Superfamily PROCTOTRUPOIDEA 1175 



Type-species: Fidiobia flavipes Ashmead. Monotypic. 

 Rosneta Brues, 1908. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 6: 157. 



Type-species: Rosneta tritici Brues. Orig. desig. 

 Triclavufi Brethes, 1916. Buenos Aires Mus. Nac. de Hist. Nat., An. 27: 411. 



Type-species: TriclavuH bonariensis Brethes. Monotypic. 

 Platyllotropa Szelenyi, 1938. Mus. Natl. Hungarici, Ann. Hist.-Nat. 31 (Zool.): 126. 



Type-species: Platyllotropa gallicola Szelenyi. Orig. desig. 



The species of Fibiobia, for which reliable rearing records are available, are parasitic in the 

 eggs of Coleoptera (Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae). 



drakei (Ogloblin). Iowa (Ames). 



TriclavuH drakei Ogloblin, 1944. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 46: 156. 9. 



flavipes Ashmead. N. Y., Pa., Ohio. Host: Fidia viticida Walsh. 



Fidiobia Jlaripes Ashmead, 1894. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist., Jour. 17: 171. $. 



Rosneta tritici Brues, 1908. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 6: 157. 9. 

 rugosifrons Crawford. Pa., Ind. Host: Hypera punctata (F.). 



Fidiobia rugosifrons Crawford, 1917 (1916). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4: 141. 9, <J. 



Genus AMITUS Haideman 



Amitus Haideman, 1850. Amer. Jour. Sci. (2)9: 109. 



Type-species: Amitus aleurodinis Haideman. Monotypic. 

 Zacrita Foerster, 1878. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 35: 46. 



Type-species: Zacrita lotgicornis Foerster. Orig. desig. 

 Passalida Brethes, 1914. Nunquam otiosus, Buenos Aires, p. 2. 



Type-species: Passalida spinifera Brethes. Orig. desig. 



The species of this genus, of which the host relations are known, are parasites of Aleyrodidae. 



Ta.xonomy: Fouts, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 63 (15): 8-10. — De Santis, 1941. Soc. Brasil. 

 Agron., Bol. 4: 5. -Debauche, 1947. Soc. Ent. de Belg., Bui. et Ann. 83: 282. — Szabo, 1959. 

 Mus. Natl. Hungarici, Ann. Hist.-Nat. 51: 389-390. — Masner, 1964. Psyche 71: 9. — Hellen, 

 1968. Notulae Ent. 48: 46. 

 aleurodinis Haideman. Mass., Conn., Pa., N. J., D. C, Fla., 111., Calif. Host: Tetraleurodes mori 

 (Quaint.), Trialeiirodes femaldi (Morrill), Aleuroplatus phiniosus (Quaint.), Aleiirochiton 

 forbesii (Ashm.). 

 Amitus aleurodinis Haideman, 1850. Amer. Jour. Sci. (2)9: 110. 9,6. 

 Elaptus (!) aleurodis Forbes, 1885. 111. State Entomologist, Kept. 14: 110. 9. 

 Anaplies tnelliconiis Ashmead, 1887. Canad. Ent. 19: 194. 9. 



Taxonomy: Gahan, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 71 (4): 39. 

 arcturus Whittaker. B. C. (Hollyburn). 



Amitus arcturus Whittaker, 1930. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 32: 69. 9, cJ. 

 spiniferus (Brethes). Tex.; Mex., Brazil, Argentina. Host: Aleurotkrixus flocosus (Maskell). 

 Passalida spiniferus Brethes, 1914. Nunquam otiosus, Buenos Aires, 1914, p. 3. 



Subfamily PLATYGASTRINAE 



The species of this subfamily are essentially parasites of Cecidomyiidae; apparently very rare- 

 ly cynipid or tenthredinid gall-makers are the hosts. Some species are polyembryonic. 



Revision: Fouts, 1924. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 63 (15): 1-145 (North American species). 



Taxonomy: Kozlov, 1970. Ent. Obozr. 49: 223-224 (English transl.: Ent. Rev. 49: 125-126). 



Biology: Marchal, 1906. Arch, de Zool. Expt. et Gen. 34: 573-627. 



Genus METANOPEDIAS Brues 



Metanopedias Brues, 1910. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 28: 79. 

 Type-species: Metanopedias sicarius Brues. Monotypic. 



