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Bairamlia fuscipes Waterston 



Bairamlia fuscipes Waterston, 1929 : 104-106,0* $. 

 Bairamlia fuscipes Waterston ; Ferriere, 1934 : 87, 90. 



Type material. Holotype $, allotype $, and paratypes, in BM(NH), the holotype 

 indexed as Type Hym. 5. 669 ; paratypes, <$ and 9, in U.S.N.M. Described from a 

 series bred from cocoons of Ceratophyllus wickhami Baker taken from a squirrel's 

 nest at Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire, England (E. K. Sikes). The holotype $ 

 has the head (in dorsal view) only about 1 75 times as broad as long, with the temples 

 only moderately convergent ; POL 1 -25 times OOL. 



Britain. 



Biology. Parasite of the flea Ceratophyllus wickhami Baker (= Orchopeas 

 howardi (Baker)) in dreys of the American Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis Gmel.) 

 (Waterston, 1929 : 106) ; this Nearctic flea was introduced into Britain with its 

 host. 



Bairamlia nidicola Ferriere 



Bairamlia nidicola Ferriere, 1934 : 89-90, o" ?• 



Parasaphodes atrovirens Boucek, 1955 : 311-313, figs. 2a-c, <$ $. 



Type material. Bairamlia nidicola Ferriere. Syntypes in BM(NH). LECTO- 

 TYPE $, Type Hym. 5.670, Wales, Pembrokeshire, Tenby, 29.viii.1932, reared 

 (T. Warwick), from nest of Sand-Martin. 



The lectotype of nidicola differs from that of fuscipes Waterston in having the 

 head (in dorsal view) more transverse, twice as broad as long, with the temples 

 converging more strongly, POL about 1 -5 times OOL. Other British material that 

 I have examined agrees in these respects with the type of nidicola. If these 

 differences are valid then nidicola is specifically distinct from fuscipes. Ferriere 

 (1934 : 90) notes some differences between nidicola and fuscipes in the relative 

 proportions of the antennal segments, the sculpture of the mesoscutum, and the 

 relative length of the basal tergite of the gaster ; these characters appear to be 

 variable and I cannot appreciate any valid differences in these respects between 

 nidicola and fuscipes. 



Parasaphodes atrovirens Boucek. Holotype $, Central Bohemia, Ricany, reared 

 April-May 1955 from a nest of Sturnus vulgaris L. (M. Bouchner) in Narodnf 

 Museum, Prague (Cat. no. 3019). The species was synonymized with Bairamlia 

 nidicola Ferriere by Boucek (1958a: 401). 



Note. A specimen in the BM(NH) supposed to be the type of Entedon glabrio 

 Walker is a female of Bairamlia nidicola Ferriere. The description of Entedon 

 glabrio (1846a : 184, $) disagrees with the above specimen in several respects, 

 e.g., the structure of the antennae, colour of the legs, although it agrees in some 

 ways. Either the description is faulty, or some mistake was made in labelling the 

 specimen. I am reluctant to accept the latter as the type of glabrio. 



