Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 879 



Subfamily CALOSOTINAE 



Taxonomy: Boucek, 1958. Mus. Natl. Pragae, Acta Ent. 32: 354-355. — Boucek, 1964. Ent. Soc. 

 Canada, Mem. 34: 60. 



Genus CALOSOTA Curtis 



Calosota Curtis, 1836. Brit. Ent. 13: 596. 



Type-species: Caloxota veniali.s Curtis. Orig. desig. 

 Calosoter Walker, 1837. Ent. Mag. 4: 358. 



Type-species: Calosoter venialis Walker. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 



Taxonomy: Bolivar y Pieltain, 1929. Eos 5: 123. — Hedqvist, 1963. Studia Forest. Suecica 11: 

 139. -Graham, 1969. Roy. Ent. Soc. Lond., Proc. (B) 38: 89-91 (Identity of type-species). 

 longiventris (Ashmead). Idaho, Calif. 



Calosoter longiceutris Ashmead, 1896. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 12. 9, i. 

 metallica (Gahan). Idaho, Utah, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Either a primary or secondary 

 parasite, feeding on other insects that develop in grass stems. Host: Mayetiola 

 destructor (Say), Hanuolita graudis (Riley), H. tritici (Fitch) as primary parasites; 

 Diiropiitotits aureoviridis Crawford, Eiirytotiia parva Phillips as secondary parasites. 

 Calosoter Dietallicus Gahan, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (24): 16. S, 9. 



Biology: Knowlton and Janes, 1933. Utah Agr. Expt. Sta. Bui. 243: 12. —Gahan, 1934 (1933). 

 U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 58-60. —Chamberlain, 1941. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 

 784: 38-40. -Nikolskaja, 1952. Opred. Fauna USSR 44: 483. -Phillips and Poos, 1953. U. 

 S. Dept. Agr., Farmers Bui. 1323, p. 5. -Nikolskaja, 1963. Keys Fauna USSR 44: 497 

 (Eng. transl.). 



Genus EUSANDALUM Ratzeburg 



EusandaliDN Ratzeburg, 1852. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 3, p. 199. 



Type-species: Eiisandaliou abbreviatiun Ratzeburg. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904. 

 Polymoria Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 31. No included species. 



Type-species: Polymoria coronata Thomson. First included species, Thomson, 1875. 

 Ratzeburgia Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 31, 145. 



Type-species: Eusandahnn abbreviatum Ratzeburg. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan 

 1923. 

 Meseusandahau Girault, 1915. Queensland Mus., Mem. 4: 34. 



Type-species: Meseusandaluni cyaneiventris Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Polyniorioides Masi, 1941. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ann. 61: 154. 



Type-species: Polymorioides tessellatus Masi. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Girault, 1917. Jour. Ent. and Zool. 9: 8-10. 



Taxonomy: Risbec, 1952. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Mem. (E) 2: 98 (generic synonymy). 



—Boucek, 1967. Acta Ent. Bohemoslov. 64: 261-266 (generic synonymy). —Boucek, 1970. 



Soc. Ent. Ital., Mem. 49: 78-80 (corrected synonymy). 

 acmaeoderae Girault. Calif. Host: Acmaeodera sp. in Ceanothus integ€rri7))us. 



Eitsaudalion acmaeoderae Girault, 1917 (March). Jour. Ent. and Zool. 9: 9. 



Eusandahim acviaeorerae(,\) Rohwer, 1917 (June). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 171. 9. 

 alpinum Girault. Calif. 



Eusandalum alpinum Girault, 1917. Jour. Ent. and Zool. 9: 8. 9. 

 amphicerovorum (Ashmead). N. J., Kans. Host: Amphicenis bicaudafiis (Say). 



RatzburgiaV.) amphicerovora Ashmead, 1888. Kans. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 3, App. p. V. "6" 

 = 9. 



arizona Girault. Ariz. 



Eusandalton arizona Girault, 1917. Jour. Ent. and Zool. 9: 9. 9. 

 californicum Girault. Calif. 



EusandaliDn californicum Girault, 1917. Jour. Ent. and Zool. 9: 8. 9. 

 coquillettii (Ashmead). Calif. Host: Oone gracilis Lee. 



Ratzeburgia coquillettii Ashmead, 1896. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 11. 9. 



