Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 959 



Tribe PSILOPHRYDINI 



Genus PSILOPHRYS Mayr 



Psilophrys Mayr, 1876 (1875). Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 25: 727. 

 Type-species: Encyrtits loiigicomis Walker. Monotypic. 



Psilophrys is another small, Holarctic genus composed of three or four species. One species 

 has been reported attacking Kenties. Material in the U. S. National Museum Collection indicates 

 that aniiata may parasitize Aroga. 



Taxonomy: Trjapitzin, 1968. Vses. Ent. Obshch., Trudy 52: 69. —Graham, 1969. Polskie Pismo 

 Ent. 39 (2): 235. 

 armata Ashmead. N. J., Fla. Host: Aroga triablaniaculella (Chambers). 

 Psilophrys aniiatus Ashmead, 1888. Ent. Amer. 4 (1): 16. d, 9. 



Tribe THOMSONISCINI 



Genus QUAYLEA Timberlake 



Quaylea Timberlake, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4 (1): 214-216. 

 Type-species: Cerchysius ivliittieri Girault. Orig. desig. 



This is a monotypic genus from Australia. Quaylea whittieri was introduced along with other 

 parasites of the Black scale complex in the belief that it was a primary parasite. It is actually a 

 hyperparasite, as suspected by foreign-explorer George Compere. 



whittieri (Girault). Calif. Introduced. Host: Saissetia oleae (Oliv.), Aphycus lounsbiiryi How., 

 Scutellista cyanea Mots., Toviocera californica How. 

 Cerchysius whittieri Girault, 1918. Ent. News 29 (2): 66. 9. 

 Heniencyrtus craivii Timberlake, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4 (1): 216. 

 Quaylea aliena Timberlake, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4 (1): 216-218. S, 9. 



Ta.xonomy: Girault, 1918. Ent. News 29 (2): 65-66. —Timberlake, 1922. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, 

 Proc 5 (1): 166-167. —Timberlake, 1924. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 5 (3): 430. —Smith and 

 Compere, 1928. Calif. Univ. Pubs., Ent. 4 (9): 292-295. 



Biology: Flanders, 1943. Jour. Econ. Ent. 36 (6): 922-925. —Flanders, 1944. Ent. Soc. Amer., 

 Ann. 37 (3): 365. 



Taxonomy: Maple, 1947. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 8 (2): 74, 76. 



Biology: Woglum et ai, 1947. Jour. Econ. Ent. 40 (6): 820. —Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Tech. Bui. 1139, pp. 125-126. 



Tribe TRECHNITINI 



Genus PRIONOMITUS Mayr 



PrioHOuitus Mayr, 1876 (1875). Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verhandl. 25: 701. 



Type-species: Eucyrtus chlorinus Dalman. Monotypic. The type-species is 

 considered a synonym of Eucyrtus ttiitratus Dalman. 



Prionomitus is Holarctic in distribution and contains about six species. All the species are 

 probably parasites of psyllids. 



Taxonomy: Brethes, 1914. Ann. Zool. Aplic. Chile 1: 29-30. — Masi, 1919. Genova Mus. Civ. 

 Stor Nat., Ann. Ser. 3, 8 (48): 154-155. -Mercet, 1926. Eos 2 (4): 313-315. -Ferriere, 1961. 

 Entomophaga 6 (1): 41-42. — Erdos, 1963. Beitr. zur Ent. 13 (3-4): 285. — Hoffer, 1963. Mus. 

 Nat. Pragae, Acta Ent. 35: 553-556. —Graham, 1969. Polskie Pismo Ent. 39 (2): 245-246. 



Biology: Ferriere, 1926. Soc Ent. de France, Ann. 95 (2): 189-192. 

 mitratus (Dalman). Wis., Utah, B. C. s. to Calif. Host: Psyllid nymphs. 



Encyrtus mitratus Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 352. 9. 

 Encyrtus chlorinus Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 352. 6. 

 Encyrtus coniferae Walker, 1837. Ent. Mag. 4: 461. 6,9. 



