Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 847 



cooki (Howard). Conn., N. Y., Md., Va., Fla., Ohio, Mich., Calif. Ecology: Develops in seeds of 

 wild and cultivated grapes and some nearly related Vitaceae. Host: Parthenocissus 

 qiiinquefolia, Vitis sp., V. califoniica, V. labntsca. 

 Di'catowuUa cooki Howard. 1896. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 2: 23. 9, d. 

 Pro(lecato)iia phijtopliaya Crosby, 1909. Canad. Ent. 41: 50. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1951. Canad. Ent. 83: 173-174 (types). 



Biology: Crosby, 1909. N. Y. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 265: 382. -Rohwer, 1913. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Bur. Ent., Tech. Ser. 20: 158 (oviposition). 



Morphology: Bugbee, 1936. Ent. Amer. 16: 178. 

 maga (Girault). Calif. Host: A)i(lricus cln-ijsok'iyidicola (Ashm.), Dlnholcaspin pliDiibella 

 Kinsev. 

 Ennitowd l,nj,'li var. magu Girault, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 207. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Peck, 1951. hi Muesebeck et «/., U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 577 (change 

 from var. to sp.). 



Genus BEPHRATELLOIDES Girault 



Bephratoitlix Girault, 1913. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 79 A (6): 60. Preocc. by Brues, 1908. 



Type-species: Bephmhi parayitayensis Crawford. Orig. desig. 

 Beplnvt'clloidcs Girault, 1913. Ent. News 24: 459. N. name. 



This genus has for many years taken the name Beplimta Cameron, 1884. A recent study of the 

 type of the the type-species of Beplimta showed that the true Beplimta is quite different and 

 has been misidentified since the time of Ashmead, 1888. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1971. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 97: 26-27. 

 cubensis (Ashmead). Fla.; West Indies, Mexico, Cent, and S. Amer. Ecology: Develops in the 



seeds of Soursop, Cherimoya, Sugar-apple or Sweetsop, and Custard-apple, Annona spp. 

 Host: Annona cheriuiola, A. niiiricata, A. reticulata, A. squamosa. 

 Beplimta cubensis Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 321. 9. 



Biology: Crawford, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 274. — Bruner and Acuna, 1923. Estacion 

 Expt. Agron., Santiago, Cuba, pp. 3-12 (life history). — Dozier, 1932. Porto Rico Dept. Agr., 

 Jour. 16: 109-112. — Osorio, 1937. Rev. Agr. Habana 2: 10-19 (reproduction). — Alvorado, 

 1939. Los ins. daninos ... en Guatemala, pp. 267-270. — Martorell, 1945. Puerto Rico Univ., 

 Jour. Agr. 29: 557. 



Subfamily EURYTOMINAE 



Genus TENUIPETIOLUS Bugbee 



Ten HI pet iol us Bugbee, 1951. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 24: 37. 



Type-species: Eiiri/toina albipes Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 medicaginis (Gahan). Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Parasitizes dipterous hosts in galled 

 seed pods of alfalfa and Mentzelia. Host: Aspliondylia mentzeliae Ckll., A. websteri 

 Felt. 

 Euriitoiiia medicaginis Gahan, 1919. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 12: 159. 9, S. 

 mentha Bugbee. N. Mex. Ecology: Parasitizes dipterous larvae in pods oi PoUominflia incana. 



Tenuipetiolns mentha Bugbee, 1951. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 24: 38, 44. 9, i. 

 ruber Bugbee. N. Y., s. to Va., w. to Tenn. and Ariz. Ecology: Parasite of gall makers on 



Rosaceae. Host: Diastioplius cuscutaeformis 0. S., D. nebulosus (0. S.), Diplolepis ro.sae 



(L.). 

 Tenuipetiolns rubm Bugbee, 1951. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 24: 39. 9, 6. 



teredon (Walker). N. Y., Va., N. C, Fla., Miss., Kans., Tex. Ecology: Emerges from cecidomyiid 

 galls on Ambrosia, Heliantlius, Xantliium. Host: Aspliondylia lieliantliiglobulus 0. S. 

 Eurytoma teredon Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 153. 9,6. 

 Eur'ytouia albipes Ashmead, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc. p. xxxi. 9, 6. 



