Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 977 



Biology: Thorpe, 1933. Bui. Ent. Res. 24: 277-280. —Graham, 1944. Ent. Soc. Ontario, Ann. 

 Rpt. 74: 50-51. — Pschorn-Walcher, 1964. Commonwealth Inst. Biol. Control, Tech. Bui. 4: 

 27. 



Tribe EUPLECTRINI 



Ta.xonomy: Ferriere, 1941. Bui. Ent. Res. 32: 17-48 (fauna of Europe, Asia, Africa). — Gadd, 

 1945. Bui. Ent. Res. 36: 331-337 (generic characters). — Boucek, 1957. In Kratochvil, Klic 

 Zvireny CSR 2: 270. —Lin, 1963. Taiwan Mus., Quart. Jour. 16: 102 (Oriental fauna). 



Genus EUPLECTRUS Westwood 



Euplectrus Westwood, 1832. London, Edinb. and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Jour. Sci. (3) 1: 128. 



Type-species: Euplectrus macuUventris Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Diplectron Dahlbom, 1857. Ofvers. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad., Forh. 14: 292 (no species). 

 — Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 74. Seventeen species. 



Type-species: Pteromalus bicolor Swederus. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923. 

 Pachyscaplia Howard, 1897 (1896). Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 26: 159. 



Type-species: Pachyscaplia insularis Howard. Monotypic. 



This is one of the very few chalcidoid genera that spin cocoons; these usually are placed under 

 the emaciated body of the host larva. 



Revision: Girault, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 265. 



bicolor (Swederus). Maine, Mass., N. J.; Europe, N. Africa. Host: Amathes c-nigrum (L.), 

 Epiglea aniiata (Grote). 

 Ptero»ialus Bicolor Swederus, 1795. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 16: 204. 



Taxonomy: Graham, 1963. Soc. Brit. Ent., Trans. 15: 172. 



Biology: Silvestri, 1911. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 5: 308. — Lacroix, 1924. Ent. 

 News 35: 217. -Thomsen, 1927. Dansk. Naturalhist., Meddel. 84: 73-89. — Beckwith, 1929. 

 N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 37: 415. -Bischoff, 1929. Ztschr. f. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 24: 78-82. 

 — Steiner, 1936. Ztschr. f Angew. Ent. 23: 212-214. 



Morphology: Domenichini, 1953. Bol. Zool. Agr. e Bach. 19: 270. 

 catocalae Howard. N. J., Md., Ill, Mo. Host: Catocala sp. 



Euplectrus catocalae Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 27. 9, 6. 

 comstockii Howard. Conn., s. to Fla., w. to S. Dak., Ariz.; Cent, and S. Amer. Host: Alabama 

 argillacea (Hbn.), Autographa sp., Heliothis zea (Boddie), Plathypena scabra (F.), 

 Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), S. oruitliogalli (Guen.), Trkhoplusia ni (Hbn.). 

 Euplectrus Comstockii Howard, 1880. Canad. Ent. 12: 158. 6. 



Biology: Schwarz, 1881. Amer. Nat. 15: 61-63. —Howard, 1914 (1913). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 

 15: 161. -Luginbill, 1928. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 34: 72-73. -Bibby, 1942. Jour. Econ. 

 Ent. 35: 943. 

 frontalis Howard. Que., Ont., N. H., N. J., Va., Kans. Host: Amathes c-nigrum (L.). 

 Euplectrus frontalis Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 27. 9. 



Biology: Fyles, 1896. Ent. News 7: 44. 

 hircinus (Say). Ind., Kans. 



Eulophus hircinus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 274. 

 insularis (Howard). Fla.; West Indies, S. Amer. 



Pachyscapha insularis Howard, 1896. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 26: 159. 6. 

 junctus Gahan. Fla. Host: Isoparce cupressi (Bdvl.). 



Euplectrus junctus Gahan, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 71 (4): 30. 9. 

 leucotrophis Howard. Fla. 



Euplectrus leucotrophis Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 26. cJ. 



marginatus Ashmead. Fla., Tenn. 



EuplectusC.) marginatus Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xviii. 9, 6. 



