Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 941 



bucculatricis Howard. Cosmopolitan. Host: Coleotechnites thujaella Kearf., Argyresthia 

 thuiella (Pack.), Argyresthia libocedrella Busck on Libocedrus decurrens. 

 Pentacnemus bucculatricis Howard, 1892. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 15: 366-367. 6, 9. 



Biology: Underhill, 1943. Va. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 349: 22. 



Tribe DISCODINI 



Genus DISCODES Focrster 



Discodes Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 32, 34, 144. 



Type-species: Eiicyrtits aoieits Dalman. Orig. desig. 

 PhaenodiscHN Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 144. N. name for Discodes, thought to be 

 too much like Discoidea Gray and Discoides Klein. 



This genus presently contains fewer than ten species. It is Holarctic in distribution and 

 parasitizes Coccidae. There is an undescribed species in California and Washington which feeds 

 on Asterolecanium arabidis (Sign.). 



Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Nat. Mus., Proc. 22: 376. — Hoffer, 1954 (1953). Acta. Soc. 



Ent. Cechosl. 50: 156-157, 167-174. -Trjapitzin, 1967. Akad. Nauk SSSR Zool. Inst, Trudy 



41: 212-213. -Trjapitzin, 1968. Vses. Ent. Obshch., Trudy 52: 114. -Graham, 1969. Polskie 



Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 280-282. 

 arizonensis (Howard). Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz. 



Phaenodiscus arizonensis Howard, 1898. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 21: 248. 9. 

 unicolor (Ashmead). Va., Ga., Fla. 



ApliycHs unicolor Ashmead, 1888. Ent. Amer. 4 (1): 15. 9. 



Tribe ENCYRTINI 

 Genus ENCYRTUS Latreille 



Encyrtiis Latreille, 1809. Gen. Crust. Ins., v. 4, p. 31. 



Type-species: Chrysis infidus Rossi. Desig. by Latreille, 1810. 

 Eucomys Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 32, 34. 



Type-species: Encyrtits swederi Dalman. Orig. desig. 

 Coinys Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 144-145. N. name for Eucowys thought to be 



preocc. by Eucoynis in Liliaceae. 

 Hmvardia Dalla Torre, 1897. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 16: 86. Preocc. by Howardia Berlese and 

 Leonardi, 1896. 



Type-species: Bothriothorax peckhami Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Hoicardiella Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat Hym., v. 5, p. 228. N. name for Howardia Dalla Torre. 

 AUorhopoideus Brethes, 1916. Mus. Argentina Cient. Nat., An. 27: 425. 



Type-species: AUorhopoideus niirabilis Brethes. Orig. desig. 

 Prorhopoideus Brethes, 1921. Soc. Ent. de France, Bui. for 1921, p. 80. 



Type-species: Prorhopoideus Baezi Brethes. Monotypic. 



Encyrtus contains over 40 species. It is cosmopolitan in distribution and parasitizes Coccidae. 

 Taxonomy: Graham, 1969. Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 305-311. 

 albicoxa (Ashmead). Fla. w. to Calif. Host: Coccus hesperiduni L., Phniococcus cllri (Risso), 

 Pseudococcus longispinus (Targ.-Tozz.). 

 Comys albicoxa Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. pp. xvi-xvii. 6, ^. 

 atys (Girault). N. Y. 



Eucomys atys Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. V, p. 2. i. 

 barbatus Timberlake. Calif 



Encyrtus barbatus Timberlake, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4 (2): 209-212. 6, 9. 



Biology: Ishii, 1932. Japan Dept. Agr. and Com., Imp. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 3 (3): 181, 187-188, 

 194. 



