1124 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



There are no pubHshed host records for any North American form of this genus, but on the 

 basis of rearings of Old-Worid species it appears that the hosts are mainly fungicolous beetle 

 larvae of the families Carabidae and Staphylinidae. One remarkable observation has been 

 recorded by Newman (1867), who described the emergence of specimens of P. calcar (Haliday) 

 from a centipede of the genus LithobiiiN. 



Taxonomy: Kieffer, 1908. /*( Andre, spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 10, pp. 298-313. — Kieffer, 1914. 

 Das Tierreich, Lief. 42, pp. 22-36. —Nixon, 1933. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 87: 451-460. 

 -Hellen, 1941. Notulae Ent. 21: 33-36. — Pschorn-Walcher, 1958. Schweiz. Ent. Gesell, 

 Mitt. 31: 62-63. 



Biology: Newman, 1867. Entomologist 3: 342-344. — Eastham, 1921. Parasitology 29: 1-21. 

 -Raynaud, 1935. Misc. Ent. 36: 97-100. — Weidemann, 1965. Ztschr. f. Oekol. u. Morph. der 

 Tiere 55: 446-480. -Masner, 1968. Acta Ent. Bohemoslov. 65: 464-465. 



Morphology: Tonapi, 1958. Indian Jour. Ent. 20: 208, 209, figs. 31-33 (respiratory system). 

 longipes Brues. Wash. (Almota). 



Pliaenoserphiis lougipes Brues, 1919. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 27: 9. 6. 

 nevadensis (Kieffer). Calif., Nev. 



Proctotrypex necadeunix Kieffer, 1906 (1905). Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 275. 6. 

 nigripes (Ashmead). Alaska, Oreg. 



Proctotri/pes nujripen Ashmead, 1902. Wash. Acad. Sci., Proc. 4: 136. 6. 

 obliquus (Ashmead). Tex. 



Prodotrypes obliqiiuK Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., BuL 45: 334, 338. 6. 



Genus PROCTOTRUPES Latreille 



Serpluis Schrank, 1780. Schrift. BerHn. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde 1: 307. 



Type-species: Serphiis brachypterus Schrank. Monotypic. Suppressed by Internatl. 

 Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1946 (Opinion 178). 

 Proctotnipes Latreille, 1796. Precis Caract. Gen. Ins., p. 108. No species. —Latreille, 1802. 

 Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins., v. 3, p. 308. One species. 



Type-species: Proctotnipes brecipe)ini!i Latreille. First included species. Also desig. 

 by Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1946 (Opinion 178), and the generic name 

 added by the Commission to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology as 

 Name No. 616. 

 Erodonts Walckenaer, 1802. Faune Parisienne, Ins., v. 2, p. 47. 



Type-species: Erodonis bi^iiaciilatiis Walckenaer. Monotypic. 

 ProctrupeN Rafinesque, 1815. Analyse, Nature ou Tabl. Univers, Palermo, p. 125. Emend. 

 EriodoritK Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool., p. 143. Emend. 

 Pwctotrypes Agassiz, 1846. Nomencl. Zool., p. 309. Emend. 

 Proctotropin Gistel, 1848. Naturgesch. Thierr. f. hoh. Schul., p. 143. Emend. 

 Proctotripea Provancher, 1883. Petite Faune Ent. Canada, p. 558. Error. 



There appear to be no published records of host association for any North American species. 

 Masner (1968) has indicated that species of Proctotnipes are essentially parasites of the larvae 

 of Carabidae. 



Revision: Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 333-344. -Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, 

 Lief. 42, pp. 7-16. —Brues, 1919. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 27: 2-6. 



Biology: Masner, 1968. Acta Ent. Bohemoslov. 65: 464-465. 

 caudatus Say. Canadian, Transition and Upper Austral Zones. 



Proctotnipes coiidotiis Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 329. 9. 



Proctotrypes crenidatiis Patton, 1879. Canad. Ent. 11: 64. 9. 

 cockerelli (Brues). Colo. (Eldoro). 



Serphus cockerelli Brues, 1919. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 27: 3, 4. 6. 



debilis (Brues). Wash. (Wawawai). 



Serphus debilis Brues, 1919. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 27: 3, 5. 3. 

 florissantensis Rohwer. Iowa, Colo., Idaho. 



Proctotrypes florissantensis Rohwer, 1909. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 35: 134. 9, S. 



