Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 937 



Tyndarichus has less than 10 described species some of which are apparently hyperparasitic 

 on other chalcidoids that attack Lepidoptera eggs. An undetermined species is found from Wis. w. 

 to Mont., s. to Nebr., Fla., Calif. 



Ta.xonomv: Mercet, 1918. Rev. Mont. Madrid 42: 775-781. — Mercet, 1919. Rev. Appl. Ent. (A) 

 7: 229-230. -Nowicki, 1928. Ztschr. f. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 4 (1): 17, 24-25. -Eady, 1960. 

 Bui. Ent. Res. 50 (4): 669-670. —Paine, 1964. So. Pacific Comm. Tech. Paper 145: 40. 



Tribe COMPERIINI 



Genus COMPERIA Gomes 



Coiiiperid Gomes, 1942 (1941). Esc. Nac. Agron. Rio de Janerio, Bol. 2 (1): 41-42. 

 Type-species: Dicaniosin merceti Compere. Orig. desig. 



This genus consists of fewer than five described species and presumably has its origin in 

 Africa. One species parasitizes cockroach oothecae. 



Taxonomy: Annecke, 1969. Ent. Soc. So. Afr., Jour. 32 (2): 447. 

 merceti (Compere). Cosmopolitan. Host: Siipclhi loiigipalpa (Serville). 

 Dicarnnsis tiH'ircti Compere, 1938. Bui. Ent. Res. 29 (3): 317-319. 9. 

 Coiiipoiu nwrceti var. fiilsicoDiix Gomes, 1942 (1941). Esc. Nac. Agron. Rio de Janeiro, 

 Bol. 2(1): 43-44. d. 9. 



Biology: Lawson, 1954. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 27 (4): 128-142. — Gordh, 1973. Jour. Ent. (A) 47 

 (2): 115-123. 



Tribe COPIDOSOMATINI 



Genus AGENIASPIS Dahlbom 



Afjotiaspis Dahlbom, 1857. Ofvers. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Forh. 14 (8): 293. No species 

 included. 



Type-species: Eiictjifiis fnscicollls Dalman. Desig. by Ashmaed, 1904. 

 Holcothorax Mayr, 1876 (1875). Zool.-Bct. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 25: 691. 



Type-species: (Encyrtus) Holcothorax testaceipes (Ratzeburg). Desig. by Gahan and 

 Fagan, 1923. 



Agoiiaspis contains fewer than 10 species, most of which are parasites of Lepidoptera. One 

 species,/H.sc/co///.s (Dalman), is poiyembryonic. The genus appears to be cosmopolitan. 



Ta.xonomy: Narayanan, 1960. Natl. Inst. Sci. India, Proc. (B) 26: 23. — Trjapitzin, 1967. Akad. 

 Nauk SSSR Zool. Inst.. Trudy 41: 180. —Trjapitzin, 1968. Vses. Ent. Obshch., Trudy 52: 

 100-101. -Graham, 1969. Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 292-293. 

 bucculatricis (Howard). Ont. s. to D. C, w. to Mo. Host: Bncculatrix pomifoliella Clem., galls 

 oi Rliabdoplnuja coninfa Walsh and R. Niliqiia Walsh. 

 Eiici/rtus hitcciilatrix Howard, 1883 (1882). //( Lintner, Injurious Insects N. Y., Ann. Rept. 

 1:160-161. 9. 



Genus COELOPENCYRTUS Timberlake 



Coelopencyrtits Timberlake, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4 (1): 218-221. 



Type-species: Coelopencyrtits odipieri Timberlake. Orig. desig. 

 NeaeucfirtHs Timberlake, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4 (1): 223-224. 



Type-species: Adeleticyrtiis kaalae Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Batvachencyitiis Jansson, 1957. Ent. Tidskr. 78 (1): 71-74. 



Type-species: Batraclioicyrtits collidii Jansson. Orig. desig. 



Coelopencyrtus contains about ten species, all of which are parasites of aculeate Hymenop- 

 tera. The genus appears throughout the world, with the possible e.xception of South America. 

 With more thorough investigations of aculeate biology Coelopoicyrtus may become a larger 

 genus. 



