Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 897 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 124-128. -Erdos, 1958. Folia 

 Ent. Hungarica 6: 165-184. — Nikol'skaya and Yashnosh, 1966. Opred. Fauny SSSR 91, pp. 

 156-161. 



Biology: McConnell, 1916. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 9 (1): 97-102. —Hill and Smith, 1928. Jour. 

 Agr. Res. 36 (2): 153-155. 



Morphology: Hill and Pinckney, 1940. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 715: 5, 11-13. 



Genus MARIETTA Motschulsky 



Marietta Motschulsky, 1863. Soc. Nat. Imp. Moscou, Bui. 36 (2): 51. 



Type-species: Marietta leopanlina Motschulsky. Monotypic. 

 Perissopteriis Howard, 1895. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent, Tech. Ser. 1: 20. 



Type-species: Aplielinus piilchelliis Howard. Orig. desig. 

 Pseiidaphelinus Brethes, 1918. Soc. Rural Argentina, An. 53: 157. 



Type-species: Pseudaphelinus caridei Brethes. Monotypic. 

 Paraphytk Compere, 1925. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 51 (871): 129-130. 



Type-species: Paraph yti.s i'ittata Compere. Orig. desig. 



This cosmopolitan genus contains approximately 35 species. Most, if not all, are external 

 hyperparasites associated with scale insects. 



Taxonomy: Compere, 1936. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 6 (12): 277-322. —Nikol'skaya and 

 Jashnosh, 1966. Opred. Fauny SSSR 91: 162-166. —Annecke and Insley, 1972. So. Africa 

 Ent. Soc, Jour. 35(1): 1-15. 

 carnesi (Howard). Del. s. to Va., Calif. Host: Comperiella bifasciata How. on Lepidosaphes 

 beckii (Newm.) and QuadraHpidiotiiH perniciosus (Comst.), Plagionierus diaspidis 

 Crawford on Diaspis echinocacti (Bouche). 

 PerisHopterus carnesi Howard, 1910. Ent. News 21 (4): 162-163. 9. 



Biology: Azim, 1961. Mushi 35 (14): 107. 

 graminicola Timberlake. Md. s. to Fla., w. to Tex. Host: Anagynis antoninae Timb. on 

 unknown host. 

 Marietta graminicola Timberlake, 1925. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc 6 (1): 180-184. 6,9. 



Biology: Dean and Schuster, 1958. Jour. Econ. Ent. 51 (3): 364. 

 javensis (Howard). Calif.? Adventive, establishment questionable. Host: Coccophagus lycimnia 

 (Wlkr.), Microterysflavus (Howard). 

 Perissoptenis javensis Howard, 1907. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Tech. Ser. 12 (4): 87, 88. 



6, 9. 



Biology: Timberlake, 1913. Jour. Econ. Ent. 6 (3): 300. 

 mexicana (Howard). N. Y. s. to Va., Calif. Host: Metapbycus lounsburyi How., Signiphora 

 merceti Malen. Also on undetermined parasites of Coccus hesperidum L., Lecanium 

 nigrofasciatmn Perg., Lepidosaphes ulvii (L.), Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Comst.). 

 Perissoptenis mexicanus Howard, 1895. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 1: 21-23. d, 

 9. 



Biology: Smith, 1933. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 26 (3): 525. — Essig, 1931. Hist, of Ent., pp. 348, 

 349, 354. —Flanders, 1940. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 33 (2): 252. —Cox, 1942. Jour. Econ. Ent. 

 35 (5): 700-701. — DeBach et al. 1958. Jour. Econ. Ent. 51 (1): 115. 

 pulchella (Howard). Cosmopolitan. Ecology: Attacking undetermined parasites on Chionaspis 

 americana Johns., C. pinifoliae (Fitch), Lecanodiaspis sp. on cottonwood and willow, 

 Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targ.-Tozz.), Quadraspidiotus forbesi (Johns.), Q. 

 juglansregiae (Comst), Q. perniciosus (Comst). 

 Aphelinus pulchellus Howard, 1881. U. S. Dept Agr., Ann. Rpt. for 1880, p. 356. 9. 



Biology: Felt, 1916. N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 180: 84. -Peterson, 1962. Canad. Ent 94 (4): 740. 

 — Willoughby and Kosztarab, 1974. Va. Polytech. Inst. St Univ., Res. Div. Bui. 92: 24. 



Genus MARLATTIELLA Howard 



Marlattiella Howard, 1907. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Tech. Ser. 12: 73. 



