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Trichomasthus is a cosmopolitan genus containing over forty described species, most of which 

 are apparently parasites of soft-scale insects. 



Taxonomy: Trjapitzin, 1964. Zool. Zhur. 43 (10): 1457-1462. — Alam, 1957. Roy. Ent. Soc. 

 London, Trans. 109 (15): 446-450. -Annecke, 1964. Ent. Soc. So. Afr., Jour. 26 (2): 390-410. 

 —Trjapitzin, 1968. Ent. Rev. 47 (1): 125. —Graham, 1969. Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 

 267-269. — Girault, 1924. Homo Perniciosus and New Hymenoptera, p. 10. —Compere, 

 1937. Bui. Ent. Res. 28 (1): 44-45. -Risbec, 1952. Mem. Inst. Sci. Madagascar Ser. E., Ent. 

 2: 30-35. —Robinson, 1960. Ent. Soc. So. Afr., Jour. 23 (2): 371-374. (as Coccidoxenus). 

 albimanus Thomson. N. H., Minn., Kans. Host: Eriopeltis festucae (Fonsc). 

 TrichomaHthuH albi)it(inus Thomson, 1876 (1875). Hym. Scand., v. 4, 144. 



Taxonomy: Masi, 1926. Soc. Ent. Ital., Bol. 58 (9-10): 162. — Rubtzov, 1954. Vses. Ent. 

 Obshch., Trudy 44: 217. 



Biology: Tshumakova, 1961. Ent. Rev. 40 (2): 177. — Zag-Ozaga, 1961. Polskie Pismo Ent. 31 

 (2): 362, 367. -Sugonyayev, 1962. Akad. Nauk SSSR Izv., Ser. Biol. 5: 760. 

 cyanifrons (Dalman). N. H., Va., Calif. Host: Lecaniitni corni Bouche. 



E)icyrtus ci/a)iifro)n< Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 159. 



Taxonomy: Mercet, 1923. Soc. Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 23 (1): 49-50. —Alam, 1957. Roy. 

 Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 109 (15): 447. 



Biology: Flanders, 1952. Jour. Econ. Ent. 45 (6): 1078. —Zag-Ozaga, 1961. Polskie Pismo Ent. 



31 (2): 362. -Sugonyayev, 1962. Akad. Nauk SSSR Izv., Ser. Biol. 5: 754-766. 

 mexicanus (Girault). Fla. w. to Ariz. 



CoccUloxeHHH }nexica)uis Girault, 1917. Descr. Stellarum Nov. p. 21. 9. 

 niloticus Compere. CaHf. Released, possibly established. Host: Sainsetia oleae (Oliv.). 



Coccidoxenus niloticus Compere, 1940. Hilgardia 13 (7): 395, 405-407. 6,9. 



nubilipennis (Girault). Va. w. to 111. 



AnagyniH nubilipennis Girault, 1909. Psyche 16 (4): 76-77. 6, 9. 



Tribe MIRAINI 



Genus BAEOCHARIS Mayr 



Baeocharis Mayr, 1876 (1875). Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 25: 767-768. 



Type-species: Baeocharis pascuoruni Mayr. Monotypic. 

 Spliaewpisthus Thomson, 1876 (1875). Hym. Scand., v. 4, pp. 116, 131-132. 



Type-species: Sphaeropisthus pascuoruni Thomson. Monotypic. The type-species 

 may be a junior synonym of Baeocharis pascuorum Mayr, but see Ferriere 

 (1955). 



This genus consists of three Holarctic species that are parasites of scale insects. 



Taxonomy: Ruschka, 1912. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 62 (7): 240. —Ferriere, 1955. 

 Ent. Schweiz. Gesell, Mitt. 26 (1): 7. 



annulicornis (Ashmead). Fla. 



Sphaeropisthus annulicornis Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 369. 6. 



auriceps (Ashmead). Fla. 



Sphaeropisthus auriceps Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 369-370. 9. 

 pascuorum Mayr. N. H. Host: Eriopeltis festucae (Fonsc). 



Baeocharis pascuorum Mayr, 1876 (1875). Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 25: 768. cJ, 9. 



Encyrtusjlavoscutatus Six, 1876. Tijdschr. Ent. 19: 135. 



Taxonomy: Trjapitzin, 1968. Vses. Ent. Obshch., Trudy 52: 51. 



Genus MAYRIDIA Mercet 



Mayridia Mercet, 1921. Fauna Iberica, Himen., Encirtidos, pp. 426-427. 

 Type-species: Mayridia pulchra Mercet. Orig. desig. 



