azim, 1962. 

 Mushi 36 (1): 1-8. —Rossler and DeBach, 1972. Entomophaga 17 (4): 391-423. —Rossler 



