Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 911 



citrifolii (Ashmead). Florida. Host: Aleiiroplatus coronatus (Quaint.), A. gelatinosus (CklL), 

 Aleyrodes sp. on Quercus agrifolia. 

 Signiphora Citrifolii Ashmead, 1880. Orange Insects, p. 66. 9. 

 coquilletti Ashmead. N. Y. s. to Fla., Calif. Host: Aleyrodes sp., Diaspis boisduvali Sign. 



Signiphora coquilletti Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 409, 412. 9. 

 flava Girault. Calif. Host: Aspidiotus spinosus Comst., Hemiberlasia rapax (Comst.). 



Signiphora flava Girault, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 45: 213-214. 9. 

 flavella Girault. Fla. w. to Tex. Host: Hemiberlasia lataniae Sign., Aspidiotus sp. 

 Signiphora flavella Girault, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 45: 214-215. 9. 

 Signiphora basilica Girault, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 45: 215. 9. 

 flavopalliata Ashmead. Ga., Fla. w. to La., Calif. Ecology: This species is apparently 



hyperparasitic. Host: Aleyrodes sp., Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.), A. citrijia (Coq.), 

 Chionaspis sp. on Magnolia, Chrysoniphaius dictyosperrui (Morg.), Hemiberlesia 

 lataniae (Sign.), H. rapax (Comst.), Lepidosaphes beckii (Newm.), L. gloveri (Pack.), 

 Prospaltella sp., Pseudaonidia duplex (CklL). 

 Signiphora flavopalliatus Ashmead, 1880. Orange Insects, pp. 29, 31. 9. As flavo-palliatus 

 on p. 31. 



Biology: Muma, 1959. Jour. Econ. Ent. 52 (4): 577-587. —Hughes, 1960. Fla. Ent. 43 (2): 90. 

 louisianae (Dozier). Fla. w. to La. Host: Hemiberlasia lataniae Sign. 



Thysanus louisianae Dozier, 1933. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 35 (6): 100. 6. 

 merceti Malenotti. La., Calif. Host: Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan), Hemiberlesia 

 lataniae (Sign.), H. rapax (Comst.). 

 Signiphora merceti Malenotti, 1917 (1916). Redia 12 (1-2): 181-182. 9. 



Taxonomy: Malenotti, 1916. Soc. Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 16: 529. 



Biology: Cressman, 1933. Jour. Econ. Ent. 26 (3): 704. 

 occidentalis Howard. Fla., Calif. Host: Aleyrodes sp., Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.), A. citrina 

 (Coq.), Hemiberlasia lata)iiae (Sign.), Quadraspidiotus juglansregiae (Comst.), 

 Lepidosaphes gloveri (Pack.). 

 Signiphora occidentalis Howard, 1894. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 6 (3): 233, 235. 6, 9. 

 thoreauini Girault. Calif. Host: Aspidiotus hederae (Vallot). 



Signiphora thoreauini Girault, 1916. Psyche 23 (2): 41. 9. 

 townsendi Ashmead. D. C, Tex. Host: Aleyrodes sp., Hemiberlesia lataniae (Sign.), 



Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targ.-Tozz.), Quadraspidiotiis peniiciosus (Comst.). 

 Signiphora townsendi Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 410, 412. 9. 



Tribe THYSANINI 



Genus CHARTOCERUS Motschulsky 



Chartocerus Motschulsky, 1859. Etudes Ent. 8: 171-172. 



Type-species: Chartocerus musciformis Motschulsky. Monotypic. 

 Signiphora subg. Matritia Mercet, 1916. Soc. Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 16: 523. 



Type-species: Signiphorina conjugal is Mercet. Orig. desig. Boucek (in Peck et al., 

 1964) synonymized Xana with Matritia. 

 Xana Kurdjumov, 1917 (1916). Jour. Appl. Ent. 1 (1): 80-81. 



Type-species: Xana nigra Kurjumov. Monotypic. Junior secondary homonym of 

 Signiphora nigra Ashmead, 1900. I have not seen the type-specimen of 

 Chartocerus {Xa)ia) niger (Kurdjumov). If the synonymy of Rozanov (1965) is 

 correct, a replacement name for Kurdjumov's species must be proposed. 

 Signiphorina Nikol'skaya, 1950. Doklady Akad. Nauk. SSSR 75 (2): 321. 

 Type-species. Signiphorina mala Nikol'skaya. Monotypic. 



Chartocerus contains about 10 species that parasitize various Homoptera and Diptera. 



Taxonomy: De Santis, 1968. Rev. Fac. Agron. La Plata 44 (1): 11-13. — Hayat, 1970. 

 Entomophaga 15 (4): 388, 390-399. 



