Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 909 



Biol. Control, pp. 74-75, 181, 186. -DeBach, 1974. Biol. Control by Nat. Enem., pp. 179, 



180, 181. 

 perspicuipennis Girault. 111. 



Prospaltella per.spiciiipenuis Girault, 1910. N. Y. Ent. See, Jour. 18 (4): 234-236. 9. 

 quercicola Howard. Calif. Ecology: Aleuroplatus coro7iatus (Quaint.), A. gelatinostis (Ckll.). 



Prospaltella quercicola Howard, 1908. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 1 (4): 282, 284. 9. 



Tribe ERIAPORINI 

 Genus MYIOCNEMA Ashmead 



Myiocnenia Ashmead, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32 (11): 349. 



Type-species: Myiooiema CoDiperei Ashmead. Monotypic. 



Myiocnema is a monotypic genus found in the Oriental and Australian regions. It has been 

 propagated in the laboratory in North America and may have become established here. 



compere! Ashmead. Calif. Introduced, possibly established. Host: Parasaissetia nigra (Nietn.). 

 Myiocnema Comperei Ashmead, 1900. Canad. Ent. 32 (11): 349. 9. 



Tribe PTEROPTRICINI 



Genus ARCHENOMUS Howard 



Arclienotnus Howard, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4 (2): 136-137. 



Type-species: Arclienontus bicolor Howard. Monotypic. 

 Pteroptrichoidea FuUaway, 1913. Hawaii. Sugar Planters' Assoc. Expt. Sta., Div. Ent., Ann. 

 Rept. 1912, pp. 27-28. 



Type-species: Pteroptriclioides perkinsi Fullaway. Orig. desig. 

 Psezidopteroptrix Fullaway, 1918. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 3 (5): 464. 



Type-species: Pseudopteroptrix iniitatrix Fullaway. Monotypic. 



Less than 15 species of Archenomus are known. They are parasites of armored scale insects. 



bicolor Howard. Va. s. to Ga., Ohio, Oreg. Host: Aspidiotus sp. on sweet gum, 

 Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targ.-Tozz.). 

 Archenomus bicolor Howard, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4 (2): 137-138. 6, 9. 



Biology: Sorokina, 1971. Ent. Rev. 50 (3): 310, 315, 316. 

 imitatrix (Fullaway). Fla. Adventive. Host: Howardia biclavis (Comst.). 



Pseudopteroptrix imitatrix Fullaway, 1918. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc 3 (5): 464. 



Genus ERETMOCERUS Haldeman 



Erefmocerus Haldeman, 1850. Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts (2) 9: 111. 



Type-species: Eretmocerns conii Haldeman. Monotypic. 

 Ricinusa Risbec, 1951. Mem. Inst. Fr. Africa Noire 13: 403. 



Type-species: Rici)iHHa aleyrodipha'ga Risbec. Monotypic 



Eretmocerus contains about 25 species which are found throughout the world, but predomi- 

 nantly in the tropics. They are parasites of whiteflies and some have been important in biological 

 control (see DeBach, 1974). 



Taxonomy: Howard, 1895. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 1: 16. — Mercet, 1931. Eos 7 

 (4): 395-399. -Dozier, 1932. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 34 (7): 112-118. —Compere, 1936. Calif. 

 Univ., Pubs. Ent. 6 (12): 316-321. — Tachikawa, 1962. Shikoku Ent. Soc, Trans. 7 (3): 73. 

 — Yoshimoto, 1965. Pacific Insects 7 (4): 690-691. — Gerling, 1969. Lab. Ent. Agr. Portici, 

 Bol. 27: 79-87. -Gerling, 1970. So. Africa Ent. Soc, Jour. 33 (2): 325-329. — Hayat, 1972. 

 Entomophaga 17 (1): 99-106. —Gerling, 1972. Ent. Ber. 32 (8): 156-161. 



Biology: DeBach, 1974. Biol. Control by Nat. Enem., pp. 140-143, 167, 202. 

 californicus Howard. Calif. Host: Aleyrodes sp. on Quercus agrifolia. 



Eretmocerus californicus Howard, 1895. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 1: 16-17. 6, 



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