Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 1021 



albicoxa Howard. N. J., D. C, N. C, Ind., Mo., Idaho. Host: Callisto geminatella (Pack.), 

 Coptodisca splendoriferelta (Clem.), Paroniix sp. 

 Elasmus albicoxa Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 30. S. 

 Elasmus aspidiscae Girault, 1917 (1916). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 117. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1965. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 78: 206. 

 albizziae Burks. N. J. s. to Va., w. to Kans. Host: Homadaula anisocentra (Meyrick). 

 Elasmus albizziae Burks, 1965. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 78: 204-206. 9. 



Biology: Burks, 1971. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 61: 195 (occurrence of male). 

 apanteli Gahan. Pa., N. C, Ohio, Ala., Wis., Ark., Sask., Wash., Oreg. Host: Apanteles 



marginiventris (Cress.), Meteorus laphygmae Vier., Phobocampe pallipes (Prov.), undet. 

 Campoplegini. 

 Elas7uus apanteli Gahan, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 46: 438. 9. 



Biology: Vickery, 1915. Jour. Econ. Ent. 8: 391. 

 atratus Howard. N. H., Mass., Conn., D. C, Ohio, Wis., Oreg. Host: Apanteles sp., A. delicatiis 

 How., A. hyphantriae Riley, A. melanoscelus (Ratz.), A. solitarius (Ratz.), Catnpoplex 

 validuH (Cress.), Hyposoter pilosulus (Prov.), Meteorus hyphantriae Riley, M. 

 trachynotus Vier., Phobocampe pallipes (Prov.). 

 Elasmus atratus Howard, 1897. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent. Tech. Ser. 5: 40, 56. 9, d. 



Biology: Muesebeck and Dohanian, 1927. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 1487: 29 — Balduf, 1929. Ohio 



Jour. Sci. 29: 237. —Proper, 1934. Jour. Agr. Res. 48: 365. — McGugan and Blais, 1959. 



Canad. Ent. 91: 763. — Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 86. —Forbes et 



al., 1961. Canad. Forest. Ann. Rpt., Forest Ins. and Dis. Survey, p. 33. 

 borrowi Girault. D. C. 



Elas7)ius borrowi Girault, 1917 (1916). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 117. 9. 

 floridensis Girault. Fla. 



Elasmus floridensis Girault, 1916. Soc. Ent. 31: 42. 9. 

 maculatus Howard. Fla.; West Indies. Host: Apanteles spp. 



Elasmus maculatus Howard, 1894. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 25: 103. 9. 

 marylandicus Girault. Conn., Md., N. C, Okla. Host: Lepidopterous larva in stem oi Ambrosia 

 artemisiaefolia. 



Elasmus marylandicus Girault, 1915. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 8: 281. 9. 



Biology: Schread et al., 1942. Conn. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 461: 502. 

 meteori Ashmead. Fla., 111., Iowa, Mo., Ark. Host: Apanteles canarsiae Ashm., Meteorus sp., M. 

 vulgaris (Cress.). 

 Elasmus meteori Ashmead, 1898. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 128. 9,6. 



Morphology: Burks, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 161 (wing venation). 

 mordax Girault. Md., D. C. Host: Cameraria guttifinitella (Clem.). 



Elasmus mordax Girault, 1917 (1916). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 114. 9. 

 nigripes Howard. N. J., Mo., Tex. Host: Porphyrosela desmodiella (Clem.). 



Elasynus nigripes Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 30. 6. 



Elasmus missouriensis Girault, 1917 (1916). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 117. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1965. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 78: 206. 

 polistis Burks. Md., Ga., Pa., Tex. Host: Polistes annularis (Linn.), P. exclamans Vier., P. 

 fuscatus (Fab.), P. major Beauv. 

 Elasmus polistis Burks, 1971. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 61: 195. 9,6. 

 pulex Girault. Md. 



Elasmus pulex Girault, 1916. Soc. Ent. 31: 43. 9. 



Elasnnis daedalus Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. V, p. 8. 

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 setosiscutellatus Crawford. Md. s. to Fla., w. to Wis., Kans., Ariz., and Calif.; Mexico. Host: 

 Apanteles spp. on lepidopterous larvae. 

 Elasmus setosiscutellatus Crawford, 1910 (1909). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 206. 9, 6. 



