868 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



S»ticm sanguineiventris Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 381. Emend. 



Biology: Rolston et al., 1965. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 38: 366 (pupal parasite). 

 side (Walker). Maine, s. to Fla., w. to Wash., Oreg., Calif., Mexico, West Indies. Ecology: May 

 be either a primary or secondary parasite. Host: Ceutorhynchus assivtilis (Payk.), 

 Hypera nigrirostris (F.), H. nt))iicis (L.), Rlujncliaenus palliconiis (Say); Anagasta 

 kuehniella (Zell.), Anarsia lineatella Zell., Ancylis comptana (Froel.), A. comptana 

 fmgariae (W. and R.), A. divisana (Walk.), Argyresthia tliuiella Pack., Argyrotaenia 

 velutitiaiia (Walk.), Biicculatrix thurberiella Busck, Choreutis silpliiella (jrote, 

 Choristoneura rosaceana (Har.), Coleophora fletcherella Fern., C.fuscedinella Zell., C. 

 laricella (Hbn.), C. vialii'orella Riley, C. pruniella Clem., Depressaria lieracliana (L.), 

 EpiHotia nanana (Treit.), Exoteleia pinifoliella (Chamb.), Galleria ntellonella (L.), 

 Grapholitha ntole.sta (Busck), Hulstia undulatella (C\em.), Spodoptera frugiperda (A. 

 and S.), Pliitella ))taculipenni.s (Curtis), Recurvaria piceaella Kearf.; Apanteles 

 congregatus (Say), A. ntedicaginia Mues., A. inelano.scelus (Ratz.), A. militaris (Walsh), 

 CaDipoletis argentifron.s (Cress.), Diadegvia insulare (Cress.), Meteorus laphygniae 

 Vier., M. versicolor (Wesm.). This sp. is often reared in the laboratory; progeny in 

 laboratory cultures may be much larger and differently proportioned than were their 

 parents from the wild. 

 Sniiera side Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 145. 9. 

 Sviicra torcitta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 40. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 165. 



Biology: Vickery, 1929. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 138: 21, 32-33, 52-53, 58 (ton;ma). — Doner, 

 1936. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 29: 234 (^o?n;n!a).— Arthur, 1958, Canad. Ent. 90: 

 590-595 (immature stages). — Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 91. —Allen, 

 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1265: 111. —Roberts, 1966. Boyce Thomson Inst., 

 Contrib. 23: 169. 



Genus CERATOSMICRA Ashmcad 



Ceratosniicra Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 251, 253, 369. 



Type-species: Ceratosmicra petiolata Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Mischosniicra Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 251, 253, 381. 



Type-species: Mischosuiicra kalilii Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Melanosmicra Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 251, 253, 380, 447. 



Type-species: Melanosmicra immaculata Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Sayiella Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 251, 253, 388. 



Type-species: S»iicra debilis Say. Orig. desig. 

 Eiisayia Ashmead, 1904. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 6: 126. N. name, unnecessarily proposed 

 for Sayiella, thought to be preocc. by Sayella Dall, 1885. 



Revision: Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 343-351. —Burks, 1968. Ent. Soc. Wash., 

 Proc. 70: 170-174. 

 campoplegicis Burks. Calif. Host: Apanteles koebelei Riley, Campoplegini (undet.). 



Ceratosmicra ca»ipoplegicis Burks, 1968. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 70: 172. 9. 

 debilis (Say). R. I., s. to Fla., w. to Minn., Iowa, Kans., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, West Indies, 

 Cent, and S. Amer. 

 C/(fi/c/.s debilis Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 271. 

 S)iiicra longipetiola Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. x. 6. 

 Miscliosmicra Kalilii Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 251. 9. 

 immaculata (Cresson). Tex.; Mexico, Cent, and S. Amer. Host: Apanteles sp., Cavipoletis 

 so)torensis (Cam.), Meteorus sp. 

 S)niera innimciilata Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 97. 

 meteori Burks. Mass., s. to N. C, w. to 111., La., Tex. and Wash.; Mexico. Host: Apanteles 



delicatus How., A. Injpliantriae Riley, A. uielanoscelus (Ratz.), Casinaria limenitidis 

 (How.), Meteorus hyphantriae Riley. 

 Ceratosmicra meteori Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 88: 346. 9,6. 



