940 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Parablasfothrix contains only a few species and is Holarctic in distribution. The type-species 

 has been reported as a parasite of buprestid larvae whereas the North American representa- 

 tive of the genus has been recorded from small Lepidoptera. 



Taxonomy: Mercet, 1932. Soc. Ent. France, Liv. Cent., pp. 685-686. —Miller, 1965. Canad. 

 Ent. 97 (7): 750-753. — Erdos, 1955. Budapest Magyar Nemz. Muz., Ann. Hist. Nat. (n. s.) 6: 

 292-294. -Erdos, 1963. Beitr. zur Ent. 13 (3-4): 285. 



nearctica Miller. Mich., W. Va., Miss. Host: Obrussa sp., Coptodisca sp. on Vaccinhan 

 arboreutn. 

 ParablaHtotltrix nearctica Miller, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97 (7): 750, 751-753. 6, 9. 



Genus PARALITOMASTIX Mercet 



Paralitomastix Mercet, 1921. Fauna Iberica, Himen., Encirtidos, pp. 8, 27, 58, 70, 438. 



Type-species: E)icyftus variconiis Nees. Orig. desig. 

 PneudoUtonittHtix Risbec, 1954. Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, Bui. 16: 1068. 



Type-species: Litoniatifix creona Risbec. Orig. desig. 



A cosmopolitan genus consisting of about a dozen species. Pamlitomastix attacks Lepidoptera 

 larvae. 



Taxonomy: Risbec, 1952. Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Ser. E, Ent. 2: 6, 38-40. —Risbec, 1954. 

 Inst. Fr. Afr. Noire, Bui. 16 (4): 1067-1068. — Trjapitzin, 1967. Akad. Nauk SSSR Zool. 

 Inst., Trudy 41: 206-207. -Graham, 1969. Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 294-295. 

 pyralidis (Ashmead). Ont., Mich., Md. s. to Fla., w. to Utah, Calif. Host: Anarsia lineatella 

 Zell., Tricliotaphe Jlat'ocostella Clem., T. setoaella Clem. 

 Eiicyrtnsil) pyralidin Ashmead, 1888. Ent. Amer. 4 (1): 15. 9. Generic name is a lapsus for 



EiicyrtiiN. 

 Copidosonia rariegotuw Howard, 1888. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 1 (8): 197. 9. 



Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 366-367. 



Biology: Pack, 1930. Utah Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 216: 15-16. -Maple, 1947. Calif. Univ., Pubs. 

 Ent. 8 (2): 109. -Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139, p. 22. 



Genus PENTALITOMASTIX Eady 



PseudoUtoDiastix Eady, 1960. Bui. Ent. Res. 50 (4): 667-668. Preocc. by Pseudolitomastix 



Risbec. 



Type-species: Pseudolitomastix nacoleiae Eady. Monotypic. 

 Pentalitomastix Eady, 1960. Bui. Ent. Res. 51 (1): 173. N. name for Pseudolitomastix 



Eady. 



This genus has not been recorded from Africa or South America, but it probably occurs there 

 also. Pentalitomastix presently consists of fewer than five species of polyembryonic parasites of 

 Lepidoptera larvae. 



Taxonomy: Eady, 1960. Bui. Ent. Res. 51 (1): 173. -Hoffer, 1960. Mus. Nat. Pragae, Acta 

 Faun. Ent. 6: 105-108. —Paine, 1964. So. Pacific Comm., Tech. Paper 145, p. 29. 

 -Trjapitzin, 1967. Akad. Nauk SSSR Zool. Inst, Trudy 41: 207-208. 

 plethoricus Caltagirone. Calif. Introduced, possibly established. Host: Laspeyresia carayana 

 on pecan, Paraniijelois transitella (Walk.) on pod of Ta»iarindus indica. 

 Pentalitomastix plethoricus Caltagirone, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42 (2): 145-149. 6, 9. 



Biology: Caltagirone, 1971 (1970). Lab. Ent. Agr. Filippo Silvestri Portici, Bol. 28: 98-112. 



Genus PENTACNEMUS Howard 



PentacneuiHs Howard, 1892. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 15: 362, 366-367. 

 Type-species: Pe)itacne)nits bucculatricis Howard. Monotypic. 



This monotypic genus is known only from North America. The type-species is a parasite of 

 lepidopterous larvae. 



