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Superfamily BETHYLOIDEA
Family BETHYLIDAE

North American members of this family are tiny or small wasps, rarely over 10 mm long.
They are considered to have been derived from a very primitive aculeate stock, and in some fea-
tures of behavior and development are more like the typical Parasitica rather than the Aculeata.
Usually the female stings the host larva a number of times until it is completely and per-
manently paralyzed. The host larva is left in situ or it may be dragged to a crevice. The bethylid
female usually deposits several eggs on each host specimen and the gregarious bethylid larvae
develop externally. The Bethylinae and a few Epyrinae prey upon lepidopterous larvae, prin-
cipally borers and seed-feeders, but also case bearers and leaf rollers. Most of the other
bethylids prey upon coleopterous larvae (occasionally pupae), especially species dwelling in the
soil, boring in wood or infesting seeds. There have been a few unconfirmed reports of hymenop-
terous larvae serving as hosts.

Despite Evans' recent numerous revisions of many of the genera of North American
Bethylidae, we must expect that intensive, specialized collecting and biological observations in
the future will enlarge our native fauna by as much as 50 percent.

Revision: Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 132: 1-222, 144 figs, (generic reclassification
of New World spp.).

Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 27-77. -Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich,
Lief. 41, pp. 1-595. —Richards, 1939. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 89: 297-344.

Biology: Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 16-20.

Morphology: Reid, 1941. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 91: 402-409, figs. 42-44, 46 (female,
male thorax).

Subfamily BETHYLINAE

Genus PROSIEROLA Kieffer

Prosierola Kieffer, 1905. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 243.
Type-species: Epyris i nasalis Westwood. Monotypic.

Prosierola bicarinata (Brues)
Ga., Fla., Tex.; Mexico. Host: Laspeyresia caryana (Fitch); Desmia
funeralis (Hbn.) in leaf rolls.
Parasierola bicarinata Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 100. ♀.

Biology: Doutt, 1973. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 66: 486-487, 1 fig. (brood tending).




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Genus PARASIEROLA Cameron

Parasierola Cameron, 1883. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 197.

Type-species: Parasierola testaceicomis Cameron. Monotypic.
Perisierola Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 533.

Type-species: Parasierola gallicola Kieffer. Desig. by Muesebeck and Walkley,
1951.

Several species have been reared from microlepidopterous pests such as the pink bollworm
and the Oriental fruit moth. Males are uncommon and thelytokous parthenogenesis may be com-
mon, four gererations of females having been reared from an unfertilized female.

Parasierola alutacea Kieffer
Nev. (Ormsby Co.).

Parasierola cellularis var. alutacea Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 254. ♂.

Parasierola breviceps (Krombein)
Calif. (Tracy). Host: Myelois venipars Dyar, larva.

Perisierola breviceps Krombein, 1954. Pan-Pacific Ent. 30: 259. ♀.

Parasierola cellularis (Say)
Pa., N. J., Md., Va., Ohio, Mich., Ind., Iowa, Mo., Nebr., Kans.; Mexico (Nuevo
Leon). Host: Pyrausta ainsliei Heinr.; Ancylis comptana fragariae (W. and R.).

Bethylus cellularis Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 279.

Biology: Guajardo and Ortiz, 1966. Soc. Nuevoleon Hist. Nat., Bol. 1: 41.

Parasierola distinguenda Kieffer
Calif.; Nicaragua.

Parasierola distinguenda Kieffer, 1908. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 76, p. 14. 9. N. name
for the taxon misidentified as cellularis (Say) by Kieffer, 1906, Berlin Ent. Ztschr. 50:
254.

Parasierola emigrata (Rohwer)
Tex.; Hawaii. Host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.).

Perisierola emigrata Rohwer, 1917. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 5: 1. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Busck, 1917. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 5: 3-5. — Bridwell, 1919. Hawaii. Ent.
Soc, Proc. 4: 21. —Williams, 1927. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 19: 11.

Parasierola gracilicornis Kieffer
Oreg., Calif., Idaho, Nev., N. Mex., Tex.

Parasierola cellularis var. gracilicornis Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 254. ♀.

Parasierola punctaticeps Kieffer
Calif., Tex. Host: Laspeyresia caryana (Fitch); Acrobasis sp., A. caryae
Grt.; Pectinophora gossypiella (Saund.).
Parasierola cellularis var. punctaticeps Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 254. ♀.

Biology: Rude, 1937. Jour. Econ. Ent. 30: 840-841. —Nichols, Pierce and Pinkney, 1950. U. S.
Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1011: 14.

Genus GONIOZUS Foerster

Goniozus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 96.

Type-species: Bethylus claripennis Foerster. Desig. by Ashmead, 1893.
ProgoniozHs Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 105.

Type-species: Periseynus floridanus Ashmead. Orig. desig.

Most species whose hosts are known prey on microlepidopterous larvae. North American spe-
cies have been recorded from a number of economically important hosts. Males may be produced
from unfertilized eggs.

Revision: Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 127-132.

Goniozus brevinervis Fouts
Ohio, N. J. Host: Coleophora sp.; Aroga trialbamaculella (Chamb.).

Goniozus brevinervis Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 127, 128. ♀, ♂.

Goniozus castaneicolor Evans
"United States."

Bethylus castaneus Kieffer, 1907. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 51: 295. ♀. Preocc. in Goniozus.

Goniozus castaneicolor Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 132: 201. N. name.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1962. Breviora, No. 150, p. 1 (generic transfer).

Goniozus clarimontis Kieffer
Calif. (Claremont).

Gonziozus clarimontis Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 253. ♀.




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Goniozus columbianus Ashmead
N. J., D. C, Va., Utah. Host: Ancylis comptana fragariae (W. and R.),
Rhyacionia buoliayia (Schiff.).
Gonioziis columbianus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 76. ♂, ♀.
Perisemus minimus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 71. ♀.

Goniozus electus Fouts
La. (Bogalusa). Host: Rhyacionia frustrana (Comst.), R. buoliana (Schiff.), R.
spp.
Goniozus electus Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 128, 132. ♀, ♂.

Goniozus flavipes Fouts
Kans. (Junction City).

Goniozus flavipes Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 128, 130. 9, ^.

Goniozus floridanus (Ashmead)
Fla. (Jacksonville).

Perisemus Jloridanus Ashmead, 1887. Ent. Amer. 3: 76. ♂, ♀.

Goniozus foveolatus Ashmead
Ont. to Fla., west to Sask. and Tex., Ariz. Host: Acrobasis caryae Grote;
Polychrosis viteana (Clem.); Coleophora malivorella Riley; Ancylis comptana fragariae
(W. and R.); Anchylopera nubeculana Clem.; Grapholitha molesta (Busck); Acrobasis
caryivorella Rag.; Gracilaria negundella Chamb.; Nemapogon granella (L.);
Laspeyresia caryana (Fitch); Rhyacionia buoliana (Schiff.).
Goniozris foveolatus Ashmead, 1887. Ent. Amer. 3: 76. ♀.
Goniozus hortonim Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 150. ♀.

Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99, No. 14: 44-46, pi. 15, figs. E, F
(male genitalia).

Goniozus gallicola Fouts
Oreg., Calif. Host: Deoclona yuccasella Busck in Yucca seed pods; Melissopus
latiferreanus (Wlsm.)? in galls of Cynips maculipennis Gill.
Goniozus gallicola Fouts, 1942. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 44: 168. ♀.

Biology: Fouts, 1942. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 44: 168 (host ?). — Gordh, 1976. U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Tech. Bui. 1524: 1-27, 5 figs, (behavior, life history, host).

Goniozus hubbardi Howard
Fla. Host: Platynota rostrana (Wlkr.); Platoeceticus gloveri Pack.

Goniozus hubbardi Howard, 1885. hi Hubbard, Ins. Affecting the Orange, p. 217. ♀.

Goniozus longiceps Kieffer
Tex. Host: Rhyacionia bushnelli (Busck), R. buoliana (Schiff.), R. spp.

Goniozus longiceps Kieffer, 1904. Arkiv for Zool. 1: 529. ♀.

Goniozus longinervis
***authority mismatch
Fouts. Nebr., S. Dak., Calif. Host: Rhyacionia bushnelli (Busck), R. spp.,
Argyrotaenia citrana (Fern.).

Goniozus longinervis Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 128, 131. ♀, ♂.

Goniozus megacephalus Ashmead
Fla. (Key West).

Goniozus megacephalus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 74. ♀.

Goniozus megalocephalus Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 152. Emend.

Goniozus mellipes (Ashmead)
Fla. (Jacksonville).

Perisemus mellipes Ashmead, 1887. Ent. Amer. 3: 76. ♀.

Goniozus occipitalis Kieffer
Nev., Calif.

Goniozus occipitalis Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 252. ♀.

Goniozus platynotae Ashmead
Conn., N. Y., to Fla. west to Kans. and La., also Utah and Ariz.; Puerto
Rico. Host: Platynota idaeusalis (Wlkr.); P.flavedana Clem.; P. stultana Wish.; Archips
argyrospila (Wlkr.); A. griseus (Robinson); A. rosaceana (Harr.); Archips sp.;
Coelostathma discopunctana Clem.?; Sparganothis sulphurana (F.); Canarsia sp.;
Argyrotaenia velutinana (Wlkr.); Pandemis limitata Rob.; Acrobasis cai-yae Grote;
Ancylis comptana fragariae (W. and R.); Agathodes designalis Guen. Parasite:
Perilampus fulvicomis Ashm. (secondary).

Goniozus platynotae Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 75. ♂, ♀.

Goniozus euliae Fouts, 1926. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 28: 167. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 129. — Wolcott, 1948. Puerto Rico Univ. Jour.
Agr. 32: 848. —Bennett, 1961. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 36: 353. — Oatman and Jenkins, 1962.
Mo. Univ. Coll. Agr., Res. Bui. 789: 12. —Wilde and Semel, 1966. Jour. Econ. Ent. 59: 1040.
— Krombein, 1967. Trap-nesting Wasps and Bees, p. 69. — Prokopy, 1968. Jour. Econ. Ent.
61: 351. — Goertzen and Doutt, 1975. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 68: 869-870 (female ovicidal
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Goniozus politus Ashmead
Md. (Virginia Beach).

Goniozus politus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 75. ♀.

Genus BETHYLUS Latreille

Bethylus Latreille, 1802-03. Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins., v. 3, p. 315.

Type-species: Omalus fuscicomis Jurine. Desig. by Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl.
Op. 153, 1944.
Perisemus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 95, 96.

Type-species: Perisemus triareolatus Foerster. Monotypic.
Episemus Thomson, 1862. Ofvers. k. Vetensk. Akad. Forh. 18: 452.

Type-species: Episemus variabilis Thomson. Desig. by Richards, 1939.
Digoniozus Kieffer, 1905. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 245.

Type-species: Perisemus oregonensis Ashmead. Monotypic.

Species of this genus prey upon larvae of Microlepidoptera, although there is a questionable
host record for a nitidulid beetle larva. Both sexes exhibit polymorphy in wing length, and no
fully winged North American specimens are known.

Revision: Evans, 1962. Breviora, No. 150, 12 pp., 3 figs., 1 map.

Bethylus amoenus
***authority mismatch
Fonts. N. W. T. south to Alta., east through Wis. and 111. to N. Y., Maine, and N. S.
Host: Rhopobata naevana (Hbn.); ? Brachypterolus pulicarius (L.).
Bethylus amoenus Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 127. ♀, ♂.

Bethylus decipiens (Provancher)
Alaska south to central Calif, eastward to N. Y., Maine and N. S.
Host: Cnephasia sp.
Go7iatopus decipiens Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 179. ♀.
Perisemus orego7iensis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 70. ♀.
Arysepyris califomicus Bridwell, 1919. Hawaii. Ent. Soc, Proc. 4: 34. ♀.
Bethylus brachypterus Whittaker, 1928. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 2: 385. ♀.
Bethylus flavicomis Whittaker, 1928. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 2: 385. ♂, ♀.

Subfamily EPYRINAE

Tribe EPYRINI

Genus RHABDEPYRIS Kieffer

Hosts of the American species are unknown. Two European species have been taken in ant
nests, but the association is probably fortuitous.

Revision: Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 67-151, 7 pis.

Genus RHABDEPYRIS Subgenus RHABDEPYRIS Kieffer

Rhabdepyris Kieffer, 1904. Soc. Hist. Nat. Metz., Bui. (2)11: 32.

Type-species: Rhabdepyris myrmecophihis Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1906.

Rhabdepyris gracilis Evans
Calif.; Mexico (Durango).

Rhabdepyris {Rhabdepyris) gracilis Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 133: 76. ♀, ♂.

Rhabdepyris mellipes Evans
Fla. (Orange Co.).

Rhabdepyris (Rhabdepyris) mellipes Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 72, fig. 1.
9.

Rhabdepyris muesebecki Evans
Tex. (Brownsville); Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia.

Rhabdepyris (Rhabdepyris) muesebecki Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 74. ♀.
S.

Rhabdepyris nigripilosus (Ashmead)
Ariz. (Huachuca Mts.); Mexico (Nayarit).

Mesitius nigripilosus Ashmead, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (2)5: 539. ♀.

Rhabdepyris (Rhabdepyris) huachucae Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 73. ♀.

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Genus RHABDEPYRIS Subgenus TRICHOTEPYRIS Kieffer

Rhabdepyris subg. Trichotepyris Kieffer, 1906. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p.
376.

Type-species: Rhabdepyris pallidipennis Kieffer. Desig. by Muesebeck and
Walkley, 1951.

Species Group Megacephalus

Rhabdepyris angusticeps Evans
Ariz. (Tucson).

Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) angusticeps Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 102,
figs. 8, 48. ♀.

Rhabdepyris apache Evans
Ariz. (Pima Co.); Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco).

Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) apache Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 91, figs. 5,
26. ♀, ♂.

Rhabdepyris carolinianus Evans
S. C, Fla.

Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) carolinianus Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 100,
figs. 7, 28, 46. ♀.

Rhabdepyris megacephalus (Ashmead)
Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.

Epyris megacephalus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 61. ♀.
Epyris megalocephala Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 153. Emend.

Rhabdepyris texanus Evans
Tex., Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Morelos).

Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) texanus Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 93, figs. 6,
18,27. ♀, ♂.

Rhabdepyris werneri Evans
Ariz. (Gila Co., Pima Co.); Mexico (Chihuahua).

Rhabdepyris (Trichotepyris) werneri Evans, 1965. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 133: 89, figs. 4,
17,25,44. ♀, ♂.

Species Group Pulchripennis

Rhabdepyris amabilis Fouts
Mass., N. Y., Md., D. C, Va., Fla., Ark., Mo.

Rhabdepyris amabilis Fouts, 1927. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 29: 165. ♀.

Genus RHABDEPYRIS Subgenus CHLOREPYRIS Kieffer

Chlorepyris Kieffer, 1913. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 7: 108.

Type-species: Epyris semiviridis Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914.

Species Group Viridissimus

Rhabdepyris fulgens (Brues)
Tex. (Brownsville); Honduras.

Epyris fidgens Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 99. ♀.

Genus ANISEPYRIS Kieffer

Anisepyris Kieffer, 1905. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 248.

Type-species: Epyris amazonicus Westwood. Monotypic.
Rhabdepyris subg. Lophepyris Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 201.

Type-species: Rhabdepyris (Lophepyris) bridwelli Evans. Orig. desig.

Revision: Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 97-120, 28 figs. (U. S. species). —Evans,
1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 201-204 (Lophepyris). —Evans, 1966. Studia Ent. 9: 1-120,
151 figs. (New World species).

Species Group Aeneus

The Aeneus Species Group is equivalent to subgenus Lophepyris Evans.

Anisepyris aeneus Kieffer
Southern Tex. to Panama.

Anisepyris aeneus Kieffer, 1906. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 30: 138. ♀.

Anisepyris sublevis Kieffer, 1906. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 30: 140. ♂.

Rhabdepyris (Lophepyris) bridwelli Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 202. ♀, ♂.

Anisepyris bradleyi (Evans)
Fla., Tex.

Rhabdepyris (Lophepyris) bradleyi Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 204. ♀.




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Species Group Aurichalceus

Anisepyris aurichalceus (Westwood)
Fla. (Miami); Cuba, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Kitts.

Epyris aurichalceus Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon., p. 160, pi. 31, fig. 3. ♀.
Anisepyris viridis Kieffer, 1907. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 32: 12. ♂. Preocc.
Anisepyris virideUus Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 438. N. name.
Anisepyris cubensis Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 125. ♀.

Species Group Proteus

Anisepyris arapaho Evans
Tex. (Culberson Co.).

Anisepyris arapaho Evans, 1966. Studia Ent. 9: 62, figs. 44, 65. ♀.

Anisepyris dietrichorum Evans
Southern Ariz.; Mexico (Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jahsco, Veracruz).

Anisepyris dietrichorum Evans, 1959. Ent Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 118, fig. 21. ♀.

Anisepyris papago Evans
Ariz. (Pima Co.).

Anisepyris papago Evans, 1966. Studia Ent. 9: 63, fig. 45. ♀.

Anisepyris rugosicollis Brues
Tex. (Brownsville).

Anisepyris rugosicollis Brues, 1908. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. (2) 6: 48. ♀.

Species Group Occidentalis

Anisepyris arizonicus Evans
Ariz. (Pima Co., Cochise Co.).

Anisepyris arizonicus Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 112, fig. 15. ♀.

Anisepyris gibbosifrons Evans
N. J., Fla.

Anisepyris gibbosifrons Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 116, figs. 23, 25, 26. ♀, ♂.

Anisepyris laticeps Evans
Southeastern Ariz.

Anisepyris laticeps Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 113, figs. 18, 19, 24. ♀, ♂.

Anisepyris latifrons (!) Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 115, fig. 24 legend. Lapsus.

Anisepyris occidentalis (Ashmead)
Wash., Oreg., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Calif., Ariz.; Mexico (Aguascalientes,
Guadalajara, Guerrero, Chiapas).

Epyris occidentalis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 58, 59. ♂, ♀.

Anisepyris punctaticeps Kieffer, 1906. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles^ Ann. 30: 139. ♂.

Anisepyris subviolaceus Kieffer
Mass., Mich., Alta. and B. C. south to Fla., Tex. and Ariz.; Mexico
(Sinaloa, Nayarit, Morelos, Veracruz).

Anisepyris subviolaceus Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 79: 39. ♀.

Species Group Columbianus

Anisepyris columbianus (Ashmead)
Idaho and Wash, south through Ariz, and Calif, to Costa Rica.

Epyris columbianus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 58, 60. ♂, ♀.

Anisepyris pulchelhis Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 126. ♀.

Anisepyris grandis (Ashmead)
Fla.

Goniozus grandis Ashmead, 1887. Ent. Amer. 3: 76. ♂, ♀.

Epyris aeneiceps Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 59. 9 . .

Anisepyris williamsi Evans
Utah, Idaho and Oreg., south through Ariz, and Calif, to southern Mexico.

Anisepyris williamsi Evans, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 61: 106, fig. 9. ♀, ♂.

Species Group Amazonicus

Anisepyris analis (Cresson)
N. C. to Fla., Tenn., Tex.; Mexico (Hidalgo).

Epyris analis Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 193. ♀.

Genus EPYRIS Westwood

Epyris Westwood, 1832. London, Edinb. and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Jour. (ser. 3) 1 (2): 129.

Type-species: Epyris niger Westwood. Monotypic
Muellerella Saussure, 1892. In Grandidier, Hist. Nat. Madagascar 20: pi. 25, fig. 20.

Type-species: Muellerella amabilis Saussure. Monotypic.
Empyris (!) Melander and Brues, 1903. Biol. Bui. 5: 23.
Parepyris Kieffer, 1913. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 7: 108.

Type-species: Epyris intemiptus Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914.
Psilepyris Kieffer, 1913. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 7: 108.

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Several species are known to parasitize soil-dwelling beetle larvae, especially Tenebrionidae.
A few species hibernate gregariously beneath or in bark of trees. Several species of which E.
californkus (Ashm.) is an example, have a very painful sting and can cause severe allergic reac-
tions in humans.

Revision: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 181-352, 168 figs., 24 maps (New World
species).

Species Group Connexus

Epyris connexus Evans
Southern Ariz, and Calif.

Epyris connexus Evans, 1967. Ent. News 78: 97. ♀, ♂.

Epyris spissus Evans
Ont., Mass., south to Fla.

Epyris spisstis Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 193, figs. 1, 3, 7, map 1. ♀, ♂.

Species Group Tricostatus

Epyris cariniceps Evans
Central Calif., southern Ariz., western Tex. to Costa Rica.

Epyris cariniceps Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 216, figs. 17, 41, 49, map 5. ♀.
6.

Epyris eriogoni Kieffer
Calif., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex. south to Veracruz.

Epyris eriogoni Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 245. ♂.

Epyris erigoni (!) Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 97.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 220, figs. 22, 25, 40, 50, map 6. ♀, ♂.

Epyris oriplanus Kieffer
Va. to Fla., Tex. to Calif., south to Chiapas.

Epyris oriplamis Kieffer, 1911. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 35: 228. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 213, figs. 10, 11, 19, 33, 34, map 4. ♀, ♂.

Epyris tricostatus Evans
Pa. to Fla., Kans., Tex.

Epyris tricostatus Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 208, figs. 16, 39, 47, map 3. ♀.
6.

Epyris vogti Evans
Md. (Nanjemoy).

Epyris vogti Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 211, fig. 24, map 5. ♀.

Species Group Rufipes

Epyris brachypterus (Ashmead)
Md., D. C, Va., "Carolina".

Mesitius brachypterus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 66. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 273, map 11. ♀.

Epyris californicus (Ashmead)
Pa. to Fla., 111., Kans., Colo., Tex., Oreg., Calif, and Ariz, south to
Honduras.
Mesitius californicus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 65. ♀.
Mesitius minutus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 65. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 260, figs. 63, 64, 72, 98-101, map 10. ♀.

Biology: Essig and Michelbacher, 1932. Science 76: 407-408.

Epyris clarimontis Kieffer
Fla., N. Dak. to Wash, south to Calif, and Tex., thence to central Mexico.
Epyris clarimontis Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 243. ♀.
Epyris indivisus Kieffer, 1905. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 243. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 280, figs. 73, 74, 75, 86, 108-111, map 14.

9, 6.

Epyris cochise Evans
Idaho, Utah, Nev., Ariz., N. Mex., Tex.

Epyris cochise Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 285, figs. 84, 85, 114, map 15. ♂, ♀.

Epyris deficiens Krombein
N. Y. to Ga., W. Va., ?Kans.

Epyris deficiens Krombein, 1956. Ent. Soc, Wash., Proc 58: 156, fig. 3. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 288, figs. 68, 69, 78, 115, map 15. ♀, ♂.

Epyris guatemalensis Cameron
Southern Calif, through western and central Mexico to Guatemala.
Epyris guatemalensis Cameron, 1888. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 1: 453, pi. 19, fig. 20. ♀.




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Epyris guatamalensis (!) Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 264, fig. 104, map 17. ♀.
6.

Epyris monticola
***authority mismatch
(Ashmead). Colo.; Mexico (Durango).

Epyris monticola Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 8. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 256, figs. 58, 59, 96, map 16. ♂.

Epyris myrmecophilus (Brues)
Vt., Wis. and Colo, south to Fla., Tex., Ariz., southern Calif.
Mesitius myrmecophilus Brues, 1903. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 124. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 269, figs. 65, 105, 107, map 12. ♀, ♂.

Epyris rufipes (Say)
Que., B. C, U. S. south at higher elevations to Guatemala.

Bethylus rufipes Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2, p. 329. 9 (?).
Bethylus formicoides Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 179. ♀.
Epyris rufipes Cameron, 1888. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc, Mem. and Proc 1: 173. ♀.

Preocc.
Epyris montezuma Cameron, 1888. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Soc, Mem. and Proc. Errata

1: vii. N. name.
Mesitius vancouverensis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 64. ♀.
Mesitius nevadensis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 64. ♀.
Mesitius bifoveolatus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 66. ♂, ♀.
Epyris longicollis Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 244. ♀. Preocc.
Epyris nudicomis Kieffer, 1906. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 50: 245. ♂.
Epyris gracilicollis Kieffer, 1908. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 76, p. 28. N. name.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 250, figs. 53, 54, 91-94, 97, map 9. ♀, ♂.

Epyris sculleni Evans
Alta., Wash., Idaho, Utah, Oreg., Calif., Ariz., N. Mex.; Mexico (Hidalgo).

Epyris sculleni Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. soc. Trans. 95: 266, figs. 66, 67, 82, 102, 103, map
11. ♂, ♀.

Epyris sepulchralis Evans
Mass., Md., Fla., Tenn., Okla., Tex., southern Calif.; Mexico (Guanajuato,
Jalisco, Veracruz).
Epyris sepulchralis Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 275, figs. 76, 79, 80, 112, map
13. ♂, ♀.

Epyris texanus (Ashmead)
N. Y., Va., N. C, 111., Tex.

Mesitius texanus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 67. ♀.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 290, map 16. ♀.

Epyris vierecki Krombein
Mass., N. Y., Md., Va., W. Va., N. C, S. C, Ga.

Epyris vierecki Krombein, 1962. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc 75: 1. cJ, 9.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 277, figs. 77, 81, 106, map 14. ♀, ♂.

Species Group Depressigaster

alachua Evans. Fla. (Alachua Co.).

Epyris alachua Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 337, fig. 153, map 22. ♀.

Epyris corticinus Evans
Pa., Md., Va.

Epyris corticinus Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 338, figs. 148, 149, map 22. ♀.

Epyris festivus Evans
Fla. (Lake Co., Dixie Co.).

Epyris festivus Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 339, map 22. ♀.

Species Group Idionotum

Epyris idionotum Evans
Fla.

Epyris idionotum Evans, 1969. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 95: 340, figs. 146, 156, map 23. ♂.

Nomen Nudum in Epyris Westwood

Epyris monticola Ashmead in Cockerell, 1889. Colo. Biol. Assn., 10th Kept., [p. 2] (probably
published originally in Custer County Courant newspaper).

Genus BAKERIELLA Kieffer

Bakeriella Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 78: 288.

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Bakeriella floridana Evans
Fla. (Paradise Key).

Bakeriella floridana Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 132: 134, fig. 84. ♂, ♀.

Genus HOLEPYRIS Kieffer

Holejryris Kieffer, 1904. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Geneva, Ann. 41: 390.

Type-species: Holepyris africanus Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1906.
Holepyris subg. Rysepyris Kieffer, 1906. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 341.

Type-species: Holepyris (Rysepyris) numidicus Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914.
Misepyris Kieffer, 1913. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 7: 108.

Type-species: Holepyris remotus Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914.
Parepyris Brethes, 1913. Buenos Aires Mus. Nac. de Hist. Nat., An. 24: 87.

Type-species: Parepyris sylvanidis Brethes. Monotypic.

Authenticated host records indicate that members of this genus parasitize coleopterous lar-
vae, although in the laboratory they can be induced to attack Microlepidoptera also. One North
American species attacks larvae infesting grain, and another was reared from a beetle larva
beneath bark.

Holepyris coronatus (Ashmead)
Md. (Bladensburg). Host: Catogenus rufus (F.).
Apenesia coroyiata Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 47. ♂.

Holepyris floridanus (Ashmead)
Fla.

Isobrachium floridanum Ashmead, 1887. Ent. Amer. 3: 76. ♂.

Holepyris haemorrhoidalis (Kieffer)
Tex.

Rhabdepyris haemorrhoidalis Kieffer, 1904. Arkiv. for Zool. 1: 528. ♀.

Holepyris marylandicus Fouts
Md., N. C.

Holepyris marylandicus Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 125. ♀.

Holepyris punctifrons Fouts
Fla. (Hawthorne).

Holepyris punctifrons Fouts, 1927. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 29: 166. ♀.

Holepyris subapterus (Melander and Brues)
Mass.

Empyris (!) subaptenis Melander and Brues, 1903. Biol. Bui. 5: 23. ♀.

Holepyris sylvanidis (Brethes)
Widespread in U. S.; cosmopolitan. Host: Oryzaephilus surinamensis
(L.); Sitophihis oryza (L.); Tribolium castaneum (Hbst.); T. confusum Duv.;
Laemophloeus ferrugineus (Steph.).
Parepyris sylvanidis Brethes, 1913. Buenos Aires Mus. Nac. de Hist. Nat., An. 24: 87. ♂.

9.
Rhabdepyris zeae Turner and Waterson, 1921. Rpt. Grain Pests (War) Com. [Gt. Brit.], No.
9, p. 29. ♀.

Genus LAELIUS Ashmead

Laelius Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 50.

Type-species: Laelius trogodemiatis Ashmead. Orig. desig.
Paralaelius Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 129.

Type-species: Bethylus pedatus Say. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914.

All authenticated host records for North American Laelius are larvae of Dermestidae, usually
in and around buildings.

Revision: Muesebeck, 1939. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 52: 171-176.

Laelius centratus (Say)
Fla., Ind., Colo.

Bethylus centratus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 281.

Laelius occidentalis Whittaker
B. C. (Chilliwack).

Laelius occidentalis Whittaker, 1928. Ent. Soc. London, Trans, p. 387. ♀.

Laelius pedatus (Say)
N. J., N. Y., D. C, Va., S. C, Fla., Ind., Colo, south to Mexico (Morelos). Host:
Anthremis verbasci (L.).

Bethylus pedatus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 280.

Ateleopterus nubilipenyiis Ashmead, 1887. Ent. Amer. 3: 97. ♀.

Laelius tricarinatus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 51. tj, 9.

Laelius rufipes Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 51. ♀. Preocc.




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Laelius nigripilosus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 52. ♂, ♀.
Bethylus constrictus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 53. ♀.
Laelius ashmeadi Kieffer, 1908. In Wytsman, Gen. Ins., fasc. 76, p. 38. N. name.
Laelius fumipennis Brues, 1910. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. (Ser. 2) 8: 45. ♀.

Laelius trogodermatis Ashmead
Que., N. Y., D. C, Va., Fla. Host: Trogoderma parabile Beal, T.
simplex Jayne, T. versicolor Creutz.
Laelius trogodermatis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 51. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Howard, 1901. The Insect Book, pp. 34-36, fig. 18. — Krombein, 1955. Brooklyn Ent.
Soc, Bui. 50: 13-14.

Laelius utilis Cockerell
Ont., Mass., Md., D. C, Va., N. C. Host: Trogoderma versicolor Creutz.;
Bruchus brachialis Fahr.?
Laelius utilis Cockerell, 1920. Canad. Ent. 52: 34. ♀.

Laelius voracis Muesebeck
D. C, Va.; India. Host: Anthrenus vorax (Waterh.).
Laelius voracis Muesebeck, 1939. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 52: 172. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Back, 1940. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 42: 110-113, 1 pi. — Kurian, 1954. Agra Univ.,
Jour. Res. (Sci.) 3: 422, figs. 9-13.

Tribe CEPHALONOMIINI

Genus PLASTANOXUS Kieffer

Plastanoxus Kieffer, 1905. hi Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 244.

Type-species: Ayioxus chittendenii Ashmead. Desig. by Gahan, 1931.

These tiny wasps are parasitic on coleopterous larvae.

Revision: Gahan, 1931. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 21: 213-218, figs. 1-3.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 132: 151-152 (key to species).

Plastanoxus chittendenii (Ashmead)
Transcontinental in southern Canada and U. S.; adventive in England.
Host: Cis fuscipes Mellie?
Anoxus Chittendenii Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 68. ♂.

Plastanoxus incompletus Evans
Ariz. (Mesa).

Plasta7ioxus incompletus Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 132: 152. ♀.

Plastanoxus laevis (Ashmead)
D. C; ?Brazil.

Anoxus laevis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 68. ♀.

Plastanoxus westwoodi (Kieffer)
D. C, Ga.; probably cosmopolitan. Host: Laemophloeus pusillus (Schonh.).
Cephalonomia westwoodi Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 248. Plastanoxus kiefferi Gahan, 1931. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 21: 217. 9, d (? Lapsus for
westwoodi.)

Genus CEPHALONOMIA Westwood

Cephalonomia Westwood, 1853. Mag. Nat. Hist. 6: 420.

Type-species: Cephalonomia formicifomis Westwood. Monotypic.
Holopedina Foerster, 1850. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande Verb. 7: 502.

Type-species: Holopedina polypori Foerster. Monotypic.
Cephalo7iomia subg. Cephaloderma Hoffer, 1936. Festchr. Embrik Strand, v. 1, p. 459.

Type-species: Cephalonomia (Cephalodenna) strandi Hoffer. Monotypic.

So far as known these tiny wasps parasitize the larvae or pupae of small Coleoptera occurring
in cryptic situations. One group attacks pests of stored grains, another parasitizes Ciidae occur-
ring in fungi, and the third attacks bark beetles. Four types of species may be distinguished
based on development of the wings in both sexes: One in which both sexes are macropterous;
one in which the males are macropterous, the females macropterous or brachypterous; a third in
which the males are macropterous or apterous and the females apterous; and the last in which
the males are macropterous or apterous, the females macropterous, micropterous or apterous.

Biology: Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 132: 158-159.




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Morphology: Grandi, 1929. Bol. Lab. Ent. Bologna 2: 301-314. —van Emden, 1931. Ztschr. f.
Morph. u. Oekol. der Tiere 23: 425-574. -Grandi, 1932. Bol. Lab. Ent. Bologna 5: 13-21.

Cephalonomia cynipsiphila (Ashmead)
Fla.

Sclerochroa cynipsiphila Ashmead, 1887. Ent. Amer. 3: 75. ♀.

Cephalonomia gallicola (Ashmead)
Widely distributed in North America; probably cosmopolitan. Host:

Stegobium paniceum (L.); Lasiodenna serricome (F.); Ptinus sp.; Araecerus

fasciculatus de Geer.
Sclerochroa gallicola Ashmead, 1887. Ent. Amer. 3: 75. ♀.
Holopedina nubilipennis Ashmead, 1887. Ent. Amer. 3: 97. ♀.
^Cephalonomia xambeui Giard, 1898. Soc. Ent. France, Bui., p. 50. ♀, ♂.
Cephalonomia quadridentata Duchaussoy, 1917. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique du Nord, Bui. 9:

111. ♀.
Cephalonomia caesarorum van Emden, 1931. Ztschr. Morph. u. Oekol. Tiere 23: 431.
Cephalonomia {C ephaloderma) strandi Hoffer, 1936. Festschr. Embrik Strand, v. 1, p. 460.

9.

Biology: van Emden, 1931. Ztschr. Morph. u. Oekol. Tiere 23: 425-574. — Kearns, 1934. Jour.
Econ. Ent. 27: 801-806. —Kearns, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27: 533-541. —Cabal Concha,
1956. Rev. Facult. Nac. Agron. [Colombia] 18: 64.

Morphology: van Emden, 1931. Ztschr. Morph. u. Oekol. Tiere 23: 425-574. —Grandi, 1932.
Lab. Ent. R. 1st. Sup. Agr. Bologna, Bol. 5: 113-115. — Reid, 1941. Roy. Ent. Soc. London,
Trans. 91: 403-404.

Cephalonomia hyalinipennis Ashmead
Mass., Conn., Fla., Calif. Host: Conophthonis coniperda (Schw.);
Hypothenemus spp.; Pissodes termi7ialis Hopping; Pityophthorus sp.; Scolytus
nigulosus (Ratz.). Also recorded from galls of Amphibolips cinerea (Ashm.) and
Disholcaspis omnivora (Ashm.), where, presumably, it parasitizes bark beetles invading
the woody tissues of the galls.
Cephalonomia hyalinipennis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mas., Bui. 45: 49. ♂, ♀.

Biology: Stark and Wood, 1964. Canad. Ent. 96: 1217. —Godwin and Odell, 1965. Ent. Soc.
Amer., Ann. 58: 218.
perpusilla Evans. Oreg., Calif., Ariz.; Mexico (Baja California, Nayarit). Host: Ciid beetle
larvae in fungi.
Cephalonomia perpusilla Evans, 1963. Psyche 70: 152. ♂, ♀.

Cephalonomia tarsalis (Ashmead)
Widely distributed in U. S.; probably cosmopolitan. Host: Oryzaephilus
surinamensis (L.); Sitophihis oryzae (L.).
Ateleopterus tarsalis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 45. ♀, ♂.
Cephalonomia carinata Kieffer, 1907. Berlin. Ent. Ztschr. 51: 295. ♀.
Cephalonoynia kiefferi Fouts, 1920. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 22: 77. 9, cJ. •

Biology: Richards and Herford, 1930. Ann. Appl. Biol. 17: 382. —Powell, 1938. Ent. Soc.
Amer., Ann. 31: 44-49.

Cephalonomia utahensis Brues
Utah, Calif. Host: Conophthonis lambertianae Hopk.; C. monophyllae Hopk.;
C. ponderosae Hopk.; C. radiatae Hopk.
Cephalonomia utahensis Brues, 1909. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 6: 154. ♀.

Biology: Ruckes, 1956. Pan-Pacific Ent. 32: 184-185, 1 fig. — Schaefer, 1962. Ent. Soc. Amer.,
Ann. 55: 574-575, fig. 6. —Ruckes, 1963. Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 45.
watcrstoni Gahan. Widely distributed in North America; probably cosmopolitan. Host:
Laemophloeus femigineus (Steph.).
Cephalonoviia waterstoni Gahan, 1931. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 21: 219. ♀.

Biology: Sheppard, 1936. Colo. Expt. Sta., Tech. Bui. 17: 16-17. — Rilett, 1949,. Canad. Jour.
Res., Sect. D, Zool. Sci. 27: 1-27. -Finlayson, 1950. Bui. Ent. Res. 41: 79.

Tribe SCLERODERMINI

Genus NESEPYRIS Bridwell

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Type-species: Nesepyris ewa Bridwell. Monotypic.

The small rare species belonging to this genus are probably parasitic on borers in twigs or
bark.

Nesepyris floridanus Evans
Fla.; Mexico.

Nesepyris floridan us Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 132: 165, 111, 112, 9.

Nesepyris virginianus Evans
Md., Va. Bred from redbud (Cercis canadensis) and found under hickory
bark.
Nesepyris virginianus Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 132: 164, fig. 110. ♀.

Genus GLENOSEMA Kieffer

Glenosema Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 100. No species.

Type-species: Gleyiosema nigra Kieffer. First included species.
Arysepyris Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 102.

Type-species: Arysepyris merceti Kieffer. Orig. desig.

Glenosema crandalli Evans
Ariz. (Santa Catalina Mts.).

Glenosema crandalli Evans, 1964. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 132: 170, fig. 116. ♀.

Genus SCLERODERMUS Latreille

Sclerodermus Latreille, 1809. Gen. Crust. Ins., v. 4, p. 118.

Type-species: Sclerodermus domesticus Latreille. Monotypic.
Scleroderma^) Oken, 1817. Isis 8: 1178. Emend.
Schlerochroa Foerster, 1850. Naturh. Ver. Rheinlande, Verb. 7: 501. Unnecessarily

proposed as a new name for Sclerodermus Latr.
Schleroderma (!) Costa, 1862. Annuario Mus. Zool. Napoli 2: 131. Misspelling.
Neosclerodemia Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 106.

Type-species: Ateleopterus virginiensis Ashmead. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914.

The North American species are parasitic on wood-boring beetle larvae, frequently those in-
festing houses. The adult wasps have frequently been reported as stinging humans in infested
houses.

carolinensis (Ashmead). Conn, and N. Y. to Ga. Host: Dicerca lepida Lac; Urographis fasciata
(de Geer).
Dissomphalus carolinensis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 42, 43. ♀.
Ateleopterus virginiensis Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 45. ♂, ♀.
macrogaster (Ashmead). D. C, Va., N. C, Fla., Miss., Tex.; Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Brazil.
Host: Megacyllene antennatus (White), Scolytus rugulosus (Ratz.), Xyletinus peltatus
(Parr.).
Sclerochroa macrogaster Ashmead, 1887. Ent Amer. 3: 75. ♀.

Subfamily PRISTOCERINAE

Genus PRISTOCERA Klug

Genus PRISTOCERA Subgenus PRISTOCERA Klug

Pristocera Klug, 1808. Mag. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 49.

Type-species: Bethylus depressus Fabricius. Monotypic.
Mangesia Kieffer, 1911. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 35: 209.

Type-species: Mangesia fuscipennis Kieffer. Orig. desig.
Trichelobrachium Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 425.

Type-species: Pristocera obliterata Kieffer. Monotypic.

The typical subgenus does not occur in North America.

Genus PRISTOCERA Subgenus ACREPYRIS Kieffer

Acrepyris Kieffer, 1905. In Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 249.
Type-species: Epyris reticulatus Kieffer. Orig. desig.




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Pristocera subg. Neopristocera Yasumatsu,- 1955. Fac. Agr. Kyushu Univ., Jour. 10: 248.
Type-species: Pristocera japonica Yasumatsu. Orig. desig.

These wasps are parasitic on the larvae of Elateridae (wireworms) in the soil. Males carry the
females in flight during mating.

Revision: Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 241-290, 60 figs.

Pristocera armifera (Say)
N. H. and Vt. south to Fla., west to S. Dak., Colo, and Tex. Host: Aeolus sp.;
Limonius agonus (Say); Melanotus sp.
Bethyius arrniferus Say, 1828. Contrib. Maclur. Lye. Phila. 1: 80. ♂.
Scleroderma thoracica Westwood, 1839. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 2: 167. ♀.
Scleroderma contracta Westwood, 1839. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 2: 169, pi. 12, fig. 11. ♀.
Epyris laeviventris Cresson, 1872. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 4: 193. ♂.
Epyris reticulatus Kieffer, 1904. Arkiv for. Zool. 1: 527. ♂.

Biology: Hyslop, 1916. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 18: 170, pi. 11, figs. 1-3.

Morphology: Snodgrass, 1941. Smithsn. Inst., Misc. Collect. 99, no. 14: 44-46, pi. 15, figs. A-D
(male genitalia).

Pristocera atra Klug
N. C. to Fla., west to N. Mex.

Pristocera atra Klug, 1810. Beitr. Naturk., v. 2, p. 206. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 273-276, figs. 5, 12, 17, 48, 53, 54.

Pristocera bridwelli Evans
Ark. (Dodd City).

Pristocera (Acrepyris) bridwelli Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 267. ♂, ♀.

Pristocera californica Evans
Calif., Utah, Wyo.

Pristocera (Acrepyris) californica Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 263. ♂.

Pristocera chihuahua Evans
Ariz.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Zacatecas).

Pristocera (Acrepyris) chihuahua Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 284. ♂.

Pristocera cockerelli Evans
Tex. to Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Oaxaca).

Pristocera (Acrepyris) cockerelli Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 264. ♂, ♀.

Pristocera fraterna Evans
N. C. to Fla., Kans.

Pristocera {Acrepyris) fraterna Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 129: 261. S, 9 (?).

Pristocera hyalina Brues
Ark., La., Tex., N. Mex., south to central Mexico.

Pristocera hyalina Brues, 1906. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 4: 143. ♂.

Genus APENESIA Westwood

Apenesia Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon., p. 170.

Type-species: Apenesia amazonica Westwood. Desig. by Westwood, 1881.
Aeluroides Tullgren, 1904. Ark. Zool. 1: 428.

Type-species: Aeluroides sjostedti Tullgren. Monotypic.
Propristocera Kieffer, 1905. hi Andre, Spec. Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 247.

Type-species: Propristocera interrupta Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914.
Cleistepyris Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 79: 48.

Type-species: Cleistepyris punctatus Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1914.
Dipristocera Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 471.

Type-species: Dipristocera microchela Kieffer. Monotypic.
Neopristocera Benoit, 1957. Explor. Pare Nat. Albert, Mission DeWitte, fasc. 88, p. 44.
Preocc.

Type-species: Neopristocera triloba Benoit. Orig. desig.

Hosts are unknown for the North American species, but two Old World species have been
reared from weevil larvae (Curculionidae) in roots or stems.

Revision: Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 130: 249-359, 138 figs.

Species Group Exilis

Apenesia cochise Evans
Ariz. (Cochise Co.).

Apensia cochise Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 130: 296, figs. 27, 32. ♂.




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Apenesia exilis Evans
Ariz., Calif.

Apenesia exilis Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 130: 293, figs. 28, 30, 33, 34. ♂.

Apenesia martini Evans
Fla. (Manatee Co.).

Apenesia martini Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 130: 294, fig. 29. ♂.

Apenesia pima Evans
Ariz. (Cochise Co.).

Apenesia pima Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 130: 292, figs. 26, 31, 35, 36. ♂.

Species Group Dissomphaloides

Apenesia dissomphaloides Evans
Ariz.; Mexico (Sinaloa).

Apenesia dissomphaloides Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 130: 297, figs. 37, 42. ♂.

Species Group Laevigata

Apenesia pallidula Evans
Ariz. (Cochise Co.).

Apenesia pallidula Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 130: 300, figs. 38, 43, 46, 50. ♂.

Species Group Mexicana

Apenesia chiricahua Evans
Tex., Ariz.; Mexico (Sinaloa, Durango, Mexico).

Apenesia chiricahua Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 130: 306, figs. 57, 60, 69, 80, 84.
S.

Apenesia malinche Evans
Ariz. (Tucson Mts.); Mexico (Sinaloa, Puebla).

Apenesia malinche Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 130: 309, figs. 59, 62. ♂.

Apenesia mohave Evans
Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).

Apenesia mohave Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 130: 308, figs. 58, 61. ♂.

Species Group Brasiliensis

Apenesia parapolita Evans
Ark., La., Ala., and Ga., north to 111., W. Va. and N. Y.

Propristocera polita Evans, 1958. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 59: 294, figs. 2, 6. ♂. Preocc.
Apeyiesia parapolita Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 130: 322 (male), 347 (female),
figs. 81, 96, 127, 136. N. name.

Genus PARASCLERODERMA Kieffer

Parasclerodertna Kieffer, 1904. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ann. 41: 376.
Type-species: Parasclerodemia fulviceps Kieffer. Orig. desig.

No host information is available for the single North American species. Two Old World spe-
cies have been recorded as attacking the larvae of bostrichid and clerid beetles. The normal
hosts apparently are larvae occurring under bark or in borings in wood.

Parascleroderma insolita (Evans)
Tex. (Brownsville).

Apenesia insolita Evans, 1963. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 130: 350, figs. 130, 138. ♀.

Genus DISSOMPHALUS Ashmead

Dissomphalus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 41.

Type-species: Dissomphalus xanthopus Ashmead. Orig. desig.
Ecitopria Wasmann, 1899. Zoologica, h. 26, p. 55.

Type-species: Ecitopria crassicoi-^iis Wasmann. Monotypic.
Dissemphalus (!) Ashmead, 1902. Canad. Ent. 34: 271.
■^ Psilobethylus Kieffer, 1906. In Andre, Spec Hym. Eur. Alg., v. 9, p. 461.

Type-species: Psilobethylus iuteus Kieffer. Monotypic.
Thaumatepyris Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 79: 47.

Type-species: Thaumatepyris pimctattis Kieffer. Monotypic.
Glenobethylus Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 79: 50.

Type-species: Glenobethylus montanus Kieffer. Monotypic.
Parecitopria Ogloblin, 1930. Soc. Ent. Arg., Rev. 3: 15.

Type-species: Parecitopria azarai Ogloblin. Monotypic.

Associated data with several species suggest that these minute wasps are probably parasitic
on larvae of both myrmecophilous and wood-boring beetles. The wingless females are apparently
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Revision: Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 288-309, 21 figs. (North American species).

Taxonomy: Evans, 1962. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 64: 65-78, 4 figs, (revised key, North
American and West Indian species).

Species Group Kansanus

Dissomphalus arizonicus Evans
Ariz. (Portal).

Dissoniphalus arizonicus Evans, 1962. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 64: 70, fig. 3. ♂.

Dissomphalus kansanus Evans
Pa., Fla., 111., Kans.

Dissomphalus kansanus Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. wash., Proc. 56: 302, figs. 4, 11, 17. ♂.

Species Group Xanthopus

Dissomphalus barberi Evans
Maine, Md., N. C.

Dissomphalus barberi Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 298, figs. 3, 10, 16, 19. ♂, ♀.

Dissomphalus californicus Ashmead
Ariz., Calif.

Dissomphalus californicus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 42. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1967. Ent. News 78: 17. ♂.

Dissomphalus xanthopus Ashmead
U. and L. Austr. Zones east of Rockies, south in Mexico to Chiapas.
Dissomphalus xanthopus Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 45: 42. ♀, ♂.
Psilobethyliis lucidus Brown and Cheng, 1952. Psyche 58: 146, figs. 2, 3. ♀.

Species Group Apertus

Dissomphalus altivolans Evans
111., Ala., La., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Sonora).

Dissomphalus altivola^is Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 307, figs. 7, 21. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1962. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 64: 76. ♀.

Dissomphalus apertus Kieffer
N. Y., Ohio and Kans., south into Mexico (Cordoba).

Dissoynphalus apertus Kieffer, 1914. Soc. Ent. France, Bui. 1: 50. ♂.

Dissomphalus foveolatus (Brown and Cheng)
Md., Va., Ga., 111., Miss., Ark.

Psilobethylus foveolatus Brown and Cheng, 1952. Psyche 58: 143, fig. 1. ♀.

Dissomphalus nigrescens Evans
Tex., ?Ark., La., Ala.

Dissomphalus nigrescens Evans, 1954. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 56: 308, figs. 8, 14. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1962. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 64: 75-76 (putative female).

Genus PSEUDISOBRACHIUM Kieffer
Genus PSEUDISOBRACHIUM Subgenus PSEUDISOBRACHIUM Kieffer

Pseudisobrachium Kieffer, 1904. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ann. (3a) 1: 368.

Type-species: Pseudisobrachium laticeps Kieffer. Desig. by Kieffer, 1906.
Monepyris Kieffer, 1905. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Ann. 29: 101, 124.

Type-species: Epyris halidayi Westwood. Monotypic.
Xestobethylus Cameron, 1909. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 35: 449.

Type-species: Xestobethylus pallidipes Cameron. Monotypic.
Plutobethylus Kieffer, 1910. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 79: 51.

Type-species: Plutobethylus distans Kieffer. Orig. desig.
Lyssepyris Kieffer, 1913. Portici Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr., Bol. 7: 108.

Type-species: Holepyris flavicornis Kieffer. Monotypic.
Xantepyris Kieffer, 1913. Portici Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr., Bol. 7: 108.

Type-species: Epyris flaviventris Kieffer. Monotypic.
Lissepyris (!) Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 236. Typ. error.
Xanthepyris Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 417. Emend.
Parisobrachium Kieffer, 1914. Das Tierreich, Lief. 41, p. 424.

Type-species: Rhabdepyris (?) albipes Kieffer. Monotypic.

Only the typical subgenus occurs in North America.

Females of several species have been found in ant nests, but unsuccessful laboratory testing
on ant larvae suggests that the wasps parasitize myrmecophilous beetle larvae occurring in the
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Revision: Evans. 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 211-318, 5 pis.

Species Geolt Ce.4Ssx.ti

Pseudisobrachium crassum Evans
Tex. (Brownsville, San Antonio).

Pseudisobrachiuni cmssinn Evans. 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 239, fig. 13. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium texanum Evans
Tex. (Harlingen. Brownsville, Wharton, San Antonio).

Pseudisobrachiuni texajium Evans. 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL, BuL 126: 240, figs. 48, 53. c .

Species Group Occtoext-uj:

Pseudisobrachium castaneum Evans
Calif. (San Diego).

Pseudisobrachium castaneum Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 24S. fig. 56. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium matthewsi Evans
Tex, N. Hex, Ariz.

Pseudisobrachium matthewsi Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 249, fig. 36. cJ, 2
(?).

Pseudisobrachium occidentale Evans
Calif., Ariz. Associated with doUchoderine ants.

Pseudisobrachium occidentale Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 244. figs. 14, 55.

a>EClES GbOCP OBSCUHUM

Pseudisobrachium carolinianum Evans
S. C, Fla.

Pstud:scbrrichiiim carolinianum Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 254. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium gibbosum Evans
N. Mex. (Rodeo).

Pseudisobrachium gibbosum Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 255. c.

Pseudisobrachium obscurum Evans
Tex., Ariz., Nev.. Utah, Cahf.: Me.xico (Chihuahua, Baja California. Nayarit).

Pseudisobrachium obscurum. Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 25ft, figs. 16, 36.
S, 5 (?).

Pseudisobrachium otiosum Evans
Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora, Nayarit).

Pstudisobraehium otiosum. Evans. 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 256. :.

Pseudisobrachium pallidum Evans
Ariz.. Calif.; Me.xico (Sonora).

Pseudisobrachium. pallidum. Evans. 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 258. fig. 17. ♂.
wemeri Evans. Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa).

Pseudisobrachium wemeri Evans, 1967. Ent. News 78: 20. ♂.

Species Group Peolosgatuh

arcnarium Evans. X. J. Pa. (?\ N. C, Ga, Fla. (?), Ala., Miss^ Mo. (?), IIL Associated with
ponerine ants.
Pseudisobrachium arenarium Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 263, figs. 20, 39,

57.;. = (?).

Pseudisobrachium prolongatum (Provancher)
N. B. and N. S. west to B. C, and Wash., south to N. C, Ky., EL

and Iowa. Associated with formicine and m\-rmicine ants.
Bethylus prolongatus FVovancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 265. " = " = c .
Isobrachiitm magnum Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., BuL 45: 36. ♂.
Isobrachium mi/rmecophilum. Ashmead. 1893. U. S. NatL Mus., BuL 45: 37. ~,(c misdet.).
Isobrachium mandibulare Ashmead. 1893. U. S. NatL Mus., BuL 45: 38. S, (c misdet.).
Isobrachium montanum Ashmead. 1893. U. S. NatL Mus., BuL 45: 39. S, (d misdet.).
Pseudisobrachium. rugosulum Fouts, 1928. Ent. Soc Wash, Proc. 30: 124. ♂.
Pseudisobrachium agilis Whittaker, 1928. Rov. Ent Soc. London, Trans. 76: 386. pL 13,

fig. 4. ♂.

Species Group C.vEB0N.\Rn.T€

Pseudisobrachium ashmeadi Evans
Mass., Ont., Mich, and Kans., south to Fla., Ala. and La. Host: Associated
with formicine and dolichoderine ants.
Pseudisobrachium ashmeadi Evans. 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 275. figs. 23. -33.

58. 63. d, S (?).

Pseudisobrachium carbonarium (Ashmead)
Md. south to Ga., Ala., W. Va., Ky. (?). IIL Kans., N. Dak. (?).
Epyris carbonarius Ashmead. 1893. U. S. NatL Mus., BuL 45: 59, pL 4, fig. 4. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL BuL 126: 271. figs. 23. 37. d, 5 (?).




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Pseudisobrachium krombeini Evans
Tex., N. Mex.; Mexico (Sonora).

Psendisobrachium krombeini Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. ZooL, Bui. 126: 287, figs. 27, 50.
6.

Pseudisobrachium minimum Evans
N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Sinaloa, Michoacan, Mexico).

Pseudisobrachium yninimum Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 126: 280, fig. 24. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium minutissimum Evans
N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Morales, Baja California), Guatemala.

Pseudisobrachium minutissimum Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 126, fig. 26. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium navajo Evans
Ariz. (Coconino and Yavapai Counties).

Pseudisobrachium navajo Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 126: 283, fig. 25. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium persimile Evans
Calif., B. C. (?).

Pseudisobrachiutn persimile Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar Zool., Bui. 126: 284, fig. 2. 6, 9
(?).

Species Group Ruffventre

Pseudisobrachium apache Evans
Ariz. (Santa Cruz, Gila and Pinal Counties).

Pseudisobrachium apache Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 126: 299, fig. 46. ♂.

Comanche Evans. Ariz., Tex.; Mexico (Sinaloa).

Pseudisobrachium comanche Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 126: 298, fig. 59. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium emarginatum Evans
Tex. (Kerrville).

Pseudisobrachiuin emarginatutn Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 126: 303, fig. 49. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium flavinervis
***authority mismatch
Pouts. Tex., Ariz., Nev., Calif.; Mexico (Sonora, Nayarit).

Pseudisobrachium flavinen'is Pouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 123. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui. 126: 305, figs. 6, 31, 38, 62. cJ, 9 (?).

Pseudisobrachium flaviventre (Kieffer)
Del. to Fla., west to Tex., Kans., 111. Host: Associated with myrmicine
ants.
Epyris flaviventris Kieffer, 1904. Arkiv for Zool. 1: 526. ♂.

Taxonomy: Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool., Bui. 126: 288, figs. 41, 60. 6, ?(?).

Pseudisobrachium foutsi Evans
Tex., N. Mex. (?), Ariz. (?), Calif. (?); Mexico (Sonora, Coahuila).

Pseudisobrachium foutsi Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui 126: 300, figs. 29, 61. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium macrops Evans
Tex. (Cameron and Hidalgo Counties).

Pseudisobrachium macrops Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui 126: 309. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium pusillum Evans
La. (Shreveport), Ark. (?).

Pseudisobrachium pusilhmi Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui 126: 297. 6, 9 (?).

Pseudisobrachium rectangulatum Evans
Tex., Kans., Nebr.; Mexico (Nuevo Leon).

Pseudisobrachium rectangulatum Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui 126: 304. ♂.
nifiventre (Ashmead). Mass. and N. Y. south to Fla. and La. Host: Associated with formicine
ants.

Isobrachium nifiventre Ashmead, 1893. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui 45: 38. ♀, ♂.

Pseudisobrachium flavicoxis Pouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 122. ♀.

Pseudisobrachium puncticeps Pouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 123. ♂.

Unplaced Taxa of Pseudisobrachium Subgenus Pseudisobrachium Kieffer

Pseudisobrachium anomalum Evans
N. J., Va., Pla., Ill

Pseudisobrachium anomalum Evans, 1961. Mus. Compar. Zool, Bui 126: 311, figs. 8, 54,
64,67. ♂.

Pseudisobrachium paucipunctata
***authority mismatch
Pouts. Utah, Calif.

Pseudisobrachium paucipunctata Pouts, 1928. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 30: 122. ♀.

Unplaced Taxa of Bethylidae
Bethylus musculv^ Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 280. Ind.


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