1034 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Revision: Girault, 1912 Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 10: 81-100. — Girault, 1914. Wis. Nat. Hist. 

 Soc, Bui. 12: 55-71. —Girault, 1918. No. Amer. Hym. Trichogrammatidae, Sydney, Austral. 

 11 pp. -Doutt and Viggiani, 1968. Calif. Acad. Sci. Proc. (4) 35: 477-586. 



Taxonomy: Kryger, 1918. Ent. Meddel. 12: 257-354 (European spp.). — Mani, 1938. Cat. Indian 

 Insects, pt. 23, pp. 133-141 (bibliography and cat. of Indian spp.). — Kloete and Hincks, 

 1945. Check List Brit. Insects, Arboath, Scotland, p. 303 (list Brit. spp.). 



Genus OLIGOSITA Walker 



Oligosita Walker, 1851. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (2)7: 212-213. (Cited as Haliday MS.) 



Type-species: Oligonita coUina Walker. Monotypic. 

 Wentwoodella Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 359. 



Type-species: Oligosita sitbfasciata Westwood. Monotypic. 

 ParoligoHitci Kurdjumov, 1911. Russ. Ent. Obozr. 11: 434. 



Type-species: Paroligoaita bella Kurdjumov. Orig. desig. 

 PseudoligoHita Girault, 1913. Queensland Mus., Mem. 2: 104. 



Type-species: PseudoligoHita anioldi Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Zorontogmninia Silvestri, 1915. Lab. Zool. Agr. Portici, Bol. 9: 327. 



Type-species: Zorontogranima distinctuni Silvestri. Orig. desig. 

 atnericana Girault. Ind. and III, s. to S. C, Ga., Tex., and N. Mex. Host: Doryceplialus 

 platyrhynchus Osb., Homalodisca insolita (Walk.), cicadellid eggs in grasses. 

 Oligosita aitiericana Girault, 1909. Psyche 16: 106. 9. 



Taxonomy: Girault, 1911. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 56-62. 

 clarimaculosa (Girault). Va., 111. 



Westwoodella clariiiiaculosa Girault, 1911. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 67. 9. 

 comosipennis (Girault). N. Y. 



Westwoodella co))iosipe7niis Girault, 1911. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 66. 9. 

 marilandia Girault. Md. 



Oligosita marilandia Girault, 1917. Chalcidoid. nova Marilandensis II, p. 1. 9. 

 plebeia (Perkins). Okla.; Mexico. Host: Cicadellid eggs in cane. 



Westivoodella plebeia Perkins, 1912. Hawaii. Sugar Planters' Assoc. Expt. Sta., Div. Ent. 

 Bui. 10: 16. 9. 

 sanguinea (Girault). Conn. w. to N. Dak., s. to Fla., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico and Brazil Host: 

 Cicadellid eggs in wheat, grasses, and clover. 



Westwoodella sanguinea Girault, 1911. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 58-62. 9, 6. 



Oligosita sanguinea var. daripes Girault, 1916. Ent. News 27: 4. 9. 

 subfasciatipennis (Girault). Vt., Wis., Iowa, N. Dak., Wash. Host: Cicadellid eggs in wheat. 



Westwoodella subfasciatipennis Girault, 1911. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 63-66. 



Genus MEGAPHRAGMA Timberlake 



Megaphragwa Timberlake, 1924. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 5: 413. 



Type-species: Megapliragnia inyiiiaripenne Timberlake. Monotypic. 

 Sethosiella Kryger, 1932. Soc Ent. d'Egypte, Bui. p. 38. 



Type-species: Sethosiella priesneri Kryger. Monotypic. 



Members of this genus, being parasites in thrips eggs, are thought to be the smallest of all in- 

 sects. Some specimens have an overall body length of only 170 or 180 microns. However, some of 

 the mymarids of the genus Alaptus Haliday have a body length of only 200 microns and are 

 much more slender, so that it is difficult to decide which is actually the smaller. 



Revision: Ghesquiere, 1939. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 33: 39. 

 mymaripenne Timberlake. La., Calif.; Hawaii; Haiti. Host: Eggs of Heliothrips 

 haeniorrhoidalis Bouche and Leucothrips sp. 

 Megapliragnia mymaripenne Timberlake, 1924. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 5: 413. 9. 



Biology: Dozier, 1932. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 34: 29-30. 



