1214 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Type-species: Nesepyris ewa Bridwell. Monotypic. 



The small rare species belonging to this genus are probably parasitic on borers in twigs or 

 bark. 



floridanus Evans. Fla.; Mexico. 



Nesepyris floridan us Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 132: 165, 111, 112, 9. 



virginianus Evans. Md., Va. Bred from redbud (Cercis canadensis) and found under hickory 

 bark. 

 Nesepyris virginianus Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 132: 164, fig. 110. 9. 



Genus GLENOSEMA Kieffer 



Glenosema Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 100. No species. 



Type-species: Gleyiosema nigra Kieffer. First included species. 

 Arysepyris Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 102. 



Type-species: Arysepyris merceti Kieffer. Orig. desig. 

 crandalli Evans. Ariz. (Santa Catalina Mts.). 



Glenosema crandalli Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 132: 170, fig. 116. 9. 



Genus SCLERODERMUS Latreille 



Sclerodermus Latreille, 1809. Gen. Crust. Ins., v. 4, p. 118. 



Type-species: Sclerodermus domesticus Latreille. Monotypic. 

 Scleroderma^) Oken, 1817. Isis 8: 1178. Emend. 

 Schlerochroa Foerster, 1850. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 7: 501. Unnecessarily 



proposed as a new name for Sclerodermus Latr. 

 Schleroderma (!) Costa, 1862. Annuario Mus. Zool. Napoli 2: 131. Misspelling. 

 Neosclerodemia Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 106. 



Type-species: Ateleopterus virginiensis Ashmead. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914. 



The North American species are parasitic on wood-boring beetle larvae, frequently those in- 

 festing houses. The adult wasps have frequently been reported as stinging humans in infested 

 houses. 



carolinensis (Ashmead). Conn, and N. Y. to Ga. Host: Dicerca lepida Lac; Urographis fasciata 

 (de Geer). 

 Dissomphalus carolinensis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 42, 43. 9. 

 Ateleopterus virginiensis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 45. 6, 9. 

 macrogaster (Ashmead). D. C, Va., N. C, Fla., Miss., Tex.; Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Brazil. 

 Host: Megacyllene antennatus (White), Scolytus rugulosus (Ratz.), Xyletinus peltatus 

 (Parr.). 

 Sclerochroa macrogaster Ashmead, 1887. Ent Amer. 3: 75. 9. 



Subfamily PRISTOCERINAE 



Genus PRISTOCERA Klug 



Genus PRISTOCERA Subgenus PRISTOCERA Klug 



Pristocera Klug, 1808. Mag. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 49. 



Type-species: Bethylus depressus Fabricius. Monotypic. 

 Mangesia Kieffer, 1911. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 35: 209. 



Type-species: Mangesia fuscipennis Kieffer. Orig. desig. 

 Trichelobrachium Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 425. 



Type-species: Pristocera obliterata Kieffer. Monotypic. 



The typical subgenus does not occur in North America. 



Genus PRISTOCERA Subgenus ACREPYRIS Kieffer 



Acrepyris Kieffer, 1905. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 249. 

 Type-species: Epyris reticulatus Kieffer. Orig. desig. 



