Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA 1233 



record). -Medler, 1964. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 66: 209-215 (life history). -Krombein, 1967. 



Trap-nesting wasps and bees, pp. 466-468 (life history). 

 parkeri Moore. Que., Alta., B. C, Mont., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Oreg., Calif. Host: Euodynems 



foraminatus scutellaris (Sauss.); Leptochilus rufinodus (Cr.); Microdynents bakerianus 

 (Cam.); Parancistrocerus acarigaster (Boh.). Hosts nest in cavities in twigs and in 

 abandoned mud-dauber nests. 



Chrysis parkeri Moore, 1966. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 59: 1130, fig. 8. S, 9. 



Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 93 (host records). —Parker, 1970. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 46: 242 (host record). 

 pellucidula Aaron. Transcontinental in U. S. and southern Canada. Host: Trypargilum 



collinum nibrocinctum (Pack.), T. t. tridentatum (Pack.). Hosts nest in cavities in twigs 

 and in borings in wood. 

 Chrysis pellucidula Aaron, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: 235. 9. 



Biology: Hicks, 1934. Univ. Colo. Studies 21: 267 (host record). —Parker and Bohart, 1966. 

 Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 95 (host record). —Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting wasps and bees, p. 

 473 (life history). —Medler, 1967. Amer. Midland Nat. 78: 351 (host record). 

 remissa Mocsary. Pa., Va., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Zacatecas, Veracruz). 



Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) remissa Mocsary, 1914. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. 12: 52. 9. 



Genus CHRYSIS Subgenus PRAESTOCHRYSIS Linsenmaier 



Chrysis subg. Praestochrysis Linsenmaier, 1959. Schweiz. Ent. Ges., Mitt. 32: 164. 

 Type-species: Chrysis shanghaiensis Smith. Orig. desig. 



This subgenus is not a member of the Nearctic fauna. 



shanghaiensis Smith. Liberated in Mass. in 1917-18 but not recovered since 1919; Japan, 

 China, Thailand, India, East Indies. Introduced from China. Host: Diapausing larva, 

 Cnidocampa flavescens (Wlkr.), the oriental moth. 



Chrysis Shanghaiensis Smith, 1874. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 460. 9. 



Chrysis (Pentachrysis) himalayensis Mocsary, 1888. In Radoszkowski, Hor. Soc. Ent. 

 Ross. 23: 31, fig. 63. 6. 



Chrysis (Pentachrysis) crassiscuta Mocsary, 1889. Monog. Chrysid., p. 524. 9 . 



Biology: Parker, 1936. Jour. Agr. Res. 52: 449-458 (life history, behavior). 

 Morphology: Parker, 1936. Jour. Agr. Res. 52: 452-455, 5 figs, (egg, larva). 



Genus CERATOCHRYSIS Cooper 



Chrysis subg. Ceratochrysis Cooper, 1952. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 78: 138. 

 Type-species: Chrysis (Ceratochrysis) enhuycki Cooper. Orig. desig. 



Biology and host relationships are known for only a few of the included species. These meager 

 data indicate that species of this genus parasitize eumenid and sphecoid wasps and megachilid 

 bees nesting in cavities in twigs. 



Taxonomy: Cooper, 1952. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 78: 137-148. —Bohart, 1966. Kans. Ent. 

 Soc, Jour. 39: 112-113 (redefined and raised to generic rank). 



aiveata Bohart. Calif., Ariz. 



Ceratochrysis aiveata Bohart, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 113, figs. 7, 11, 14. <J, 9. 

 antyga Bohart. Calif., Nev., Ariz., N. Mex. Host: Trypargilum t. tridentatum (Pack.); 

 Piso7iopsis birkmanni Roh. 



Ceratochrysis antyga Bohart, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 115, figs. 6, 13. i, 9. 



Biology: Parker and Bohart, 1966. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 94-95 (host records). 

 bitumida Bohart. N. Mex. (Hidalgo Co.). 



Ceratochrysis bitumida Bohart, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 116, fig. 1. 9. 



cavicantha Bohart. Calif., Ariz. 



Ceratochrysis cavicantha Bohart, 1966. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 39: 116, fig. 8. 6, 9. 



