84 M. W. R. de V. GRAHAM 



Britain, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia. 



Biology. Unknown. Imagines mainly Aug. -Oct. (some records for June and 

 July). 



Hyperimerus corvus Girault (N. America) differs from pasillus (Walker) chiefly in 

 having an exserted ovipositor, also in having a more finely scupltured propodeum 

 and denser whitish pubescence on some parts of the body (see Boucek, 1956& : 

 549) ; it is a hyperparasite of Pseudococcus citri Risso. 



BAIRAMLIA Waterston 



PParasaphes Ashmead, 1904 : 328 [nee Candeze, 1882]. Type-species : P. iceryae Ashmead, by 



monotypy and original designation. 

 ? Parasaphes Ashmead ; Schmiedeknecht, 1909 : 368, 369, 371. 

 ? Parasaphodes Schulz, 1906 : 146 [n. n. for Parasaphes Ashmead nee Candeze]. 

 ? A miscog aster Girault, 19170 : 144, 145. Type-species : A. ruskini Girault, by monotypy. 

 Bairamlia Waterston, 1929 : 103. Type-species : B. fuscipes Waterston, by monotypy. 

 Bairamlia Waterston ; Ferriere, 1934 : 85, 87, 89-90. 

 Parasaphodes Schulz ; Boucek, 1955 : 3 10-31 1. 

 Bairamlia Waterston ; Peck et al., 1964 : 36. 



The valid name for this genus may be Parasaphodes Schulz. Boucek (1955 : 311) 

 redescribed Parasaphodes, but from European material since he had not seen the 

 original specimens of P. iceryae Ashmead (the type-species). Until the types of 

 iceryae have been re-examined and definitely shown to be congeneric with the type- 

 species of Bairamlia, it seems advisable to adopt the latter name, following Peck 

 et al. (1964). 



Parasaphes was placed by Ashmead, together with Asaphes, Tomocera, and some 

 other genera, in a tribe Asaphini of Sphegigasterinae. Bairamlia was originally 

 described in Miscogasteridae (Tridyminae), but was transferred by Ferriere (1934) 

 to Pteromalidae subfamily Pireninae. Boucek, who discussed its systematic posi- 

 tion (under the name Parasaphodes) , considered it to belong to Asaphini and remarked 

 that this tribe was near to Spalangiinae and Diparinae. He retained the genus in 

 Asaphini later (1964, in Peck et al. : 36). I agree with Boucek that Bairamlia has 

 no connexion with Pireninae but should be placed near Asaphes. 



Key to European Species 



(Females) 



1 Head in dorsal view 1-9 to 2 times as broad as long ; POL 1-35 to 1-5 OOL 



nidicola Ferriere (p. 85) 

 - Head in dorsal view about 1-75 times as broad as long ; POL about 1-25 OOL 



fuscipes (Waterston) (p. 85) 



I cannot see any other good differences between the above. Smaller females of 

 nidicola tend to have the funicular segments, especially segments 1-3, rather 

 strongly transverse, larger females have these segments only slightly transverse. 

 In the type specimens of fuscipes they are rather strongly transverse. 



