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Pantopieata Maneval, 1939. Soc. Ent.de France, Bui. 44: 169, 170. 

 Type-species: Cinetufs flaviventris Thomson. Orig. desig. 



Taxonomy: Nixon, 1957. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Handb. 8(3), pp. 24-27. 

 flavicauda Ashmead. Ont. (Ottawa). 



AcropieHtafkwicauda Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 354. 9. 

 pulchella Whittaker. B. C. (Hollyburn). 



Acropiesta pulchella Whittaker, 1930. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 32: 75. 9, cJ. 

 pulchella var. melanocephala Whittaker. B. C. (Hollyburn). 



Acropiesta pulchella var. melanocephala Whittaker, 1930. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 32: 76. 9, 

 6. 

 pulchella var. rufa Whittaker. B. C. (Hollyburn). 



Acropiesta pulchella var. rufa Whittaker, 1930. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 32: 76. 9, 3. 

 pulchella var. rufifrons Whittaker. B. C. (Hollyburn). 



Acropiesta pulchella var. rufifrons Whittaker, 1930. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 32: 76. 9, <5 . 

 semirufa Fouts. Md. (Glen Echo). 



Acropiesta semirufa Fouts, 1924. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 26: 165. 9. 

 subaptera Ashmead. Mich. (Marquette). 



Acropiesta subaptera Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Nat. Mus., Bui. 45: 354. 9. 



Genus BELYTA Jurine 



Belijta Jurine, 1807. Nouv. Meth. Class. Hym. Dipt., p. 311. 



Type-species: Belijta bicolor Jurine. Monotypic. 

 Belita Haliday, 1857. Nat. Hist. Rev., v. 4, p. 169. Emend. 

 Balyta Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 366. Error. 



Paraclista Kieffer, 1909. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 10, p. 476. Proposed as a 

 subgenus of Belijta Jurine. 



Type-species: Belyta brachyptera Thomson. Desig. by Kieffer, 1910. 

 Neobelyta Hellen, 1964. Fauna Fennica 18: 50. Proposed as a subgenus of Belyta Jurine. 



Type-species: Belyta sanguinolenta Nees. Orig. desig. 



There are no host association records for any of the North American species of Belyta. One 

 unnamed European species is said to have been reared from mycetophilid larvae. 



Revision: Kieffer, 1916. Das Tierreich, Lief. 44, pp. 387-422. 



Taxonomy: Hellen, 1964. Fauna Fennica 18: 49-56. 

 anthracina Whittaker. B. C. (Hollyburn). 



Belyta anthracina Whittaker, 1931. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 33: 179. 9. 

 bisulcata Kieffer. Pa. (Jeannette). 



Belyta bisulcata Kieffer, 1908. Soc. Sci. de Bruxelles, Ann. 32: 43. 9, 6. 

 borealis Whittaker. B. C. (Hollyburn). 



Belyta boreale Whittaker, 1931. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 33: 179. 9. 

 californiae (Kieffer). Calif. (Placer County). 



Zygota californica Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 373. S. Preocc. by Aclista 

 californica Ashmead, 1893, when transferred to Aclista by Kieffer, 1910. 



Aclista californiae Kieffer, 1910. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins. , fasc. 107, p. 24. N. name. 

 contempta Kieffer. Pa. (Pittsburgh). 



Belyta contempta Kieffer, 1909. Soc Sci. de Bru.\elles, Ann. 33: 359, 361. S. 

 crassicornis (Ashmead). Va. (Arlington). 



Pantoclis crassicornis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 367, 369. 9, (male 

 misdet.). 

 despecta Kieffer. Wis. (Polk County). 



Belyta despecta Kieffer, 1909. Soc. Sci. de Bruxelles, Ann. 33: 360, 362. d. 

 erythropus Ashmead. Wis. 



Belyta erythropus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., BuL 45: 356, 357. 9. 



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