900 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Taxonomy: Paoli, 1926. Soc. Ent. Ital, Bol. 58: 97-105. — Dozier, 1927. Puerto Rico Dept. 

 Agr., Jour. 10 (3-4): 274-277. -Mercet, 1930. Rev. de Biol, y Forest. Limnologia 2 (B): 

 69-72. —Compere, 1936. Calif. Univ., Pubs. Ent. 6 (12): 294-295. — Alam, 1956. Roy. Ent. 

 Soc. London, Trans. 108 (8): 359-363. 



citrinus agilior Berlese. Va., Fla. Host: Unaspis euonymi (Comst.). 



AspkliotiphaguH citrinim var. agilior Berlese, 1916. Redia 12 (1): 5, 7, 10. 9. 

 citrinus citrinus (Craw). Cosmopolitan. Host: Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.), A. citrina (Coq.), 

 A.spidiotus destructor Sign., A. nerii Bouche, Carulaspis visci (Schrank), Cliionaspis 

 pinifoliae (Fitch), Chryso)iiphalus aonidiini (L.), C. dictyospertni (Morg.), Coccus 

 hesperidum L., Diaspidiotus ancylus (Putn.), Dynaspidiotus britannicus (Newst.), 

 Diaspis bronieliae (Kern.), D. echinocacti (Bouche), Kuivanaspis liikosaui (Kuw.), 

 Lepidosaphes beckii (Newm.), L. uhni (L.), Melanaspis tenebricosa (Comst.), Nuculaspis 

 califortiica (Col.), Parlatoria oleae (Colv.), P. pergandii Comst., Pinnaspis aspidistrae 

 (Sign.), P. strachani (Cooley), Pseudaonidia duplex (Ckll.), Pseudaulacaspis pentagona 

 (Targ.-Tozz.). The morphological form called citrinus may consist of sibling species. 



Coccophagus citrinus Craw, 1891. Calif. State Bd. Hort., Bui. 57: 5. 



Prospaltoides Iw2vardi Brethes, 1914. Nunquam Otiosus, Buenos Aires, pp. 13-14. 



Taxonomy: Howard, 1894. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 6 (3): 229-230. 



Biology: Howard, 1895. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 1: 7, 31. —Isaac, 1905. Calif. 

 State Comm. Hort., Bien. Rpt. 1: 95. -Essig, 1931. Hist, of Ent., pp. 341-342, 386. 

 — Benassy, 1958. Entomophaga 3 (2): 104. —Hughes, 1960. Fla. Ent. 43 (2): 90-92. 

 — Benassy, 1961. Ann. des Epiphyt. 12 (C): 42. — Chumakova, 1965. Ent. Rev. 44 (3): 

 305-308. — Sorokina, 1971. Ent. Rev. 50 (3): 313-316. —Brewer, 1971. Austral. Jour. Zool. 19 

 (1): 53-63. -Huffaker, 1971. Biol. Control, pp. 48, 49, 78. — DeBach, 1974. Biol. Control by 

 Nat. Enem., p. 133. 



Morphology: Parker and Thompson, 1925. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 18 (3): 387. 

 lounsburyi (Berlese and Paoli). Fla. Host: Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.), Chrysomphaius 

 aonidum (L.), C. dictyospervii (Morg.). 

 Prospaltella lounsbiiryi Berlese and Paoli, 1916. Redia 11 (1-2): 305. 



Taxonomy: Muma, 1959. Jour. Econ. Ent. 52 (4): 579. — Annecke, 1963. So. Africa Ent. Soc, 

 Jour. 26 (1): 206. 



Biology: Mathis, 1947. Fla. Ent. 29 (2-3): 33. 



Genus AZOTUS Howard 



Azotus Howard, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4 (2): 138. 



Type-species: Azotus tnarchali Howard. Monotypic. Considered a synonym of 

 Encyrtus atonion Walker. 

 Dimacrocerus Brethes, 1914. Nunquam Otiosus, Buenos Aires, p. 4. 



Type-species: Dimacrocerus platensis Brethes. Orig. desig. 



Azotus is a cosmopolitan genus consisting of fewer than 30 species that are usually hyper- 

 parasites of armored-scale insects, whiteflies, and possibly beetles and cicada eggs according to 

 Nikol'skaya (1952). 



Taxonomy: Mercet, 1923. Soc. Espan. de Hist. Nat., Bol. 23 (9): 410-413. — Nowicki, 1926. 

 Polski Pismo Ent. 5 (1-2): 104-113 (Palearctic key). — Ferriere, 1927. Rev. Suisse de Zool. 

 34 (2): 57-59. —Alam, 1956. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 108 (8): 358, 376-379. — Agarwal, 

 1964. Indian Acad. Sci., Proc. (B) 60: 326-331. —Annecke and Insley, 1970. Bui. Ent. Res. 

 60 (2): 237-247. — De Santis, 1974. Rev. Chilena Ent. 8 (1): 11-15 (argentinean spp.). 



Biology: Nikol'skaya, 1952. Chalcid Fauna of USSR p. 295 (English translation 1963; p. 301). 

 americanus Dozier. Del. Host: Lecaniuni corni Bouche, Lepidosaphes uhni (L.), 

 QuadraspidiotuH peniiciosus (Comst.). 

 Azotus americanus Dozier, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30 (2): 36. S. 

 marchali Howard. D. C, Md., Va. Host: Diaspidiotus uvae (Comst). 



Azotus marchali Howard, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4 (2): 138-139. S. 



