1174 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Iphetrachelnn (!) (niiericanuH Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 250. 6. Preocc. by 

 AUotropa (ni/eriania Ashmead, 1887, which is now in Inosteiiniia. 



AUotropa aslniieadi Muesebeck, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 159. N. name. 

 burrelli Muesebeck. Estab. in Conn., Del., Pa., Va., W. Va., Ohio. Introd. from Japan. Host: 

 Pseitdococciia conistocki (Kuw.). 



AUotropa btorelli Muesebeck, 1942. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 37: 170. 9, d. 



Biology: Clancy, 1944. Jour. Agr. Res. 69: 159-167. -Clausen, 1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. 

 Bui. 1139: 74-75. 



citri Muesebeck. Released and recovered in Calif, but doubtfully estab. Introd. from So. 

 China. Host: PUuiococch.s citri (Risso). 

 AUotropa citri Muesebeck, 1954. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 18. 9, (5. 

 convexifrons Muesebeck. Conn., N. Y., N. J., Va.; Japan, USSR. Host: Pneudococcus co)iistocki 

 (Kuw.), P. lo)i()ispi)iiis (Targ.-Tozz.). 

 AUotropa conrexifroiin Muesebeck, 1942. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 37: 171. 9,6. 



Biology: Carman, Brigham, Schread and Smith, 1943. Conn. State Agr. E.\pt. Sta., Bui. 472: 

 232. — Haeussler and Clancy, 1944. Jour. Econ. Ent. 37: 503-509. — Shenderovskaya, 1967. 

 Zashch. Rast. 12: 51. (In Russian). 

 merrilli Muesebeck. Fla., La. Host: Trionymus sp. on bald cypress. 



AUotropa nierriUi Muesebeck, 1954. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 49: 20. 9, d. 

 utilis Muesebeck. N. S., N. H., Vt., Ont., B. C; Japan. Host: Plienacoccus aceris (Sign.), P. 

 perf/atidei Ckll. 

 AUotropa «/(7(.s Muesebeck, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 158. 9, 6. 



Biology: Gilliatt, 1939. Canad. Ent. 71: 160-163. —Marshall and Pickett, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76: 

 19. — Wishart, 1947 (1946). Ontario Ent. Soc, 77th Ann. Rpt., p. 36. — McLeod, 1954. Ent. 

 Soc. Brit. Columbia, Proc 50: 19. —Murakami, 1962. Kyushu Univ. Facul. Agr., Sci. Bui. 19: 

 390-402. -Murakami, 1963. Kyushu Univ. Facul. Agr., Sci. Bui. 20: 229-240. 



Tribe IPHITRACHELINI 



The members of this group are set off sharply from the remainder of the Inostemmatinae by 

 their 4-segmented tarsi. Nothing is known concerning their biology or host relations. 



Ta.xonomy: Masner, 1957. Acta Soc. Ent. Cechoslov. 54: 54-61. — Hellen, 1968. Notulae Ent. 

 48: 45. — Kozlov, 1970. Ent. Obozr. 49: 222 (English transl.: Ent. Rev. 49: 124). 



Genus IPHITRACHELUS Walker 



Iphitrachelns Walker, 1835. Ent. Mag. 3: 273. 



Type-species: IphitrachehiH /or Walker. Monotypic. 



Taxonomy: Jacksqn, 1966. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 68: 265-268. 

 foutsi Jackson. Md. (Cabin John). 



IphHrachelus foutsi Jackson, 1966. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 68: 265. 9. 



Subfamily SCELIOTRACHELINAE 



Two genera of this group occur in North America. One of these, Fidiobia Ashmead, has 

 generally been placed in the Inostemmatinae; the other, Atiiitiis Haldeman, in the Platygas- 

 trinae. In the more recent treatments of these genera, however, the two are considered as being 

 closely allied and as belonging in a distinct section of the family which is currently called the 

 subfamily Sccliotracliellnae. 



Taxonomy: Brues, 1909 (1908). In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 80, pp. 12-13. — Szabo, 1959. Mus. 

 Natl. Hungarici, Ann. Hist.-Nat. 51: 389-396 (proposal of tribal name Amitini for this 

 group). -Masner, 1964. Psyche 71: 8-11. -Kozlov, 1970. Ent. Obozr. 49: 222-223 (English 

 transl.: Ent. Rev. 49: 124-125). 



Genus FIDIOBIA Ashmead 



Fidiobia Ashmead, 1894. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Jour. 17: 170. 



