1 170 Hymenoptera in America Nortii of Mexico 



sphingis (Ashmead). N. C, Fla., Ohio, Tenn., Mo.; West Indies. Host: Manduca sexta (L.). 



Teleas sphingis Ashmead, 1887. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent, Bui. 14: 18. 9, cJ. 



TelenoviHS )}ioniliconiis Ashmead, 1894. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 25: 203. 6. 

 spilosomatis Ashmead. D. C, Va., Ohio, Kans. Host: Diacrisia virginica (F.). 



Telenonnis spilosoiiuttis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 144, 151. 2, cJ. 

 szelenyii Muesebeck. Wash. (South. Bellingham). Host: Stilpnotia salicis (L.). 



Telenovius szelenyii Muesebeck, 1974. Folia Ent. Hungarica 27: 135. 9. 

 tabanivorus (Ashmead). Mass., N. Y., Ga., Fla., Ala., Ohio, 111., La., Ark. Host: Tabanus atratus 

 F. 



Pluintirus tabanii'orus Ashmead, 1895. 111. State. Lab. Nat. Hist., Bui. 4: 274. 9, 6. 



Biology: Jones and Anthony, 1964. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1295: 34. 

 tetratomus Kieffer. Nev. (Ormsby County). 



Teleuo))iiis tetmtoiinis Kieffer, 1906 (1905). Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 261. 9. 

 texanus Brues. Tex. Ecology: In nest o{ Eciton coeciDn (Latr.). 

 Telenovius texanus Brues, 1902. Amer. Nat. 36: 372. 9. 



Genus DISSOLCUS Ashmead 



Dissolcus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 138, 164. 



Type-species: Dissolcus )iigriconiis Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 nigricornis Ashmead. Fla. (Jacksonville). 



Dissolcus nigricornis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 165. 9. 



Genus TRISSOLCUS Ashmead 



TrisHolcus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 138, 161. 



Type-species: Trissolcus bwchytiienae Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Asolcus Nakagawa, 1900. Spec. Rpt. Imp. Agr. Sta. Japan, v. 6, p. 17. 



Type-species: Asolcus nigripedius Nakagawa. Monotypic. 

 Aplianurus Kieffer, 1912. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 11, pp. 10, 69. Preocc. by 

 Looss, 1907. 



Type-species: Teleas se)nistriatus Nees. Orig. desig. 

 Ininisia (]!ameron, 1913 (1912). Indian Forest Rec. 4: 104. 



Type-species: Itnnisia carinifrons Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Microphanurus Kieffer, 1926. Das Tierreich, Lief. 48, pp. xv, 16, 91. N. name for 

 Aphanurus Kieffer. 



The species of Trissolcus seem to be exclusively parasitic in the eggs of Hemiptera. Two 

 African species have been recorded from eggs of Lepidoptera but there appears to be some 

 doubt concerning the accuracy of those records. 



Revision: Ashmead 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 161-164 (No. Amer. species). —Kieffer, 

 1926. Das Tierreich, Lief. 48, pp. 91-116, 126-130 (World species). —Nixon, 1935. Roy. Ent. 

 Soc. London, Trans. 83: 95-103 (African species). —Nixon, 1938. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (11) 2: 122-139 (Asian species). —Nixon, 1943. Bui. Ent. Res. 34: 135-144 (Ethiopian and 

 Indo-Malayan species). 



Taxonomy: Watanabe, 1951. Shikoki Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 21. — Masner, 1964. Acta Soc. Ent. 

 Cechoslov. 61: 145-146. 

 basalis (Wollaston). Fla., La.; Africa; Australia; certain Pacific islands; West Indies. Host: 

 Nezaro ciridula (L.). 

 Telenomus basalis Wollaston, 1858. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 1: 25. 9, cJ. 

 Telenonius )naderensis Wollaston, 1858. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 1: 25. 9. 

 Telenomus iiiegacephalus Ashmead, 1894. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 25: 203^212. 9. 

 Telenoiiins iiiegaloceplialus Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 152. Emend. 

 Telenomus piceipcs Dodd, 1919. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 1919: 354. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Priesner, 1931. Soc. Roy. Ent. d'Egypte, Bui. 15: 137-139. -Nixon, 1935. Roy. 

 Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 83: 100-102. —Nixon, 1943. Bui. Ent. Res. 34: 143. 



