Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 919 



Type-species: Hungavh'Ua piceae Erdos. Orig. desig. 



The taxonomic status of members of the genus Arliopoidens has been confused but recently 

 clarified by the work of Tachikawa (1974) and Annecke (unpublished). Part of the problem stems 

 from the misinterpretation of Tclrucnoiiu.s Westwood. Arhopoideu>> is comprised of less than 10 

 species all of which are mealybug parasites. 



Tax'onomy: Erdos, 1955. Acta Zool. (Budapest) 1 (3-4): 216-218. -Hoffer, 1959. Mus. Nat. 

 Pragae, Acta Ent. 33: 13-15. -Hoffer, 1960. Mus. Nat. Pragae, Acta Faun. Ent. 6: 101-102. 

 — Kerrich, 1967. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 20 (5): 147, 154-166. —Tachikawa and 

 Valentine, 1971. Shikoku Ent. Soc, Trans. 11(1): 21-30. -Tachikawa, 1974. Shikoku Ent. 

 Soc, Tran.s. 12 (1-2): 23-31. 

 peregrinus (Compere). Calif. Introduced. Host: P-seiulococciiN calceolariae (Mask.), P. 

 loiK/inpiiius (Targ.-Tozz.), P. )ii(n-iti)iiits (Ehrh.). 

 Tetntcnoinis pcregiiiiKs Compere, 1939. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 7 (4): 59-61. 6, 9. 



Biology: Flanders, 1940. Jour. Econ. Ent. 33 (5): 757. —Flanders, 1944. Jour. Econ. Ent. 37 

 (2): 308-309. -DeBach, 1949. Ecology 30 (1): 16-24. —Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. 

 Bui. 1139, p. 130. 

 pretiosus (Timberlake). Calif. Host: P seudococcus calceolariae (Mask.), P. longispinus 

 (Targ.-Tozz.), P. ninritiiiins (Ehrh.). 

 TetraciH'iiiiix /;y(^o.s».s- Timberlake, 1929. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 5 (1): 5-11. 6, 9. 



Biology: Compere and Smith, 1932. Hilgardia 6 (17): 585, 601-605, 609-617. -Quayle, 1932. 

 Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 542: 51. -Clancy, 1934. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 6 (8): 231-248. 

 -Maple, 1947. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 8 (2): 114-115. -DeBach, 1949. Ecology 30 (1): 

 l()-24. -Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139, p. 130. — Bartlett and Lloyd, 

 1958. Jour. Econ. Ent. 51 (1): 92. —DeBach, 1974. Biol. Control by Nat. Enem., p. 138. 



Genus TETRACNEMUS Westwood 



Tefrac lie INKS Westwood, 1837. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1: 258. 



Type-species: Tctrac nouns dirersicoriiis Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Tetracladid Howard, 1892. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 15: 367. 



Type-species: Tetracladia texana Howard. Desig. by Ashmead, 1900. 

 Paracalocfrinus Girault, 1915. Queensland Mus., Mem. 4: 142. 



Type-species: Pcuacalocerinus aiistroliensis Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Mttsio Mercet, 1920 (1919). Soc. Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 19 (9-10): 470-472. 



Type-species: Masia bifasciatella Mercet. Orig. desig. 

 Annsiello Mercet, 1923. Soc. Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 23 (6): 287-289. 



Type-species: Anusiella heydeni Mercet. Orig. desig. 

 Placocerus Erdos, 1946. Frag. Faun. Hung. 9: 1. 



Type-species: Placocemn colocense Erdos. Monotypic. 

 Conipcrencurtiis De Santis, 1964. Com. Cien., Ann., Buenos Aires, An. 4: 106. 



Type-species: Comperencyrtus maculipennis De Santis. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Erdos, 1955 Acta Zool. (Budapest) 1 (3-4): 221-229. —Hoffer, 1960. Mus. Nat. 

 Pragae, Acta Faun. Ent. 6: 101-102. —Kerrich, 1967. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent, Bui. 20 

 (5): 149. 

 atnericanus (Girault). Kans., Va. 



Pamcaloceriiiiis anwricauns Girault, 1916. Ent. News 27 (5): 225-226. 9. 



gracilis (Howard). Fla. 



Tetracladia gracilis Howard, 1892. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 15: 362, 368. 6. 



marilandius (Girault). Md., 111. 



Poracaloceriiiiis n/arilandia Girault, 1917. Chalcidoidea Nova Marilandensis I, p. 1-2. 9. 



Taxonomy: Dozier, 1933. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 35 (6): 94-95. 

 tertius (Girault). Calif., Utah. Host: Eriococcus sp. 



Paracalocerinns fertiiis Girault, 1917. Descr. Stellarum Nov., pp. 7-8. 9. 



texanus (Howard). Tex. 



Tetracladia texana Howard, 1892. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 15: 362, 367-368. 6. 



