Haltichella onatas (Walker)
S. C, Ga., Fla., Miss., La., Kans., Tex. Host: Grapliolitha molenta (Busck).
Hockeria o)iatiis Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 146. ♀.
Halticella lonyiconiia Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 185. ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 164 (synonymy; lectotype
designated).

Biology: Nettles, 1934. Jour. Econ. Ent. 27: 815-816 (longiconiis).
rhyacionia Gahan. Mass. and N.Y., s. to S. C, w. to Nebr., Colo., Tex. Host: Rhyacionia
buKlnielli (Busck), R.fruntraud (Comst.), R. rUjidana (Fern.).
Halticliella iln/acioHiae Gahan, 1927. Jour. Agr. Res. 34: 545. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Underbill, 1934. Va. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 349: 12. —Miller and Neiswander, 1959.
Ohio Agr. Expt. Sta., Res. Bui. 840: 18. -Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767:
91.

Haltichella xanticles (Walker)
Que., s. to Fla., w. to Sask., Nebr., Kans., Okla., Tex. Host: Buccnlafrix
catiadcti.siella Chamb., Coleopliom laricella (Hbn.), Exoteleia pinifoliella (Chamb.),
Grapliolitha iiiole.sta (Busck.), Soleiiobia walsliella Clem.; Apantelea inelanoncelus
(Ratz.).
Hockeria xauticlea Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France., Ann. (2) 1: 147. ♀.
Halticliella americana Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 9, 36. ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 165 (synonymy; lectotype
designated).

Biology: Muesebeck and Dohanian, 1927. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 1487: 18 (hyperparasitism).
—Friend, 1927. Conn. (State) Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 288: 395 (primary parasite). —Allen,
1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1265: 108-109 (primary parasite).

Hockeria americensis (Girault)
N. J.

Stoniatocera.s unipiinctatipennis aviericensis Girault, 1918. Ent. News 29: 127. ♀.

Hockeria eriensis (Wallace)
Del., s. to N. C, w. to Wash., Calif. Host: M ijniieleon sp., M. iiiniiaculatits
Deg.
Stoviatoceras rubra var. eriensis Wallace, 1942. Carnegie Mus., Ann. 29: 31. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Steffan, 1959. Vie et Milieu 10: 304 (change from var. to sp.).

Hockeria rubra (Ashmead)
Va., Fla., Ark., Kans., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Host: Harrisina brillians B.
and McD.
StomatoceraO) rubra Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 332. ♀.




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Hockeria tenuicornis (Girault)
Mont., Ariz., Calif.

Stomatocems tenuicornis Girault, 1918. Ent. News 29: 127. ♀.

Hockeria unipunctatipennis (Girault)
N. Y., s. to Fla., w. to Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Neodiprion sp.,
N. excitcuis Rohwer.
Stoniatoceras luiipunctatipenniH Girault, 1918. Ent. News 29: 127. ♀.

Schwarzella arizonensis Ashmead
N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.

Schwarzella arizonennin Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 256, 388. ♂.

Unplaced Taxon in Haltichellinae

Hockeria perpulcra Walsh, 1861. Prairie Farmer (n. s.) 8: 258.

Dirhinus perideus Burks
111., Tex.

Dirhinus perideus Burks, 1947. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 49: 137. ♂.

Dirhinus schwarzi (Crawford)
Tex., Ariz., Calif. Host: Melitara doddalis Dyar, Olycella jnnctolineella
(Hulst), Pseudosclii)iia elautalis (Grote).
Pareniaca sclnrarzi Crawford, 1913. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 45: 312. ♀.

Dirhinus texanus (Ashmead)
N. C, S. C, Ga., Ala., Ind., Tenn., Kans., Okla., Tex., Ariz.; Mexico. Host:
Blaesoxipha plintliopijga (Wied.).
Eniaca texaua Ashmead, 1896. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 23: 217. ♀.
Dirhiuus paoli Burks, 1947. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 49: 137. ♂.

Biology: Roberts, 1935. Jour. Agr. Res. 50: 490-491.

Metadontia amoena (Say)
Md., s. to Fla., w. to III, Mo., Kans., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, Cent, and S. Amer.
Host: Strynion cecrops (F.), S. nielinus (Hbn.).
Chalcis amoena Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 270.
Sviicra niontana Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 183. ♂.
Plagiosniicra ashnieadi Cameron, 1904. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 56. ♀.

Biology: Samuelson, 1961. Pan-Pacific Ent. 37: 190.

Chalcis barbara (Cresson)
N. H., Conn., Mass., N. J., Fla., Mich., 111., Iowa, Mo., Ark., N. Dak., Kans.,
Tex., Wyo., Colo.; Mexico. Host: Odontomyia sp., 0. cincta OHvier, Stratiomys norma
Wied.
Sniicra barbara Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 47. "♂"=♀.
Sniicra riifofeniorata Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 39. ♂. Preocc. by
Rosenhauer, 1856.

Biology: Hart, 1895. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Bui. 4: 250, 271.

Chalcis canadensis (Cresson)
N. B., Ont., N. Y., W. Va., Mich., Wis., 111., La. Host: Hedriodiscus
vertebratiis (Say), Odontomyia sp.
Sniicra canadensis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 39. ♂.

Biology: Judd, 1953. Amer. Midland Nat. 49: 817-819.

Chalcis divisa (Walker)
Kans., Okla., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Oreg., Calif.; Mexico.
Sniiera dirisa Walker, 1861. Jour. Ent. 1: 178. ♀, ♂.

Morphology: Daly, 1963. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 56: 303.

Chalcis flebilis (Cresson)
Maine, Mass., Conn., Ont., N. Y., N. J., Va., Ga., Fla., Mich., 111., Minn.
Sniicra Jlebilis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 39. ♂.

Chalcis lasia Burks
Ariz., Cahf.

Chalcis lasia Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 88: 248. ♀, ♂.

Chalcis megalomis Burks
Mich., 111., Iowa, Wyo., Colo., Oreg. Host: Stratiomys sp.
Chalcis megalomis Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 250. ♀.




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Chalcis microgaster Say
Ont., Pa., Md., Ga., Ohio, Mich., Wis., Ill, Minn., Kans., Okla., Tex.

Chalcin ))iicrogaster Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., App. p. 326.

Chalcis neptis Burks
Nebr., Colo., N. Hex., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Wash., Oreg., Calif.

Chalcis nepti.s Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 251. ♀, ♂.

Chalcis phoenicapoda Burks
Ga., Fla.

S)nicra nifipes Kirby, 1883. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 17: 70. Preocc. by Olivier, 1790.

Clialcis phoenicapoda Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 257. N. name.

Taxonomy: Peck, 1963. Canad. Ent., Sup. 30: 869 {nifipea Kirby valid name for sp.).

Spilochalcis dorsata (Cresson)
N. C, Ga., Fla., 111., Mo., Kans., Tex.; Mexico.

Sniicra dorsata Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 49. ♀.

Spilochalcis niissouriensis Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 6. ♀.

Spilochalcis eubule (Cresson)
Ga., Fla.; West Indies. Host: Eurevia nicippe Cram., Phoebis sennae (L.).

Sniiera Eubule Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 93.

Spilochalcis exornata (Cresson)
Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, Cent. Amer., West Indies. Mimorista
Jlavidissinialis (Grote) listed questionably as a host.

Sniicra exornata Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 50. ♂.

Spilochalcis phoenica Burks
Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, Cent. Amer. Host: Chlosyne lacinia crocale (Edw.).

Spilochalcis phoenica Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 278. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Drummond et al., 1970. Lepidopterists Soc, Jour. 24: 140.

Spilochalcis transitiva (Walker)
Ga., Fla.; West Indies.

Sniiera transitira Walker, 1862. Ent. Soc London, Trans. (3) 1: 371. ♀.
Sniiera pulchra Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 94.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. Bui. 32 (4): 165.




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Species Group Nigricornis

Spilochalcis coxalis (Cresson)
N. Y, N. J., Pa., Md., Va., N. C, S. C, Ga., Iowa, Mo, Ark., Tex.

Sviicra coxalis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Sec, Trans. 4: 45. ♂.

Spilochalcis virens Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 6. ♂.

Spilochalcis flammeola (Cresson)
Tex.

Sniicra flavinieola Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 48. ♀, ♂.

Spilochalcis lasnierii (Guerin)
Fla.; West Indies.

Chalcin Lasnierii Guerin, 1845. Iconogr. Regne Anim., Ins., v. 1, p. 412; v. 2, pi. 67. ♀.

Chalcis lanieri Guerin, 1857. In de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Polit. y Nat. Cuba, v. 7, p. 753.
Emend.

Taxonomy: Gahan, 1934. Soc. Cubana de Hist. Nat., Mem. 8: 131-132.

Morphology: Burks, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 157-161 (forewing venation).

Spilochalcis nigricornis (Fabricius)
N. H., s. to Fla., w. to N. Dak. and Tex. Host: Acloneta spimiloides
(H.-S.), Liniacodes sp., Parasa indetentiina (Bdv.).
Chalcis nigricornis Fabricius, 1798. Sup. Ent. System, p. 243.
Chalcis bracata Sanborn, 1863 (1862). Mass. Bd. Agr., Rpt. 10: 172. ♀.
S)nicra bracata coaeqiialis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 46. ♂.
Sniicra Carolina Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 183. ♂.
Diplodontia secnnda Girault, 1917. Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum cum Observ. V, p.
10. ♀.

Taxonomy: Girault, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 58: 194. ♀.

Spilochalcis nortonii (Cresson)
Conn., s. to Ga., w. to III. and Tex. Host: Limacodes sp., Phobeiron
pitlieciuni (A. and S.), Proliniacodes badia (Hbn.).
S)nicra Nortonii Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 45. ♂.

Biology: Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc., Pub. 767: 91.

Species Group Femorata

Spilochalcis delicata (Cresson)
Mo., La., Tex.; West Indies.

Sniicra delicata Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 54. ♀.

Spilochalcis elachis Burks
Fla., La.; West Indies.

Spilochalcis elachis Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 294. ♀.

Spilochalcis enocki Ashmead
Ala., La., Tex.; Brazil. An adventive species, always taken at or near a
southern port city.

Spilochalcis oiocki Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 439. ♀.
erythrina (Walker). Ark., Tex.; Mexico.

Snnera erythrina Walker, 1861. Jour. Ent. 1: 179. "♀"=♂.

Spilochalcis clora Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 88: 306. ♂. N. syn.

Spilochalcis femorata (Fabricius)
Ga., Fla., Tex.; Mexico, Cent. Amer., West Indies. Ecology: Perhaps the
commonest species of Spilochalcis in the West Indies and Central America, particularly
in cultivated areas.

Crabro feinoratas Fabricius, 1775. Systema Ent., p. 375.

S)niera ignea Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 92.

Sniicra )iiirabilis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 53. ♂.

Biology: Gowdey, 1921. Jamaica Dept. Agr., Ent. Cir. 4: 4.

Spilochalcis hirtifemora (Ashmead)
D. C, Va., N. C, S. C, Ga., Fla., Ohio, Tenn., 111., La., Tex.; Mexico,

Cent, and S. Amer., West Indies. Ecology: Both a primary and secondary parasite. Host:
Mesograiinna polita (Say), M. polygonastyla (Mete), Platychirus sp.; Apanteles
iiiarginirentris (Cress.).
Sinicra hirtifotiora Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. x. ♂.
Spilochalcis syrphidis Wolcott, 1923. Porto Rico Dept. Agr., Jour. 7: 57.

igneoides (Kirby). N. H., s. to Fla., w. to Mont, and Ariz.; Mexico, Cent. Amer. Host: Acrobasis
caryiuorella Rag., A. i)idigenella (Zell.), A. jitglandis (LeB.), EHrukuttarns confederata




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(Grote), Gretchena deludana (Clem.), Heliothis zea (Boddie), Spodoptem frugipenia

(Smith).
Siiiicm igneoides Kirby, 1883. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 17: 71.
Siuicra vittata Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. .x. 9.
Spiloclmlciii mesillae Cockerell, 1897. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 19: 403. ♀.

Biology: Miller, 1963. Ohio Jour. Sci. 63: 70.

Spilochalcis mariae (Riley)
N. Y., s. to Fla., w. to 111., Colo., Calif. Host: Hyalophom cecropia (L.), H.

prometliea (Drury), Philosamia cynthia (Drury), Rothschildia sp., Telea poiyphemus
(Cram.), Tlnjridopteryx ephe)tiemefon)ii>> (Haw.).
Chalcis maria Riley, 1870. Amer. Ent. 2: 101. ♂, ♀.
Cluilcis mariae Riley, 1872. Mo. State Bd. Agr., Ann. Rpt. 7: 109, 123. Emend.

Biology: Schaffner and Griswold, 1934. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 188: 26, 152. -Balduf,
1937. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 39: 180.

Spilochalcis phais Burks
S. C, Tex., Ariz.

Spilochalcis phais Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 307. ♀, ♂.

Species Group Xanthostigma

Spilochalcis apaiis Burks
Tex.

Spilochalcis apaiis Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 315. ♀.

Spilochalcis arcana (Cresson)
Mass., Del., Ala., N. Dak., Tex., Mont., Colo., Ariz.

S)>iicra arcana Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 44. ♂.

Smicra encausta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 46. "♂"=♀.

Spilochalcis bioculata (Cresson)
Va., Fla., 111., Iowa, Kans., Tex., Colo.

S»iicra bioculata Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 43. ♂.

S)iiicra bioculata var.faceta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 43. ♂.

Spilochalcis juxta (Cresson)
Md., 111., Kans., Tex.; Mexico, Cent, and S. Amer., West Indies.

S»iicra juxta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 54. ♀.

Spilochalcis uigropleuralis Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 436. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Gahan, 1948. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 38: 244 (type of nigropleuralis).

Spilochalcis lecta (Cresson)
Tex., CaHf.; Mexico.

Smicra lecta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 44. ♀, ♂.

Spilochalcis melana Burks
Maine, N. Y., Md., Va., Ill, Mo. Host: Pachyscheius laevigatus (Say).

Spilochalcis melana Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 316. ♀, ♂.

Spilochalcis odontotae Howard
N. J., D. C, N. C, Fla., Ariz.; Mexico. Host: Xenochalepus dorsalis
(Thunb.).
Spilochalcis odontotae Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 7, 32. ♂.

Biology: Chittenden, 1902. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent. Bui. 38: 82. — Krauss, 1952. Hawaii.
Ent. Soc, Proc. 15: 124.

Spilochalcis pallens (Cresson)
S. C, Tex. Host: Apayiteles margmiventris (Cress.), Meteorus laphygmae
Vier., Rogas laphygmae Vier.
Smiera palens Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 96.
Sinicra pallens Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc 4: 196. Emend.

Biology: Vickery, 1929. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 138: 21, 32-35, 50-52, 58.

Spilochalcis pallipes (Smith)
Fla., Minn. Host: Archips semiferanus (Walk.).

Chalcis Jlavipes Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xi. 6. Preocc by
Fabricius, 1793; Panzer, 1801.

Chalcis pallipes Smith, 1886. Ent. Amer. 2: 19. N. name.

Chalcis pallidipes Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 391. Emend.

Spilochalcis subobsoleta (Cresson)
111., Iowa, N. Dak., S. Dak., Kans., Tex. Mont., Wyo., Colo., Oreg.

Smicra subobsoleta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 42. ♂.

Spilochalcis tanais Burks
Tex., Calif.; Mexico. Host: Gnorinioschema sp.

Spilochalcis tanais Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 88: 309. ♀, ♂.

Spilochalcis xantha Burks
Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.

Spilochalcis xantha Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 320. ♀.




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Species Group Side

Host records based on the rearing of a single male should be disregarded in this species group.

Spilochalcis albifrons (Walsh)
Que, Maine, s. to Fla., w. to B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif.; Me.xico. Host: Exeiua
dispar Lacord., Xoioclialepus dorsdlis (Thunb.); Aitcylis coniptana (Froel.), A.
comptana fragariae (W. and R.), A. divisana (Walk.), Alsophila pometaria
(Har.), Argil rest Ilia auveoargenteUa Brow., A. laricclla Kearf., A. tlinii'lla (Pack.),
Arogalea cristifci.sciella (Chamb.), Bedellia so)iiHuli'ntella (Zell.), Bncciilatrix variabilis
Braun, Bo)iiolocha deceptalis (Walk.), ChoriHtoneiira rosaceana (Har.), Coleophora
fletchcrella Fern., C.fuscedinella Zell, C. laricella (Hbn.), C. iiialirorella Riley, C.
priDiiella Clem., Cronoxa cotoneastri Busck, Orgyia leucostigtua (A. and S.),
Spodopfcra exigua (Hbn.), Pliitclla niaciilipoinis (Curtis), Pscudaletia iDiipuiicta
(Haw.); Apanfeli's ataknitae (Pack.), A. cotigregatux (Say), A. griffini Vier., A.
ladeicolor Vier., A. iiiilitaris (Walsh), Batliyplectea exigua (Grav.), Gelia niitiimuH
(Walsh).

C/(fl/c/.s albifrons Walsh, 1861. 111. State Agr. See, Trans. 4: 364, 369.

Spilochulcis torrina ancylae Girault, 1920. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 58: 192. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Daviault, 1942. La Foret Quebec. 4: 399. — Beacher, 1947. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 40:
533-534. -Waddell, 1952. Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia, Proc. 48: 97. — Harcourt, 1960. Canad.
Ent. 92: 423. -Eidt and Sippell, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 17. -Puttier, 1961. Ent. Soc. Amer.,
Ann. 54: 29. —Eidt, 1962. Canad. Ent. 94: 34 (immature stages). — Poinar and Gyrisco,
1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 534 (primary parasite). — Kulman, 1965. Jour. Econ. Ent. 58: 864
(secondary parasite). —Puttier, 1966. Jour. Econ. Ent. 59: 483 (secondary parasite). —Cody
et al., 1967. Mich. Ent. 1: 163.

Spilochalcis delumbis (Cresson)
Que., Ont., s. to Fla., w. to Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Clilaniisiis plicatus
(F.), Hypcra riotiicis (L.). Lmna nigrovittata (Guer.), L. trilineata (Oliv.).
Sviicra deliuiibis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 40. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Smith, 1943. Kans. State Bd. Agr., Rpt. 62: 392 (description).

Biology: Chamberlin, 1933. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 35: 106-107. -Weaver and Dorsey, 1965.

Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 58: 934. -Puttier, 1966. Jour. Econ. Ent. 59: 475.

Spilochalcis dema Burks
Pa., Va., N. C, Ind., Mo., Kans., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Host: Frunieuta
nundinella (Zell.).

Spilochalcis dema Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 330. ♀, ♂.

Spilochalcis flavopicta (Cresson)
N. Y., s. to Fla., w. to 111., Kans., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, West

Indies. Host: Acrobasis caryivorella Rag., Anacanipsis fragariella Busck, A. ijuiociiella
(Zell.), Aiicylis comptana (Froel.), A. com ptana fragariae (W. and R.), Ceiama
sorghiella (Riley), Cryptothelea nigrita (B. and McD.), Eurukuttanis confederata
(Grote), Howoeosouia elecieUum (Hulst), Plialonia sp., Pieris protodice (B. and L.),
Rhyacio)iia frnstraiia (Comst.), Sparganothis snlfureatia (Clem.); Diadegiita insulare
(Cress.), Meteoriis laphyginae Vier.

Sniiera flavopicta Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 99.

Sniicra delira Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 41. ♂.

Stnicra niendica Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 41. ♂.

Synicra deceni-pnnctata Ashmead, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc p. xxix. 9.

Biology: Reinhard, 1938. Tex. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 559: 31-32. -Underbill, 1943. Va. Agr.
Expt. Sta., Bui. 349: 12. -Needham, 1948. Ecol. Monog. 18: 446.

Spilochalcis leptis Burks
S. C, 111., Ark., N. Dak., Nebr., Kans., Mont, Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Idaho,
Nev., Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Ancylis comptana (Froel.), Archips argyrospilus
(Walk.), Cnephasia longana (Haw.), Rliyacionia fnistrana (Comst.), Spilonota ocellana
(D. and S.), Zelleria haimbachi Busck.
Spilochalcis leptis Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 88: 340. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Eikenbary and Fox, 1965. S. C. Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 1017: 6.

Spilochalcis sanguiniventris (Cresson)
N. J., Va., N. C, Ga., Fla., Ark., Okla., Tex., Ariz., Calif. Host:

Exema conspersa (Mann.), Nuzonia pallidula (Boh.); Plutella maculipennis (Curtis);
Meteorus sp.
Smicra saytguiniventris Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 36, 43. ♀.




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S»ticm sanguineiventris Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 381. Emend.

Biology: Rolston et al., 1965. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 38: 366 (pupal parasite).

Spilochalcis side (Walker)
Maine, s. to Fla., w. to Wash., Oreg., Calif., Mexico, West Indies. Ecology: May
be either a primary or secondary parasite. Host: Ceutorhynchus assivtilis (Payk.),
Hypera nigrirostris (F.), H. nt))iicis (L.), Rlujncliaenus palliconiis (Say); Anagasta
kuehniella (Zell.), Anarsia lineatella Zell., Ancylis comptana (Froel.), A. comptana
fmgariae (W. and R.), A. divisana (Walk.), Argyresthia tliuiella Pack., Argyrotaenia
velutitiaiia (Walk.), Biicculatrix thurberiella Busck, Choreutis silpliiella (jrote,
Choristoneura rosaceana (Har.), Coleophora fletcherella Fern., C.fuscedinella Zell., C.
laricella (Hbn.), C. vialii'orella Riley, C. pruniella Clem., Depressaria lieracliana (L.),
EpiHotia nanana (Treit.), Exoteleia pinifoliella (Chamb.), Galleria ntellonella (L.),
Grapholitha ntole.sta (Busck), Hulstia undulatella (C\em.), Spodoptera frugiperda (A.
and S.), Pliitella ))taculipenni.s (Curtis), Recurvaria piceaella Kearf.; Apanteles
congregatus (Say), A. ntedicaginia Mues., A. inelano.scelus (Ratz.), A. militaris (Walsh),
CaDipoletis argentifron.s (Cress.), Diadegvia insulare (Cress.), Meteorus laphygniae
Vier., M. versicolor (Wesm.). This sp. is often reared in the laboratory; progeny in
laboratory cultures may be much larger and differently proportioned than were their
parents from the wild.
Sniiera side Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. (2) 1: 145. ♀.
Sviicra torcitta Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 40. ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 165.

Biology: Vickery, 1929. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 138: 21, 32-33, 52-53, 58 (ton;ma). — Doner,
1936. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 29: 234 (^o?n;n!a).— Arthur, 1958, Canad. Ent. 90:
590-595 (immature stages). — Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 91. —Allen,
1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1265: 111. —Roberts, 1966. Boyce Thomson Inst.,
Contrib. 23: 169.

Ceratosmicra campoplegicis Burks
Calif. Host: Apanteles koebelei Riley, Campoplegini (undet.).

Ceratosmicra ca»ipoplegicis Burks, 1968. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 70: 172. ♀.

Ceratosmicra debilis (Say)
R. I., s. to Fla., w. to Minn., Iowa, Kans., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, West Indies,
Cent, and S. Amer.
C/(fi/c/.s debilis Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 271.
S)iiicra longipetiola Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. x. ♂.
Miscliosmicra Kalilii Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 251. ♀.

Ceratosmicra immaculata (Cresson)
Tex.; Mexico, Cent, and S. Amer. Host: Apanteles sp., Cavipoletis
so)torensis (Cam.), Meteorus sp.
S)niera innimciilata Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 97.

Ceratosmicra meteori Burks
Mass., s. to N. C, w. to 111., La., Tex. and Wash.; Mexico. Host: Apanteles

delicatus How., A. Injpliantriae Riley, A. uielanoscelus (Ratz.), Casinaria limenitidis
(How.), Meteorus hyphantriae Riley.
Ceratosmicra meteori Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 88: 346. ♀, ♂.




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Ceratosmicra paya Burks
Ga., 111., Mo., Kans., Tex., Calif.

Ceratosmicra paya Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 348. ♀, ♂.

Ceratosmicra provancheri Burks
Mass., Pa.

Cemtosniicra provaucheri Burks, 1968. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 70: 171. ♀.

Acanthochalcis nigricans Cameron
Kans., Okla., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico.

Acantltoclmlcis nigricana Cameron, 1884. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym., v. 1, p. 100. ♀.

Acanthochalcis unispinosa Girault
Tex., Ariz., Calif. This species is probably the largest one in the
Chalcidoidea.
Aca7ithochalcis unispinosa Girault, 1917. New Chalcid Flies, p. 5.

Phasgonophora sulcata Westwood
N. B., Maine, N. H., s. to Fla., w. to Greg., Calif. Host: Agrilus anxiiis
Gory, A. bilineafus (Weber), C hrysobothris fernorata (Olivier).
Phasgonophora sulcata Westwood, 1832. hi Griffith, Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 15 (Insecta

2), p. 432. ♀.
Sniicra gigantea Ashmead, 1881. Canad. Ent. 13: 90. ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 351 (gigantea Ashm.).

Biology: Blackman and Stage, 1924. N. Y. State Col. Forestry, Syracuse Univ., Tech. Pub. 17:
19, 22, 25. —Rhodes, 1924. In Blackman and Stage, N. Y. State Col. Forestry, Syracuse
Univ., Tech. Pub. 17: 188. -Hoffman, 1940. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 35: 63. —Nash et a/.,
1951. Maine Forest Serv., Bui. 15: 40. —Barter, 1957. Canad. Ent. 89: 32.

Trigonura algerti Burks
Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. Host: Chrysobothris octocola Lee, C. piuta Wick.

Trigonura algerti Burks, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 77. ♀, ♂.

Trigonura californica Rohwer
Utah, Ariz., Oreg., Calif. Host: Clirysobothris feviomta (Olivier), C. mali
Horn.
Trigonura californica Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 171. ♀, ♂.

Trigonura elegans (Provancher)
Que., Conn., Ont., N. Y., Pa., W. Va., Ill, Ark. Host: Clirysobothris

feniorata (Olivier), C. sexsignata Say, Magdalis aruiicollis (Say), M. barbita (Say), M.
olyra (Herbst).
Phasgonophora elegans Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada, Hym., p. 191.

9.
Trigonura hicoriae Rohwer, 1919. Canad. Ent. 51: 160. 2,6.

Biology: Kaston, 1937. Conn. (State) Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 396: 357, 358. {hicoriae).

Trigonura insularis (Cresson)
Fla.; West Indies.

Phasgonophora insularis Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 102. ♀, ♂.

Trigonura pini Burks
Idaho, B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif.

Trigonura pi)ii Burks, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 80. ♀, ♂.

Trigonura tarsata (Dalla Torre)
N. B., Que., N. H., Vt., Mass., Ont., N. Y., Pa., Va., W. Va., N. C, Ohio.
Host: Magdalis anuicollis (Say), M. barbita (Say), Pi.'isodes strobi (Peck).
Chalcis tarsalis Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 332. ♂. Preocc. by

Motschulsky, 1863.
Chalcis tarsata Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 393. N. name.

Biology: Hoffman, 1940. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 35: 63.

Trigonura ulmi Burks
Que., Ont., Vt., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Pa., N. C, Mich., Ill, Iowa, N. Dak. Host:

Magdalis artiiicollis (Say), Scolytus sp., S. quadrispinosus Say.
Trigonura ulnii Burks, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 80. ♀, ♂.

Brachymeria aeca Burks
N. S., Que., Maine, s. to Fla., w. to B. C, N. Me.x. Host: Chaetopltlepsis sp.

Probably parasitize other Tachinidae that parasitize Lepidoptera or Tenthredinidae.
Bmchijnievia {Bracliipiieria) aeca Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 242. ♀, ♂.

Brachymeria alexinus (Walker)
Ga.

Perilaiiipus alexhttts Walker, 1846. List. Hym. Brit. Mus., Chalcid., v. 1, p. 89. ♂.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 164 (transferred to
Bnicliy}iierki).

Brachymeria belfragei (Crawford)
Tex.; Mexico, Cent. Amer.

Chalcis belfragei Crawford, 1910 (1909). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 205. ♀.

Brachymeria coloradensis (Cresson)
N. H., Ont., s. to Fla., w. to B. C, Calif.; Holarctic. Ecology: Oviposit
on the wing in grasshoppers containing sarcophagid or tachinid parasites. Host:
Blaenoxipha luttiteri (Hough), B. keliyi (Aid.), Ceracia dentata (Coq.).
Chalcis feniorata Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 143. ♀. Preocc. by

Panzer, 1801.
Chalcis coloradensis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 60. ♂.
Chalcis Dahinnnii (!) Thomson, 1875. Hym. Scand., v. 4, p. 17. 6, 9. N. name for femorata

Dalman.
Chalcis iachinae Howard, 1885. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 5: 8, 32, 36. ♀.

Biology: Burks, 1941. 111. State Acad. Sci., Trans. 33: 208. -Smith, 1944. Canad. Ent. 76:
29-32. -Smith, 1957. Canad. Jour. Res. 36: 258. -Spencer, 1958. Tenth Internatl. Ent.
Cong., Proc. 4: 497. -Nikolskaja, 1960. Akad. Nauk SSSR, Zool. Inst., Trudy 27: 222.
— Steffan, 1962. Fragmenta Ent. 4: 23. —Smith, 1965. Canad. Jour. Zool. 43: 187.
— Huggans and Blickenstaff, 1966. Mo. Agr. Expt. Sta., Res. Bui. 903: 36.

Brachymeria comitator (Walker)
N. Y., N. J., Fla., Tex.; Mexico, s. to Brazil. An adventive species, always
brought in in bananas. Host: Ceraniidia sp., C. bittleri (Moesch.), C. viridis (Druce).
Chalcis comitator Walker, 1862. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. (3) 1: 350. ♂.

Biology: Harrison, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 284 (both primary and secondary parasite).

Brachymeria compsilurae (Crawford)
Maine, Ont., s. to N. C, w. to Man., Mont, Colo., N. Mex., B. C, Oreg.
Host: Blepharipa scutellata (R.-D.), Carcelia amplexa (Coq.), C. laxifrons Vill,
Conipsilura concinnata (Meig.), Euphorocera claripennis (Macq.), E. edwardsii (Will),
Exorista larvaruvi (L.), Leschenaultia fuivipes (Bigot), Lespesia aletia (Riley), L.
frenchii (Will.), Parasetigena agilis (R.-D.), Petatachina peliucida Coq.,
Townsettdielloinyia nidicola (Tns.).
Chalcis compsilurae Crawford, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus. Proc. 41: 272. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Dowden, 1935. Jour. Agr. Res. 50: 495-523. —Salt, 1941. Cambridge Phil. Soc, Biol.

Rev. 16: 253-255. —Flanders, 1944. Jour. Econ. Ent. 37: 409-410. — Kulman and Hodson,

1961. Jour. Econ. Ent. 54: 221. —Dixon and Benjamin, 1963. Jour. Econ. Ent. 56: 267.

Brachymeria fonscolombei (Dufour)
N. J., s. to Fla., w. to 111., Mo., Kans., Colo., Ariz., Calif.; world-wide, in
all faunal regions. Host: Blaesoxipha iinpar (Aid.), B. plinthopyga (Wied.), Calliphora

Brachymeria coloradensis
***authority mismatch
Hough, Cochlioniyia ntacellaria {¥.), Liicilia illustris (Meig.), Orchellia
caesarion (Meig.), Phaenicia niexicana (Macq.), P. sericata (Meig.), Phorrnia regina
(Meig.), Sarcophaga sp., S. haemorrhoidalis (Fall.), Synthesionnjia midiseta (Wulp).

Chalcis podagrica Fonscolombe, 1832. Ann. des Sci. Nat. 26: 277. Preocc. by Fabricius,
1787.

Chalcis Fonscolombei Dufour, 1841. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 10: 12. N. name.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1936. 111. State Acad. Sci., Trans. 29: 254 (lectotype). -Gahan, 1942. U. S.
Natl. Mus., Proc. 92: 49 (redescription).




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Biology: Roberts, 1933. Ent. News 44: 158. —Roberts, 1933. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 365:
1-21. —Roberts, 1933. Ecology 14: 311-312. — Jannone, 1934. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici,
Bol. 28: 146. -Roberts, 1935. Jour. Agr. Res. 50: 489-490. — Nikolskaja, 1960. Akad. Nauk
SSSR, Zool. Inst., Trudy 27: 222.

Brachymeria hammari (Crawford)
Md., s. to Fla., w. to 111., Mo., Kans., Calif. Host: Acrobasis carijae Grote,
A. jitglaiidis (LeB.), Ancijlis comptana fmgariae (W. and R.), A)-cliips aiyijwspihis
(^Si\k.), Argyrot(ie)iio citnuia {Fern.), Filatiina nionotaeniella (Bott.), Gmpholitha
iiiolesta (Busck), Laspeyresia caryana (Fitch), L. ponionella (L.), Platynota sultana
Wlshm., Psorosina hammondi (Riley).
Chalcis hatinfiari Crawford, 1915. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 3: 89. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Nettles, 1934. Jour. Econ. Ent. 27: 815-816. —Nickels et ah, 1950. U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Tech. Bui. 1011: 2, 18. -Bennett, 1961. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 36: 353.

Brachymeria incerta (Cresson)
Fla.; West Indies, British Guiana, Brazil. Ecology: Both primary and

secondary parasite. Host: Alaba))ia argillacea (Hbn.), Ascia ))!07iuste (L.), Brassolis
nophorae (L.), Calpodes etiilius (Stoll), Eantis tliraso Hbn., Lyntire albipornis (H.-S.),
Megalopyge kntgii Dewitz, Mesocondyla concordalis Hbn., M. gastralis Guen., Phoebis
sennae (L.), Pierin tiiouu.ste (L.), Sylepta sp.; Carcelia flaviroatris (Wulp).
Chalcis i)icevta Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 101.

Taxonomy: Wolcott, 1936. Puerto Rico Univ., Jour. Agr. 20: 535 (description and fig.).
— Dinther, 1960. Surinam. Landproefsta. (B) 76: 126 (description and fig.).

Biology: Waterston, 1923. Bui. Ent. Res. 14: 104. — Cleare and Squire, 1934. Agr. Jour. Brit.
Guiana 5: 190. —Fife, 1939. Puerto Rico Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 39: 6. — Needham, 1948. Ecol.
Monog. 18: 446.
intermedia (Nees). Maine, N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I., Conn., N. Y., N. J., Pa., Del., Md.; Europe, N.
Africa. Introduced first in 1905 from Europe, and repeatedly introduced until 1933; first
recovered in Mass. in 1942. Recovered in large numbers since 1960. Host: Portlietria
dispar (L.). Numerous other hosts in Lepidoptera and some in Diptera recorded in the
literature.
Chalcis intermedia Nees, 1834. Hym. Ichn. Aff. Monog., v. 2, p. 29. ♂.

Biology: Howard and Fiske, 1911. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 91: 240-309 (flavipes).

— Masi, 1916. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ann. (3) 7: 78 i(/Zaz;j>es).— Fahringer, 1921.
Ztschr. f. Wiss. Insektenbiol. 17: 43. — Mercet, 1923. Rev. Fitopat. 1: 17. —Burgess and
Grossman, 1929. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 86: 116-118. —Mercet, 1932. Par. Ins.
Perjudiciales, pp. 66-68. — Dowden, 1935. Jour. Agr. Res. 50: 497-509. — Schedl, 1936.
Ztschr. Angew. Ent. 22, Beiheft, pp. 169-170. — Boucek and Sedivy, 1954. Folia Zool. et
Ent. 3: 183. -Karnozitzky, 1957. Bulgar. Akad. Nauk Zool. Inst., Trud. 4: 51, 97. — Martelli
and Arru, 1958. Bol. Zool. Agr. e Bachicolt. (2) 1: 26. — Kolomiets, 1958. Ent. Obozr. 37:
608. — Romanyk, 1959. Acad, de Cien. Exact., Fis. y Nat., Madrid, Rev. 53: 402. —Burks,
1960. Ent. News 71: 62. —Romanyk and Ruperez, 1960. Entomophaga 5: 231.

— Hazdistevic, 1961. Zastita Bilja 56-66: 107. — Stefanov and Keremedziev, 1961. Sofia
Vissch. Lesotekh. Inst. Nauch., Trud. 9: 165. — Capek, 1963. Banska Stiavnica. Vyskum.
Ustav Lesn. Hosp. Ved. Prace 4: 265. — Zelinskaya, 1964. Akad. Nauk Ukrain. RSR, Inst.
Zool., Trudy 20: 199. —Leonard, 1966. Ent. News 77: 25. — Prokopy, 1968. Jour. Econ. Ent.
61: 351. -Leonard, 1971. Canad. Ent. 103: 654. — Doane, 1971. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 64:
753.

Brachymeria molestae Burks
Md., s. to Fla., w. to Ind., Tenn., Miss. Host: Anchylopera platanana Clem.,
Ancylis co>ii plana fragariae (W. and R.), Arogalea cristifasciella (Chamb.), Grapholitha
inolesta (Busck).
Brachy)neria (Bmchy))!eria) molestae Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 245. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Eikenbary and Fox, 1965. S. C. Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 1017: 6.

Brachymeria ovata (Say)
Conn., N. Y., and Ont., s. to Fla., w. to Oreg. and Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Oviposits
in the pupae of over 100 species of Lepidoptera of the families Psychidae to
Papilionidae, the limiting factor being size, pupae of 1.5 cm. or greater length, and
exposure — it finds its hosts on the wing, not by crawling into crevices.
Chalcis ocata Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., App. p. 326.




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Leucospis integm Haldeman, 1844. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., Proc. 2: 53. ♂.
Clialciti ovata var. abiesae Girault, 1917. Descr. Stellarum Nov., p. 19. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 35 (redescription of orata Say, probably
synonym of integm Hald.). — Rohwer, 1918. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 20: 18 (var. abiesae).
—Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 259 (synonymy).

Biology: Howard, 1897. U. S. Dept. Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. 5: 25-28.— Snodgrass, 1917.
Ind. State Ent., Ann. Rpt. 9: 180, 188-189. —Burks, 1936. 111. State Acad. Sci., Trans. 29:
253 (hibernation). -Balduf, 1937. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 39: 180-181. -Donohoe and
Kaloostian, 1937. Jour. Econ. Ent. 30: 967-968. -Genung, 1959. Fla. Ent. 42: 40.
—Schaffner, 1959. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 767: 91 (life cycle). —Bennett, 1961. Tenn.
Acad. Sci., Jour. 36: 353 (habits). -Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1265: 110-111
(life hist.). —Arthur. 1962. Canad. Ent. 94: 1087. — Oatman and Jenkins, 1962. Mo. Univ.,
Col. Agr., Res. Bui. 789: 13. — Ciesla, 1964. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 57: 595. —Roberts, 1966.
Boyce Thompson Inst., Contrib. 23: 169.

Morphology: Burks, 1936. 111. State Acad. Sci., Trans. 29: 253 (male genitalia). —Snodgrass,
1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99: 36-37 (male genitalia).

Brachymeria robusta (Cresson)
Fla.; West Indies. Host: Celerio lineata (F.), Spodoptem frugiperda (Smith),
LijDiire cdiranisi Grote, Megalopgge knigii Dewitz, M. opercularis (A. and S.), Mods
latipes (Guen.), Neo)iy)nplia sp., Papilio c)espho)ifeH Cram.
Chalcis robusta Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 4: 101.
Chalcis robustella Wolcott, 1924 (1923). Puerto Rico Dept. Agr., Jour. 7: 56.

Biology: Genung, 1959. Fla. Ent. 42: 40.
russelli Burks. Miss., Te.x., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. Host: Chehjinorplia cassidea (F.),
Coptoctjcla (Psalidonota) fexatia (Schaeffer), Nuzo)tia sp.
Brachyiiieria {Brachtju/eyia) russelli Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 240. ♀, ♂.

Brachymeria slossonae (Crawford)
Fla. Host: Ephi/riades briDuiea floridensis B. and C.

Chalcis slossonae Crawford, 1910 (1909). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 11: 205. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Tamburo and Butcher, 1955. Fla. Ent. 38: 68.

Brachymeria tegularis (Cresson)
Tenn., Wis., Ill, Ark., Tex., w. to Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: A secondary
parasite of grasshoppers. Host: Ceracia dentata (Coq.), Heviifhrixion oestrifoniie B. and
B.
Chalcis tegularis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 60. ♀.

Biology: Burks, 1940. 111. State Acad. Sci., Trans. 33: 208. —St. Amand and Cloyd, 1954. Jour.
Parasitol. 40: 83. —Smith, 1957. Canad. Jour. Zool. 36: 259. —Spencer, 1958. Tenth
Internatl. Cong. Ent., Proc. 4: 501.
truncatella Burks. Sask., Nebr., Kans., Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.

Brachytiieria (Brachynieria) truncata Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 234. ♀, ♂.

Preocc. by Brachymeria truncata (Schmitz), 1946.
Brachijmeria truncatella Burks, 1967. In Krombein and Burks, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr.
Monog. 2, Sup. 2: 279. N. name.

Brachymeria weemsi Burks
Ga., Fla.

Brachymeria (Brachymeria) weemsi Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 236. ♀.

Brachymeria discreta Gahan
Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, Hawaii. Ecology: Reared from nest of Polistes
infested with moth larvae.
Brachymeria discreta Gahan, 1942. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 92: 43. ♀, ♂.

Brachymeria discretoidea Gahan
Tex., Ariz.; Cent. Amer. Ecology: Reared from nests of Trigona infested
with moth larvae.
Brachymeria discretoidea Gahan, 1942. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 92: 44. ♀, ♂.




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Brachymeria conica (Ashmead)
Tex.; Mexico. West Indies, S. and Cent. Amer.

Pseudochalcis conica Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 407. ♀.

Brachymeria flegiae Burks
Fla., Tex. Host: Palpita flegia (Cram.).

Brachynieria (Pseudobrachymeria) Jlegiae Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 271. ♀.
6.

Brachymeria laetiliae Burks
N. C, Okla., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif. Host: Laetilia coccidivora (Comst.), L.
zaviacrella Dyar.
Brachynieria (Pseudobrachymeria) laetiliae Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 268.
9,6.

Brachymeria pedalis (Cresson)
Fla., Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Parasitizes moths
Hving on cactus. Host: Noctuelia elautalis (Grote), Melitara prodeiiialis Walk., M.
deiitata Grote, Olycella junctolineella (Hulst), Ozamia clarefacta Dyar. The Argentine
species Brachymeria (Pseudobrachymeria) cactoblastidis Blanchard may be a synonym
of this species.
Chalcis pedalis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 60. ♀.

Brachymeria psyche Burks
Fla. Host: Oiketicus abbotii Grote.

Brachymeria (Pseudobrachymeria) psyche Burks, 1960. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 86: 267. ♀.


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