A TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE 



NORTH AMERICAN CHALCID-FLIES OF 



THE GENUS CALLIMOME 



By L. L. Huber 



Of the Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station 



INTRODUCTION 



Until careful work is done on the taxonomy of a group it is diffi- 

 cult to gain an adequate conception of its biology. The purpose of 

 this study is, therefore, to establish a working basis for a certain part 

 of the Chalcidoid complex, especially in as far as this complex per- 

 tains to galls or gall-like formations. 



This study deals with 112 species of Chalcidoidea, 104 of which 

 belong to the genus Callimome Spinola. Of the 104 species treated 

 under Callimome 11 are unrecognized, and of the 112 species listed 

 as Chalcidoidea 8 were wrongly classified. To accommodate these 8 

 species it has been necessary to transfer 6 to previously described 

 genera and to erect 2 new genera for the other 2. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The writer wishes to express his acknowledgments to those who in 

 some special way have given aid in the preparation of this paper. 

 To S. A. Rohv/er and A. B. Gahan for their advice and assistance 

 while working on material deposited in the National collection, and 

 for library facilities as well as many other courtesies shown while 

 engaged in study in the United States National Museum, the writer 

 wishes to express his sincere gratitude. Grateful acknowledgment is 

 also made to Prof. Herbert Osborn for valuable suggestions. The 

 writer further wishes to express his deep appreciation to Dr. A. C. 

 Kinsey for the loan of Chalcidoid specimens reared from Cynipid 

 galls. Acknowledgment of indebtedness is also due to J. McDun- 

 nough and Nathan Banks for comparing specimens with types. 



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