Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 957 



This is a Holarctic genus containing 13 species. Host records for this genus are incomplete, but 

 at least two species have been associated with Aclerda and Trionytnu.s. These host genera be- 

 long to different coccoid families and are associated with grasses. 



Taxonomy: Mercet, 1921. Fauna Iberica, Himen., Encirtidos pp. 426-436. — Erdos, 1957. Acta 



Zool. (Budapest). 3 (1-2): 47, 48-54. -Bakkendorf, 1965. Ent. Meddel. 30 (2): 138-139. 



-Trjapitzin, 1967. Akad. Nauk SSSR Zool. Inst., Trudy 41: 205-206. -Graham, 1969. 



Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 272-273. 

 americana Timberlake. N. Dak., S. Dak., Utah. Host: Trioytyinus utahensis (Ckll.). 



Mayridia (uiiericaua Timberlake, 1926. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 69 (2629): 28-33. cJ, 9. 

 ferrierei Burks. N.J. Host: Aclerda xalapotseae McCon. on PaiiiciDii xalapense. 



Mayridia ferrierei Burks, 1964. Entomophaga 9 (1): 17-18. 6, 9. 



Genus MIRA Schellenberg 



Mira Schellenberg, 1803. Genres de Mouches Dipteres, p. 68. 



Type-species: Mira niacrocera Schellenberg. Monotypic. 

 Dicelloceras Menzel, 1855. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 17: 270. 



Type-species: Dicelloceras uibrans Menzel. Monotypic. 

 EuryNcapus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 32, 35. 



Type-species: Encyrtus platyceriix Dalman. Orig. desig. 

 Louchocerax Dahlbom, 1857. Ofvers. K. Vetensk. Akad., Forh. 14 (8): 292. 



Type-species: Encyrtus platycerus Dalman. Subsequent monotypy (Thomson, 1876 

 (1875)). 

 Euzkadiu Mercet, 1921. Fauna Iberica, Himen., Encirtidos, pp. 14, 28, 45, 48, 59, 71, 81, 

 552-553. 



Type-species: Euzkadia integralia Mercet. Orig. desig. 



Mira is a small genus and is Holarctic in distribution. 



Taxonomy: Mercet, 1921. Fauna Iberica, Himen., Encirtidos, pp. 181-183. —Mercet, 1922. Soc. 

 Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 22 (5): 264-267. -Erdos, 1957. Acta Zool. (Budapest). 3 (1-2): 

 24-25. 

 macrocera Schellenberg. Idaho. 



Mira vtacrocera Schellenberg, 1803. Genres de Mouches Dipteres, pp. 68-69. 



Tribe NEOCLADINI 



Genus CARABUNIA Waterston 



Carabunia Waterston, 1928. Bui. Ent. Res. 19 (3): 249. 



Type-species: Carabunia myersi Waterston. Orig. desig. 



Carabunia is a monotypic genus found in the neotropics. It has been employed in biological 

 control of the spittle bug Clastoptera undulata Uhler. 



Biology: Myers, 1930. Bui. Ent. Res. 21 (3): 341-351. —Maple, 1947. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 8 

 (2): 70. -Dustan, 1960. Burmuda Dept. Agr., Bui. 33: 1-11. 

 myersi Waterston. Fla. Host: Clastoptera undulata Uhler. 



Carabunia myersi Waterston, 1928. Bui. Ent. Res. 19 (3): 249-251. 6, 9. 



Biology: Bennett and Hughes, 1963. Entomophaga 8 (1): 49-66. 



Genus ZARHOPALUS Ashmead 



Zarliopalus Ashmead, 1900. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 22: 342, 406. 



Type-species: Zarliopalus sheldoni Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Anagyrella Girault, 1915. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 23 (3): 168-169. 



Type-species: Anagyrella corvina Girault. Monotypic. 



A genus consisting of six species, Zarliopalus is Nearctic and Ethiopian in distribution. One 

 species has been described from the Caribbean. These insects are mealybug parasites. 



