Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 861 



Genus HALTICHELLA Spinola 



Halticliella Spinola, 1811. Paris Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Ann. 17: 148. 



Type-species: Chalcis pusilUi Fabricius. Desig. by Westwood, 1840. 

 Halticelht Stephens, 1829. Nomencl. Brit. Ins., p. 36, Emend. 

 Microchalcix Kieffer, 1904. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 49: 255. 



Type-species: Microclialcis quad riders Kieffer. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Masi, 1936. Soc. Ent. d'Egypte, Bui. 20: 252-254 (identity of type-species). 

 — Kerrich and Menon, 1949. Ent. Monthly Mag. 85: 207-211 (identity of type-species). 



onatas (Walker). S. C, Ga., Fla., Miss., La., Kans., Tex. Host: Grapliolitha molenta (Busck). 

 Hockeria o)iatiis Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 146. 9. 

 Halticella lonyiconiia Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 185. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 164 (synonymy; lectotype 

 designated). 



Biology: Nettles, 1934. Jour. Econ. Ent. 27: 815-816 (longiconiis). 

 rhyacionia Gahan. Mass. and N.Y., s. to S. C, w. to Nebr., Colo., Tex. Host: Rhyacionia 

 buKlnielli (Busck), R.fruntraud (Comst.), R. rUjidana (Fern.). 

 Halticliella iln/acioHiae Gahan, 1927. Jour. Agr. Res. 34: 545. 9, 6. 



Biology: Underbill, 1934. Va. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 349: 12. —Miller and Neiswander, 1959. 

 Ohio Agr. Expt. Sta., Res. Bui. 840: 18. -Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 

 91. 

 xanticles (Walker). Que., s. to Fla., w. to Sask., Nebr., Kans., Okla., Tex. Host: Buccnlafrix 

 catiadcti.siella Chamb., Coleopliom laricella (Hbn.), Exoteleia pinifoliella (Chamb.), 

 Grapliolitha iiiole.sta (Busck.), Soleiiobia walsliella Clem.; Apantelea inelanoncelus 

 (Ratz.). 

 Hockeria xauticlea Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France., Ann. (2) 1: 147. 9. 

 Halticliella americana Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 9, 36. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 165 (synonymy; lectotype 

 designated). 



Biology: Muesebeck and Dohanian, 1927. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 1487: 18 (hyperparasitism). 

 —Friend, 1927. Conn. (State) Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 288: 395 (primary parasite). —Allen, 

 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1265: 108-109 (primary parasite). 



Genus HOCKERIA Walker 



Hockeria Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 21, 34. 



Type-species: Clialcis bispinosa Fabricius. Desig. by Kirby, 1883. 

 Stoinatoceras Kirby, 1883. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 17: 54, 62. 



Type-species: Halticella liberator Walker. Grig, desig. 

 Centroclialcis Cameron, 1905. Ztschr. System. Hym. Dipt. 5: 230. 



Type-species: Centroclialcis octodentata Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Hypochalcis Girault, 1915. Ent. News 26: 325. 



Type-species: Chalcis niodestus Masi. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Masi, 1936. Soc. Ent. d'Egypte, Bui. 20: 252-254 (identity of type-species). 



— Kerrich and Menon, 1949. Ent. Monthly Mag. 85: 209 (identity of type-species). — Erdos, 

 1955. Magyar. Allat. (Hymenoptera 2, pt. 2): 8-9, 20 (Hungarian spp.). 



americensis (Girault). N. J. 



Stoniatocera.s unipiinctatipennis aviericensis Girault, 1918. Ent. News 29: 127. 9. 



eriensis (Wallace). Del., s. to N. C, w. to Wash., Calif. Host: M ijniieleon sp., M. iiiniiaculatits 

 Deg. 

 Stoviatoceras rubra var. eriensis Wallace, 1942. Carnegie Mus., Ann. 29: 31. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Steffan, 1959. Vie et Milieu 10: 304 (change from var. to sp.). 

 rubra (Ashmead). Va., Fla., Ark., Kans., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Host: Harrisina brillians B. 

 and McD. 

 StomatoceraO) rubra Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 332. 9. 



