916 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus PSEUDLEPTOMASTIX Girault 



Pseudleptoniastix Girault, 1915. Ent. See. Amer., Ann. 8 (3): 272. 



Type-species: Pseitdleptomastix sqiiatiniiulattiN Girault. Monotypic. 



squammulata Girault. Calif. Host: A))ionostlie)-iuni lichteiisioides (Ckll.), Pseudococcus 

 ))iaritiiiius (Ehrh.). 

 PHendleptoniaatix squanniinlatiis Girault, 1915. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 8 (3): 272. 9. 

 ParaleptoiHdstrix uotatiis Girault, 1917. Entomologist 50: 38. 9. 

 PNeudlepto)iia.stixflatuleiiC(')i.s Compere, 1926. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 4 (1): 22-24. 6,9. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1924. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 3 (2): 232-235. —Compere, 1947. Calif. 

 Univ., Pubs. Ent. 8 (1): 17. 



Biology: Clausen, 1924. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 3 (2): 257-266. -Clausen, 1924. Calif. Univ., 

 Pubs. Ent. 3 (2): 277-279. -Maple, 1947. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 8 (2): 112-113. 



Genus RHOPUS Foerster 



Rhopiis Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 34, 37, 151. 



Type-species: Eiici/rtiis pi.so Walker. Orig. desig. 

 XanthofHcurtus Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34 (11): 302. 



Type-species: Xantliooici/rtits nigroclaratiis Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Mimxtipiiachnx Girault, 1915. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 23 (3): 166. 



Type-species: Mirasti/iiiachiis eitwpaetis Girault. Orig. desig. 

 SccliocHcurtiis Girault, 1915. Queensland Mus., Mem. 4: 161. 



Type-species: Scclioenci/rtns iiigricUirus Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Pliolidoirras Mercet, 1918. Soc. Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 18 (3-4): 237-239. 



Type-species: Pholidoceras bracliyptera Mercet. Monotypic. 

 Pholidoccrodcx Ferriere, 1955. Lab. ZooL Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 33: 358. 



Type-species: Pliilodoceras parcula Mercet. Monotypic. 



This genus consists of approximately 30 species which are parasites of scale insects. The 

 North American fauna has been poorly studied, but several species are known from Europe. 



Taxonomy: Mercet, 1928. Eos 4 (1): 5-7. — Hoffer, 1955. Acta Mus. Nat. Pragae 11 (1): 17-22. 

 -Ghesquiere, 1956. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 33: 683-692. — Ghesquiere, 1957. 

 Neotropica 3 (10): 17-22. — Ting-hsi, 1961. Ent. Rev. 40 (1): 72-74. — De Santis, 1965. Com. 

 Invest. Cient. Prov. Buenos Aires, An. 4: 53-56. —Graham, 1969. Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 

 220-224. 



Biology: Webster, 1903 (1902). Ind. Acad. Sci., Proc, p. 103. 

 americanus (Girault). D. C, Del., Oreg. 



MimsfyniacliHs aHiericanitH Girault, 1915. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 23 (3): 167. 9. 

 nigroclavatus (Ashmead). Va. w. to Nebr., S. Dak. Host: Coccid on Panicuvi sp., Pseudaonidia 

 sp. on P. xalapciisc. 

 XanthociiciirtKx ni(jroclaratuN Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34 (11): 302. 9. 



Biology: Webster, 1903 (1902). Ind. Acad. Sci., Proc p. 103. 



Tribe CHRYSOPLATYCERINI 



Genus CHRYSOPLATYCERUS Ashmead 



Rilcfia Howard, 1888. In Smith, Ent. Amer. 4 (4): 80. Preocc by Jiileya Ashmead, 1888. 



Type-species: Rilei/a splciidciis Howard. Monotypic. 

 ClniiKoplatiiccrKs Ashmead, 1889. Canad. Ent. 21 (1): 38. N. name. 



This small genus consists of fewer than five described species. The species of 

 Clirt/soplatifccnis are parasites of pseudococcids and thus may be of some importance in biologi- 

 cal control. 



Taxonomy: Timberlake, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 61 (2): 1-10. 

 ferrisi Timberlake. Calif. Host: Aiiisococcus adeiiostoniae (Ferris). 



ClirijsoplatycerHsfcrrisi Timberlake, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 61 (2): 6. 6, 9. 



