2004 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Genus STELIS Subgenus MELANOSTELIS Ashmead 



Melanostelis Ashmead, 1898. Psyche 8: 283. 



Type-species: Chelynia riibi Cockerell. Monotypic and orig. desig. (,=Melanosfelis 

 betheli Ashmead). 

 ricardonis (Cockerell). B. C. 



Chelynia ricardonis Cockerell, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 293. 9. 



rubi Cockerell. B. C, Alta., Wash., Calif., Colo. 



Stelis rubi Cockerell, 1898. Entomologist 31: 167. 9. 

 Melanostelis betheli Ashmead, 1898. Psyche 8: 283. 9. 



Taxonomy: Swenk, 1914. Nebr. Univ. Studies 14: 8. 9, S. 



Genus STELIS Subgenus STELIDIUM Robertson 



Stelicliuvi Robertson, 1902. Canad. Ent. 24: 323. 



Type-species: Stelicliuvi trypetinuni Robertson. Monotypic and orig. desig. 

 ashmeadiellae Timberlake. Calif. Host: Ashnieadiella califoniica (Ashm.). 



Stelis (Stelidiuvt) ashmeadiellae Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 133. 9, <5 . 



Biology: Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 134 (host). 



nyssonoides (Brues). Tex. 



Melanostelis nyssonoides Brues, 1903. Ent. News 14: 84. 9. 



palmarum Timberlake. Calif. 



Stelis (Stelidinvi) palmarum Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 134. 9. 

 permaculata Cockerell. Colo., N. Mex. Host: Heriades carinata Cress.? 



Stelis lateralis var. pennaculata Cockerell, 1898. Entomologist 31: 167. 6. 



Biology: Hicks, 1927. Ent. News 38: 297 (host). 

 robertsoni Timberlake. Calif. 



Stelis (Stelidium) robertsoni Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 136. 9, 6. 



trypetina (Robertson). 111., Ont., Va. 



Stelidiuin trypetinuni Robertson, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 323. 9. 

 Stelis (Stelidium) ontariana Sladen, 1916. Canad. Ent. 48: 312. 9,6. 



Taxonomy: Cockerell, 1922. Canad. Ent. 54: 143 (tax. characters). —Mitchell, 1962. N. C. Agr. 

 Expt. Sta. Tech. Bui. 152: 44-45 (redescription). 



Genus STELIS Subgenus STELIDINA Timberlake 



Stelis subg. Stelidina Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 125. 



Type-species: Stelis hemirhoda Linsley. Orig. desig. 

 Stelidella{\) Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 133. 



Revision: Linsley, 1939. Ent. News 50: 255. 

 acutiventris Linsley. Calif. 



Stelis (Stelidium) acutiventris Linsley, 1939. Ent. News 50: 252. 9. 



cockerelli (Hicks). Calif. 



Herbstiella cockerelli Hicks, 1933. Amer. Mus. Novitates 616: 1. 9. 



hemirhoda Linsley. Calif. 



Stelis (Stelidium) hemirhoda Linsley, 1939. Ent. News 50: 250. 9, 6. 



micheneri Linsley. Calif. 



Stelis (Stelidium) micheneri Linsley, 1939. Ent. News 50: 253. 9,6. 



nigriventris Timberlake. Calif. 



Stelis (Stelidina) nigriventris Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 132. 9. 



trichopyga Timberlake. Calif. 



Stelis (Stelidina) trichopyga Timberlake, 1941. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 49: 130. 9. 



