Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA 1035 



Genus HYDROPHYLITA Ghesquiere 



Hydrophylax Matheson and Crosby, 1912. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 5: 65. Preocc. by 

 Fitzinger. 1843. 



Type-species: Hydrophylax aquivolans Matheson and Crosby. Monotypic. 

 Hydrophylita Ghesquiere, 1946. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 39: 371. N. name. 

 Lutzimkron Costa Lima, 1960. Sao Paulo Inst. Biol., Arq. 27: 197. 



Type-species: Lutzimkron lestesi Costa Lima. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: DeSantis, 1964. Comision inv. Cient. Prov. B. A., Notas 2(3): 3-5. — Doutt and 

 Viggiani, 1968. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 35: 493. 

 aquivolans (Matheson and Crosby). N. Y., Ohio, Kans. Host: Eggs of Ischnura vertkalis (Say). 

 Hydrophylax aquivolans Matheson and Crosby, 1912. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 5: 65. 6, 9. 



Biology: Davis, 1962. Limnol. and Oceanog. 7: 390-392. 



Genus PARACENTROBIA Howard 



Paracentrobia Howard, 1897. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 26: 178. 



Type-species: Paracentrobia punctata Howard. Monotypic. 

 Abbella Girault, 1911. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 9. 



Type-species: Abbella subflava Girault. Orig. desig. 

 Ittyn Girault, 1911. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 37: 25. 



Type-species: Trichogranima cerenarum Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Brachistella Girault, 1911. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 19: 184. 



Type-species: Trichogra)unia acuviinata Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 JasHidophthora Perkins, 1912. Hawaii. Sugar Planters' Assoc. Expt. Sta., Div. Ent. Bui. 10: 

 17. 



Type-species: Jaasidophthora prima Perkins. Monotypic. 

 Abbellisca Ghesquiere, 1946. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 39: 371. N. name, unnecessarily 

 proposed. 



Taxonomy: Doutt and Viggiani, 1968. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 35: 562. 

 acuminata (Ashmead). N. Y. and Minn. s. to Fla., La., Tex., and Calif.; Mexico, West Indies. 

 Host: Lestes dryas Kirby, L. unguiculatus Hagen, Cuema costalis (Fab.), 

 Draeculacephala iniyior (Walk.), D. mollipes (Say), D. portola (Ball), Homalodisca 

 insolita (Walk.). There is some evidence that a complex of species is at present under 

 this one name. 

 Trichogramvia acuminatum Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 107. 9, 6. 

 Brachista pallida Ashmead, 1900. Ent. News 11: 616. 9. 



Biology: Gibson, 1915. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 254: 14. -Turner and Pollard, 1959. U. S. Dept. 



Agr., Tech. Bui. 1188: 26-27. 

 americana (Girault). Utah. Host: Cicadellid eggs in Elymus. 



Abbella americana Girault, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 53: 445. 9, 6. 

 auriscutellum (Girault). Ariz.; Mexico. Host: Draeculacephala mollipes (Say). 



Abbella auriscutellum Girault, 1916. Ent. News 27: 4. 9. 



Biology: Gibson, 1915. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 254: 14. 

 ceresarum (Ashmead). N. S., N. J., Ohio, 111., Calif. Host: Ceresa borealis Fairm., C. bubalus 

 (Fab.), C. taurina (Fitch), Stictocephala inennis (Fab.). 

 Trichogramma ceresarum Ashmead, 1888. Canad. Ent. 20: 107. 9. 



livii (Girault). Md. 



Neobrachistella livii Girault, 1918. No. Amer. Hym. Trichogrammatidae, Sydney, Austral., 

 p. 11. 9. 

 nympha (Girault). Tex. Host: Cicadellid eggs in stems of Aynbrosia; eggs of Psallus seriatus 

 (Reuter). 

 Abbella nympha Girault, 1911. Entomologist 44: 197. 9. 

 perditrix (Gahan). Ariz. Host: Stictocephala festina (Say). 



Abbella (Ittys) perditrix Gahan, 1918. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 20: 25. 9, d. 



