998 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Epiteirastichus cuneifonniH Girault, 1917. Descr. Stellarum Nov., p. 18. ?. 



Biology: Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 82. 

 megachilidis Buriis. Fla., Ohio, Ariz., Utah, Nev., Wash., Calif. Ecology: Parasites emerge 

 from prepupae of the host. Host: Megachile (Eutricharaea) concinna Smith, M. 

 (Litomegacliile) gentilis Cress., M. (E.) rotundata (F.), M. {Melaiiosaunis) xylocopoides 

 Smith. 

 Tetrastichus megachilidh Burks, 1963. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 76: 57. 9, cJ. 



Biology: Butler and Wargo, 1963. Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 205. — Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting 

 wasps and bees, pp. 427-430. —Butler and Ritchie, 1965. Pan-Pacific Ent. 41: 156. 

 melanis Burks. N. H., Mass., Fla., Ont., Minn., Wash. Host: Coccinella sp., C. quinquenotata 

 Kirby. This is probably a synonym of a European species. 

 TetrastichuH melanis Burks, 1943. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 93: 529. 9,6. 



Biology: Newcomer, 1958. Pan-Pacific Ent. 34: 89. 



microrhopalae Ashmead. Man., N. J., D. C, Va., 111. Host: Microrhopala xerene Newm., M. 

 vittata (F.). 



Tetrantichua viicrorhopalae Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 234. 9,6. 

 milleri Burks. Calif. Ecology: Secondary parasite oi Recurvaria niilleri (Busck). 



Tetra.stichns milleri Burks, 1963. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 76: 56. 9. 

 minutus (Howard). Maine and Ont., s. to Fla., w. to B. C. and Calif.; Mexico, West Indies, 

 Central America. Ecology: Probably always a secondary parasite, but often recorded 

 from primary hosts. Host: Aphis gossypii Glov., A. po7)ii Deg., Lecanium conii Bouche, 

 L. nigrofasciatuvi Perg., L. persicae (F.), Plienacoccns acericola King, P. helianthi 

 (CklL), Physokermes insignicola (Craw), Pseudococcus jimiperi Ehrh., P. comstocki 

 (Kuw.), Pulvinaria bigeloviae Ckll., Saissetia oleae (Oliv.); Adalia bipunctata (L.), 

 Cycloneda sanguinea (L.), C. sanguinea immaciilata (F.); Coccophagus albicoxa How., 

 C. lycimnia (Wlkr.), Anagyrus yuccae (Coq.), Aphycus lounsburyi How., A. 

 pliysokennis Timb., Blastothrix longipennis How., Chalcaspis phenacocci (Ashm.), 

 Chrysoplatycerus ferrisi Timb., C. splendens How., Claiisenia purpurea Ishii, 

 Homalotylus terminalis (Say), Microterys mazzinini Gir., Praon sp., Pseudleptom,astix 

 squa7)i7nulata Gir., Zarhopalus corvimis (Gir.), Pachyneuron califoniicu7n Gir. 



Astichus minuhis Howard, 1881. U. S. Dept. Agr., Ann. Rpt. for 1880, p. 369. 6. 



Tetrastichus lecanii Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xix. 9. 



Tetrastichus blepyri Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 302. 9. 



Tetrastichus (Tetrastichodes) detrimentosus Gahan, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 46: 439. 

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Taxonomy: Gahan, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 65 (4): 19. -Burks, 1943. U. S. Natl. Mus., 

 Proc. 93: 580. 



Biology: Timberlake, 1924. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 3: 248-251. —Clausen, 1924. Calif. Univ. 

 Pubs. Ent. 3: 257-266, 286-287. —Smith and Compere, 1928. Calif. Univ. Pubs. Ent. 4: 242, 

 306-308. —Clancy, 1948. Jour. Econ. Ent. 37: 450-451. — Judd, 1949. Nova Scotia Inst. Sci., 

 Proc. 22: 64-67. -Flanders, 1953 (1952). Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 45: 544-547. — Samarasinghe 

 and Leroux, 1966. Ent. Soc. Quebec, Ann. 11: 234. 

 modestus Howard. N. H., s. to Fla., w. to Mich., Nebr., and Calif. Ecology: Secondary parasite 



of Lepidoptera. Host: Apanteles atalantae (Pack.), A. edivardsii Riley, A. pyraustae 



Vier., Microgaster congregatiformis Vier. 

 Tetrastichus modestus Howard, 1889. In Scudder, Butterflies of Eastern U. S. and 

 ' Canada, pp. 1872, 1894. 9,6. 

 Epiteirastichus )nimdiconiis Girault, 1917. Chalcidoidea Nova Marilandensis. Ill, p. 1. 9. 



Biology: Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 83. 

 nebraskensis (Girault). Maine, N. J., Md., S. C, Ind., Mich., Minn., Iowa, Mo., Nebr., Tex., N. 

 Mex., Oreg. Ecology: Occurs in clover and alfalfa fields and in meadows. Host: 

 Contarinia wattsi Gagne, Dasineura leguminicola (Lintn.). 

 Neomphaloidella nebraskensis Girault, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 103. 9. 



