Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 979 



Genus PARAOLINX Ashmead 



Paraolinx Ashmead, 1894. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 25: 166. 



Type-species: Paraolinx lineatifrons Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Leucodes)iiia Howard, 1895. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 7: 403. 



Type-species: LeucodeHinia typica Howard. Monotypic. 



Revision: Miller, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 1352-1362. 

 canadensis Miller. Que., Maine, Fla., Ohio, Calif.; Me.xico. Ecology: An external parasite of 

 gelechiid larvae. Host: Coleoteclniiies sp., C. apicitripuncfella (Clem.), Homadaula 

 anisocentra Meyrick. 

 Paraolinx canadensis Miller, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 1354. 9, 6. 

 taedae Miller. N. C, Ark. Host: Rhyacionia frustrana (Comst.). 



Paraolinx taedae Miller, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 1356. 9,6. 

 typica (Howard). Va., N. C, Fla., La., Ariz., Calif.; West Indies. Host: Laetilia coccidivora 

 (Comst), Paraniyelois transitella (Walk.), Pyroderces rileyi (Wlsm.). 

 Leucodesmia typica Howard, 1895. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 7: 402. 9,6. 

 Leucodesniia nigriventri.s Girault, 1916. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 51: 46. 9. 



Taxonomy: Miller, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 1358. 



Genus STENOMESIUS Westwood 



Stenomesius Westwood, 1833. London, Edinb. and DubUn Phil. Mag. and Jour. Sci. (3) 3: 

 343. 



Type-species: Stenomesius pulclielliis Westwood. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 



harrisinae Ashmead. N. J., Fla. Host: Harrisina americana (Guer.). 



Stenonie.'iius harrisinae Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 200. 9. 



levana (Walker). Fla. 



Elachestus Lecana Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 20: 27. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 145 (lectotype designated). 



Genus MIOTROPIS Thomson 



Miotropis Thomson, 1878. Hym. Scand., v. 5, pp. 187, 197. 



Type-species: Miotropis sulcicristata Thomson. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 

 Mionotropis Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 143. Emend. 

 Stenomesioideus Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: xi, 355, 389. 



Type-species: Stoiomesioideus melleus Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Steiiovie.sioidea Girault, 1916. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 51: 43. 



Type-species: Ste)totnesioidea mellea Girault. Orig. desig. 

 melleus Ashmead. D. C. Host: Coleopliora caespititiella Zell. 



Stenoniesioideus melleus Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: xi, 355. 9. 

 Stenomesioidea mellea Girault, 1916. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 51: 44. 9. 



Genus ELACHERTUS Spinola 



Elachertus Spinola, 1811. Paris Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Ann. 17: 151. 



Type-species: Diplolepis lateralis Spinola. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923. 

 Microterus Spinola, 1811. Paris Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Ann. 17: 151. 



Type-species: Diplolepis petiolata Spinola. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923. 

 Elachestus Nees, 1834. Hym. Ichn. Aff. Monog., v. 2, p. 135. Emend. 

 Elachistus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 73. Emend. 



Epardalus Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. Ill, p. 5. 

 Type-species: Elachistus cidariae Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 aeneoniger Girault. Ont., N. Y., Ohio, Wis., Minn., B. C, Oreg. Host: Ancylis comptana 



fragariae (W. and R.), Argyrotaenia pinatubayia (Kearf.), Argyresthia oreasella Clem. 

 Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.). 

 Elachistus aeneoniger Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. Ill, p. 

 2. 9. 



