1002 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Biology: Dowden, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27: 600. — Bergold and Ripper, 1937. Ztschr. f. 

 Parasitenk. 9: 399, 414-415. —Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139: 130-131. 

 -Juillet, 1959. Canad. Ent. 91: 716-718. -Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 

 83. — Adlung, 1962. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 50: 456. — Adlung and Sailer, 1963. Allg. Forst. 

 u. Jagdztg. 134: 230. — Eichhorn et al., 1965. Anz. f. Schadlingsk. 38: 107. 

 ulysses (Girault). Md. 



Aprostocetus ulysses Girault, 1916. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 11: 112. 9. 

 varicornis (Girault). Maine, Mass., Md., N. C. Host: Epinotia nanana (Treit.), Rhyacionia 

 frustrana (Comst.). 

 Epitetrastichus varicornis Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. 

 Ill, p. 4. 9. 



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

 venustus Gahan. Que., Maine, Ind., Minn., Iowa, Nebr., Idaho, Ariz., Calif. Ecology: Commonly 

 reared from small leguminous seeds; exact host not established. A closely related, or 

 identical, form was reared in a greenhouse as phytophagous in stems of sweet clover, 

 but the cultures could not be maintained. 

 Tetrastichus veiiustus Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 168. 9. 



Biology: Urbahns, 1920. U. S Dept. Agr., Bui. 812: 18. — Teitelbaum and Black, 1954. 

 Phytopathology 44: 548 (phytophagous in sweet clover). —Butler and Hansen, 1958. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 34: 224-226. 

 verrucarii Balduf. N. Y., D. C, Va., Ga., Ohio, 111., Wis., Utah, Calif. Host: Neuroterus floccosus 

 (Bass.), A^. 7iiger Gill., N. quercusvemicannn (0. S.). 

 Tetrastichus verrucarii Balduf, 1929. Canad. Ent. 61: 221. 9, 6. 



Biology: Balduf, 1929. Canad. Ent. 61: 125-130. 

 whitmani (Girault). Maine, Md., Ill, Wis., Minn., S. Dak. Host: Dasineura balsamicola (Lintn.), 

 Pliysonota unipunctata (Say). 

 Aprostocetus whitmani Girault, 1916. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 9: 296. 9, d. 

 Aprostocetus niarilandicus Girault, 1917. Ent. News 28: 21. 9. 



Biology: Giese and Benjamin, 1959. Forest Sci. 5: 205. 



Genus APROSTOCETUS Westwood 



Aprostocetus Westwood, 1833. London, Edinb. and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Jour. Sci. (3) 2: 

 444. 



Type-species: Aprostocetus caudatus Westwood. Monotypic. 

 Lonchentedon Ratzeburg, 1852. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 3, p. 215. 



Type-species: Eulophus longicaudatus Foerster. Monotypic. 

 Tetrastickomorpha Girault, 1913. Queensland Mus., Mem. 2: 227. 



Type-species: Tetrastichomorpha flava Girault. Grig, desig. 

 Neomphaloidoviyia Girault, 1917. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 12: 118. 



Type-species: Hyperteles polynemae Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Gyrolachnus Erdos, 1954. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. Hist. Nat., n. s., 5: 365. 



Type-species: Gyrolachnus longulus Erdos. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Burks, 1967. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 60: 756-760. 

 ajax (Girault). D. C, Mich., N. Dak. 



Tetrastichomorpha ajax Girault, 1916. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 51: 132. 9. 

 americanus Ashmead. Va. and W. Va., w. to Ind., Mo., Tex., and Calif.; s. to Costa Rica. Host: 

 Ceratina sp., C. dupla Say, C. ignara Cress., C. nanula Ckll., C. sequoiae Mich., Axima 

 zabriskiei How., parasite on Ceratina. 

 Aprostocetus americanus Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 106. 9. 

 animus Girault. N. Mex. Type fragmentary. 



Aprostocetus animus Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. Ill, p. 

 6. 9. 

 bewicki Girault. Wash. 



Aprostocetus bewicki Girault, 1917. New Chalcid Flies, p. 2. 9, <J. 



