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Platygaster americana (Ashmead; 



Epimeces Americanus Ashmead, 1887b, p. 129 



Lectotype female (selected by Fouts, 1924b, p. 32), USNM no. 24594; 

 Jacksonville, Fla.; wings and some of legs missing, head mounted 

 separately on the card point. Two other specimens in the type se- 

 ries are not conspecific with the lectotype. 



Platygaster angvlata (Ashmead) 



P olygnotus angulatus Ashmead, 1893, pp. 304, 319. 



Lectotype female (selected by Fouts, 1924b, p. 67, and incorrectly 

 recorded by him as a male), USNM no. 25439; Jacksonville, Fla.; 

 well preserved. Two female paralectotypes. 



Platygaster antennariae (Ashmead) 



Synopeas antennariae Ashmead, 1893, pp. 286, 288. 



Lectotype male (selected by Fouts, 1924b, p. 99), USNM no. 2274; 

 Milwaukee, Wis., June 1, 1888, from Asphondylia antennariae Wheeler; 

 well preserved. AHolectotype (female) and 23 paralectotypes (males 

 and females). 



Platygaster anura Fouts 



P latygaster anura Fouts, 1925a, p. 94. 



Lectotype female, USNM no. 69167; Brownwood, Tex., May 1, 1924, 

 R. M. Fouts; well preserved. Three paralectotypes (2 males and 1 

 female). 



Platygaster aphidis (Ashmead) 



Platygaster aphidis Ashmead, 1893, pp. 323, 325. 



Holotype male, USNM no. 2305; Richfield Springs, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1887; 

 head missing. Unique. 



Platygaster artemisiae (Ashmead) 



P olygnotus artemisiae Ashmead, 189 3, pp. 301, 309. 



Lectotype female (selected by Fouts, 1924b, p. 76), USNM no. 2286; 

 Lancaster, Calif., Dec. 6, 1887, from cecidomyiid gall on Artemisia 

 californica, A. Koebele; well preserved. AHolectotype (male) and 

 19 paralectotypes (males and females). 



