Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 1015 



Taxonomy: Packard, 1890. U. S. Dept. Agr, Ent. Comn., Rpt. 5, p. 265. 



Biology: Dunnam, 1924. Iowa Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 220: 65. —Doner, 1936. Ent. Soc. Amer., 

 Ann. 29: 234. -Copenhafer and Parker, 1938. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 11: 46. —Click, 1939. 

 U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 673: 48. -Nickels, 1948. Jour. Econ. Ent. 4: 114. -Beckham et 

 a/., 1950. Va. Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 114: 12. -Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. 

 Pub. 767: 85. 



ignotus Burks. Fla. Host: Homaledra sabalella (Chamb.). 



Horismenus ignotus Burks, 1971. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 73: 76. 9. 

 latrodecti Burks. Tex. Ecology: A secondary parasite in egg sacs of the black widow spider, 

 probably parasitizing a chloropid fly, Pseudogaurax signatus (Loew), the primary 

 parasite. 

 Horismenusi latrodecti Burks, 1971. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 73: 77. 9, 6. 



lixivorus Crawford, Tex., Ariz. Host: Lixus musculus Say., L. perforatus LeC, L. scrobicollis 

 Boh. 

 HorisemusO) lixivorus Crawford, 1907. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 15: 180. 9, cj. 



Biology: Pierce, 1910. Jour. Econ. Ent. 3: 453. 

 microgaster (Ashmead). Maine, s. to N. C, w. to Iowa, Kans., Tex. Host: Apioii decoloratum 

 Smith; Acleris mi7iuta (Rob.), Anchylopera nebecidana Clem., Ancylis comptana 

 fragariae (W. and R.), Celama sorghiella (Riley), Clwristoneura rosaceana (Har.), 

 Coleophora laricella (Hbn.), C. malivorella Riley, Dicliomeris marginella (F.), Exoteleia 

 pinifoliella (Chamb.), Paroniix geminatella (Pack.), Phyllocnistis populiella Chamb., 

 Pteroplwnis periscelidactyliis Fitch, Tetralopha robustella ZelL; Apanteles sp., A. 

 congregatus (Say), A. glomeratus (L.), A. melanoscelus (Ratz.), Chorinaeus sp., 

 Microgaster sp., Microplitis ceratomiae Riley, Oncophanes americanus (Weed). 



Holcopelte microgaster Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 102. d. 



Pediobioidea cyanea Girault, 1911. Canad. Ent. 43: 407. 9, 6. 



Pseudomphale ancylae Girault, 1916. Ent. News 27: 223. 9, 6. 



Biology: Leach, 1916. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 435: 11. —Proper, 1934. Jour. Agr. Res. 48: 365. 

 -Hill and Hough, 1957. Va. Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 130: 16. -Schaffner, 1959. U. S. 

 Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 85. 



missouriensis (Ashmead). N. Y., s. to Ga., w. to S. Dak., Kans., Okla., Ariz. Host: 

 Acanthoscelides sp., Amblycerus sp., Gibbobnichus sp. 

 Holcopelte missouriensis Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 101. 9. 

 Holcopelte popenoei Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 101. 9. 



Taxonomy: Girault, 1934. Miridae et Hym. Nova Austral., p. 3 (synonymy). 

 nitens (Howard). D. C. Ecology: A secondary parasite in egg sacs of epeirid spiders. 



Holcopelte nitens Howard, 1892. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 298. 9, d. 

 productus (Ashmead). Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. Host: Acanthoscelides homi (Pic), Algarobius 

 prosopis (LeC), Mimosestes amicus (Horn). 

 Holcopelte producta Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 342. 9,6. 

 sardus (Walker). Fla. 



Entedon (Horisvienus) sardus Walker, 1847. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 20: 23. 9. 



Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 147. 

 ElachristusiDflavipes Ashmead, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 133. 9. 

 texanus (Girault). Conn., s. to Ga., w. to Iowa, Kans., Ariz. Ecology: A parasite of small 



Diptera living in grass stems. Host: Eumetopiella rufipes (Macq.), Mayetiola destructor 

 (Say), Meromyza americana Fitch. 

 Pseudomphale texana Girault, 1917 (1916). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 120. 9. 



Biology: Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 128. 



Genus PEDIOBIUS Walker 



Pediobius Walker, 1846. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 17: 184. 



Type-species: Entedon (Pediobius) imbreus Walker. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904, p. 

 384. Incorrectly desig. on p. 344. 



