1160 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



emertonii (Howard). Mass., Conn. 



Acoloidea e»iertonii Howard, 1891. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 4: 202. 9. 

 floridensis (Fouts). Fla. (Orlando). 



AcotoidesflorkleHsis Fouts, 1927. Ent. Soc. Wasii., Proc. 29: 179. 9. 

 howardii (Ashmead). D. C, Ind., Mich. 



Acoloidcs Hoivanlii Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 170, 171. 9. 

 melleus (Ashmead). Va. (Arlington). 



AcolokU'H melleus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 170, 172. 9. 

 saitidis (Howard). Ont., Pa., Ind., Nebr., Ariz. Host: Habrocestioii pidex (Hentz), Phidippus 

 opifex (McCook). 



Acoloidex saitidiii Howard, 1890. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 2: 270. 9, 6. 



Ta.xonomy: Masner, 1964. Acta Soc. Ent. Cechoslov. 61: 142. 

 seminiger (Ashmead). Ont. (Ottawa). 



Acoloides seniiniyer Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 170, 173. 9. 

 subapterus (Ashmead). Ont. (Ottawa). 



Acoloides subapferus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 170, 173. 9. 



Genus CERATOBAEUS Ashmead 



Ceratobaeus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 167, 175. 

 Type-species: Ceratobaeus coruutus Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



The species of this genus are parasitic in spider egg sacs. 



binotatus Ashmead. Md., D. C, Ind., Ont. 



Ceratobaeus binotatus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 176. 9. 

 cornutus Ashmead. D. C. 



Ceratobaeus cornutus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 176. 9. 



Genus BAEUS Haliday 



Baeus Haliday, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 270. 



Type-species: Baeus soninuluni Haliday. Monotypic. 

 Hyperbaeus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 144. Unnecessarily proposed as a n. name 

 for Baeus Haliday, which Foerster thought to be preoccupied by Baea Commerson in 

 Botany. 

 Psilobaeus Kieffer, 1926. Das Tierreich, Lief. 48, pp. xvii, 132, 151. 

 Type-species: Baeus curvatus Kieffer. Monotypic. 



The species o{ Baeus are spider-egg parasites. 



Revision: Kieffer, 1926. Das Tierreich, Lief. 48, pp. 146-151. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 65 (4): 20. —Masner, 1965. Brit. Mus. (Nat. 

 Hist.), Bui., Ent. Sup. 1, p. 67. 

 americanus Howard. Que., N. Y., Ont., Ohio. 



Baeus a)iiericauus Howard, 1890. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 2: 270. 9. 

 latrodecti Dozier. Md., S. C, Mo., La., Kans., Tex., Cahf.; West Indies, Hawaii. Host: 

 Latrodectus )uactaus (F.). 

 Baeus latrodecti Dozier, 1931. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 33: 27. 9, d. 

 Baeus californicus Pierce, 1939 (1938). So. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 37: 101, 103. 9,6. 



Biology: Pemberton and Rosa, 1940. Hawaii. Planters Rec. 44: 73-80. 

 minutus Ashmead. Ont. (Ottawa). 



Baeus luinutus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 178. 9. 

 niger Ashmead. Ont., D. C. 



Baeus niger Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 178. 9. 



Taxonomy: Harrington, 1901. Canad. Ent. 33: 331. 

 piceus Ashmead. Ont. (Ottawa). 



Baeus piceus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 178, 179. 9. 



