Superfamily PROCTOTRUPOIDEA 1159 



Genus EMBIDOBIA Ashmead 



Enibklobia Ashmead, 1895. Trinidad Field Naturalists' Club, Jour. 2: 264. 



Type-species: E)iibi(lobia urichi Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Efflatounina Priesner, 1951. Inst. Fouad I du Desert, Bui. 1: 126. 



Type-species: Efflatounina gyrontoides Priesner. Orig. desig. 



The species of this genus are parasitic in the eggs of Embioptera. No North American species 

 of Enibidobia has been described but the U. S. National Museum of Natural History has an un- 

 described species from Te.xas which has been referred to this genus by Masner. 



Ta.xonomy: Dodd, 1939. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Proc. 64: 339-344. —Masner, 1964. Acta See. 

 Ent. Cechoslov. 61: 142-144. -Masner, 1968. Natal Mus., Ann. 20: 197. -Kozlov, 1970. Ent. 

 Obozr. 49: 213 (English transl.: Ent. Rev. 49: 119-120). —Masner and Dessart, 1972. 

 Canad. Ent. 104: 505-506. 



Genus TIPHODYTES Bradley 



LbnnodijteN Marchal, 1900. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 69: 171, 174. Preocc. by Dumeril and 

 Bibron, 1841. 



Type-species: Liiunodytea gerriphagus Marchal. Orig. desig. 

 Tiphodytes Bradley, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 179. N. name. 

 Hnngaroscelio Szabo, 1957. Folia Ent. Hungarica (n. s.) 10: 289. 



Type-species: HungaroNcelio kaszabi Szabo. Orig. desig. 



Members of this genus are parasitic in the eggs of certain aquatic insects. 



Taxonomy: Masner and Kozlov, 1965. Acta Ent. Bohemoslov. 62: 292. 



Biology: Marchal, 1900. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 69: 171-173. — Matheson and Crosby, 1912. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 5: 67-68. -Henriksen, 1918. Ent. Meddel. 12: 142-143. —Martin, 

 1928. Ent. Amer. 8 (n. s.): 131-143. 

 gerriphagus (Marchal). Ont., Maine, N. Y., Mich., Calif.; Europe. Host: Gerris sp., Trepobates 

 sp. 

 Lininodyte.s ycrripliayus Marchal, 1900. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 69: 172, 175. 9, 6. 

 Hungaroncelio kaszabi Szabo, 1957. Folia Ent. Hungarica (n. s.) 10: 290. 6. 



Genus THORON Haliday 



Tlioron Haliday, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 271. 



Type-species: Tlioron uietalliciis Haliday. Monotypic. 

 metallicus Haliday. Que., Ont., Mass.; Europe. Host: Nepa cinerea L. 

 Thoron metallicus Haliday, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 272. 



Biology: Jansson, 1939. Entomologbladet 3: 13. 



Genus IDRIS Foerster 



Idris Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 102, 105. 



Type-species: Idris flaricornis Foerster. Monotypic. 

 Acoloides Howard, 1890. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 2: 269. 



Type-species: Acoloides saitidis Howard. Monotypic. 

 Megacolus Priesner, 1951. Inst. Fouad I du Desert, Bui. 1: 121. Preocc. by Cameron, 1903. 



Type-species: Megacolus desertoruni Priesner. Monotypic. 

 Philoplanes Muesebeck and Walkley, 1956. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 105: 384. N. name for 

 Megacolus Priesner. 



The species of Idris are parasitic in the egg sacs of spiders. 



Ta.xonomy: Masner, 1961. Acta Soc. Ent. Cechoslov. 58: 163-166. —Szabo, 1965. Mus. Natl. 

 Hungarici, Ann. Hist.-Nat. 57: 367-373. 



bicolor (Ashmead). Ont. (Ottawa). 



Acoloides bicolor Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 170, 172. 9. 



