Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA 1215 



Pristocera subg. Neopristocera Yasumatsu,- 1955. Fac. Agr. Kyushu Univ., Jour. 10: 248. 

 Type-species: Pristocera japonica Yasumatsu. Orig. desig. 



These wasps are parasitic on the larvae of Elateridae (wireworms) in the soil. Males carry the 

 females in flight during mating. 



Revision: Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 241-290, 60 figs. 

 armifera (Say). N. H. and Vt. south to Fla., west to S. Dak., Colo, and Tex. Host: Aeolus sp.; 

 Limonius agonus (Say); Melanotus sp. 

 Bethyius arrniferus Say, 1828. Contrib. Maclur. Lye. Phila. 1: 80. d. 

 Scleroderma thoracica Westwood, 1839. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 2: 167. 9. 

 Scleroderma contracta Westwood, 1839. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 2: 169, pi. 12, fig. 11. 9. 

 Epyris laeviventris Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 193. 6. 

 Epyris reticulatus Kieffer, 1904. Arkiv for. Zool. 1: 527. 6. 



Biology: Hyslop, 1916. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 18: 170, pi. 11, figs. 1-3. 



Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99, no. 14: 44-46, pi. 15, figs. A-D 

 (male genitalia). 

 atra Klug. N. C. to Fla., west to N. Mex. 



Pristocera atra Klug, 1810. Beitr. Naturk., v. 2, p. 206. 6. 



Taxonomy: Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 273-276, figs. 5, 12, 17, 48, 53, 54. <S , 9. 

 bridwelli Evans. Ark. (Dodd City). 



Pristocera (Acrepyris) bridwelli Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 267. S, 9. 

 californica Evans. Calif., Utah, Wyo. 



Pristocera (Acrepyris) californica Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 263. 6. 

 chihuahua Evans. Ariz.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Zacatecas). 



Pristocera (Acrepyris) chihuahua Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 284. S. 

 cockerelli Evans. Tex. to Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Oaxaca). 



Pristocera (Acrepyris) cockerelli Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 264. 6,9. 

 fraterna Evans. N. C. to Fla., Kans. 



Pristocera {Acrepyris) fraterna Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 261. S, 9 (?). 

 hyalina Brues. Ark., La., Tex., N. Mex., south to central Mexico. 



Pristocera hyalina Brues, 1906. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 4: 143. 6. 



Genus APENESIA Westwood 



Apenesia Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon., p. 170. 



Type-species: Apenesia amazonica Westwood. Desig. by Westwood, 1881. 

 Aeluroides Tullgren, 1904. Ark. Zool. 1: 428. 



Type-species: Aeluroides sjostedti Tullgren. Monotypic. 

 Propristocera Kieffer, 1905. hi Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 247. 



Type-species: Propristocera interrupta Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914. 

 Cleistepyris Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 79: 48. 



Type-species: Cleistepyris punctatus Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914. 

 Dipristocera Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 471. 



Type-species: Dipristocera microchela Kieffer. Monotypic. 

 Neopristocera Benoit, 1957. Explor. Pare Nat. Albert, Mission DeWitte, fasc. 88, p. 44. 

 Preocc. 



Type-species: Neopristocera triloba Benoit. Orig. desig. 



Hosts are unknown for the North American species, but two Old World species have been 

 reared from weevil larvae (Curculionidae) in roots or stems. 



Revision: Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 130: 249-359, 138 figs. 



Species Group Exilis 



cochise Evans. Ariz. (Cochise Co.). 



Apensia cochise Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 130: 296, figs. 27, 32. 6. 



