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Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA
Family TORYMIDAE

By E. E. Grissell

This family, represented in every zoogeographical region, contains in excess of 70 genera and
600 species. Members of the subfamily Agaoninae are exclusively phytophagous. Most members
of the Megastigminae are phytophagous, but a few parasitic species are known in Europe. The
other subfamilies of Torymidae are largely parasitic, frequently on gall-forming insects. Hosts
are reported in the Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Orthoptera.

Revision: Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 123 (Nearctic key). — Hoffmeyer, 1930.
Ent. Meddel. 17: 232-285 (Palearctic key).— Nikol'skaya, 1952. Chalcid fauna of the U. S. S. R.,
pp. 101-149 (Palearctic key; Eng. transl. 1963). —Joseph, 1964. Roy. Ent. Soc. London,
Proc, Ser. B. Taxonomy 33: 63-66 (classification).

Taxonomy: Peck, 1963. Canad. Ent., Sup. 30: 526-590 (bibliography).

Morphology: Breland, 1938. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 355-399. —Copland and King, 1972.
Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 124: 191-212 (female reproductive system).

Subfamily AGAONINAE

By B. D. Burks

The members of this subfamily develop as gall makers within the fruits of figs, Ficus spp. As
Hill (1967) has stated, "Pollination of fig flowers is effected through a unique symbiotic associa-
tion with chalcid wasps. No other means of pollination is available to the plant, and in their turn
the wasps cannot develop anywhere except in the gall flowers of the figs."

Taxonomy: Grandi, 1963. Univ. Bologna, 1st. di Ent, Bol. 26: 319-373 (world cat. of genera
and spp.). — Wiebes, 1966. Zool. Verhandel. 83, 44 pp. (world host list). —Hill, 1967. Figs of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Univ. Press, pp. 91-98 (world genera).

Biology: Hill, 1967. Figs of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Univ. Press, pp. 7-12, 99-102.

Genus BLASTOPHAGA Gravenhorst

Genus BLASTOPHAGA Subgenus BLASTOPHAGA Gravenhorst

Blastophagus Gravenhorst, 1827 (1826). Uebers. Arb. Schles. Gesell. Vaterland. Kultur, p.
23. Suppressed by Opinion 694, Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1964.

Type-species: Blastophagus grossonim Gravenhorst. Monotypic
Blastophaga Gravenhorst, 1829. Schles. Gesell. Vaterland. Kultur, Beitr. Ent., p. 27.

Emend. Validated by Opinion 694, Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1964.
Kradibia Saunders, 1883. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., pp. 20, 23.

Type-species: Kradibia cowani Saunders. Monotypic.
Kradibiella Girault, 1915. Queensland Mus., Mem. 4: 313.

Type-species: Kradibiella nigricorpus Girault. Orig. desig.
Paraceratosolen Girault, 1915. Queensland Mus., Mem. 4: 312.

Type-species: Paraceratosolen latipennis Girault. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: China, 1960. Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 18: 69-72 (request for validation of Blastophaga
Gravenhorst, 1829, and suppression of Blastophagus Gravenhorst, 1827). —Internatl.
Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1964. Opinion 694, Bui. Zool. Nomencl. 21: 31-32 (validation of
Blastophaga Gravenhorst, type-species B. grossorum Gravenhorst). —Hill, 1967. Figs of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Univ. Press, p. 91.

Blastophaga psenes (Linnaeus)
Ariz., Calif.; worldwide in frost-free areas. Introduced from Algeria. Host:
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pollinate and thus to improve the quality of cultivated edible figs. Ten years of effort

were required before this insect was successfully established. Fig wasp.
Cyyiips Psenes Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., sd. 10, p. 554. Norn, nud., but validated by

Opinion 694, Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1964.
Cynips Psenes Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Natl., ed. 12, torn. 1, pars 2, p. 919.
Blastophaga grossorum Gravenhorst, 1829. Beitr. Ent., besonders in Bezug auf die Schles.

Fauna, v. 1, pp. 27-29.

Taxonomy: Condit and Enderud, 1956. Hilgardia 25: 64-85, 616 (bibliography on
caprification).

Biology: Grandi, 1929. R. 1st. Super. Agr., Lab. di Ent., Bel. 2: 1-145. — Quayle, 1938. Insects
of Citrus and other Subtropical Fruits, pp. 408-416. — Buscalioni and Grandi, 1938. R.
Univ. Bologna, 1st. Ent., Bol. 10: 245-266. -Joseph, 1954. Agra Univ., Jour. Res. (Sci.) 3:
408. —Grandi, 1955. Accad. Naz. dei Lincei, Atti, Mem., CI. Sci., (8) 5: 3. —Grandi, 1956.
Univ. Bologna, 1st. Ent., Bol. 21: 111. — Mrak, 1957. Food Tech. 11: 547. — Kuttamathiathu,
1958. Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. et Biol. Anim., (11) 20: 201. — Serafimova, 1965. Akad. na Selsk.
Nauki. Gradinar., Nauka 2: 269.

Morphology: Grandi, 1929. R. 1st. Super. Agr., Lab. di Ent., Bol. 2: 1-145.

Genus BLASTOPHAGA Subgenus SECUNDEISENIA Schuiz

Eisenia Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 233. Preocc. by Malm, 1877, and Vaillant,
1889.

Type-species: Eisenia mexicana Ashmead. Orig. desig.
Eiseniella Ashmead, 1906. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 8: 31. N. name. Preocc. by Michaelsen,

1900.
Secundeisenia Schuiz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 146. N. name for Eisenia Ashmead.
Pegoscapus Cameron, 1906. Estac. Centr. Agron. Cuba, Prim. Informe, An., p. 275.

Type-species: Pegoscapiis longiceps Cameron. Monotypic.
Allopade Strand, 1911. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 77: 210. N. name for Eisenia Ashmead.
Blastophaga subg. Valentinella Grandi, 1919. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici, Bol. 13: 18, 25.

Type-species: Valentinella estherae Grandi, Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923.
Blastophaga subg. Valentiniella Grandi, 1928. R. 1st. Super. Agr., Lab. di Ent., Bol. 1: 69.
Emend.

Taxonomy: Hill, 1967. Figs of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Univ. Press, p. 91.

Blastophaga mexicana (Ashmead)
Fla.; West Indies, Mexico. Host: Ficus aurea, F. laevigata.
Eisenia mexicana Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 233. ♀.

Taxonomy: Gahan and Peck, 1946. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 36: 315.

Biology: Butcher, 1964. Fla. Ent. 47: 235-238.

Subfamily IDARNINAE

By E. E. Grissell

Members of this subfamily are not well known taxonomically or biologically. All have been
reared from the receptacles of Ficus, but little exact biological information is available. Known
biologies indicate these wasps are parasitic upon pollinating Agaoninae.

Genus COLYOSTICHUS Mayr

Colyostichus Mayr, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 35: 157-158, 237.

Type-species: Colyostichus longicauda Mayr. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904.

Colyostichus brevicaudis Mayr
Fla. Host: Ficus altissima.

Colyostichus brevicaudis Mayr, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verb. 35: 239. ♀.

Taxonomy: Butcher, 1964. Fla. Ent. 47: 237 (in key).




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Genus NEOSYCOPHILA Grandi

Neosycophila Grandi, 1923. Geneva Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat., Ann. 51: 106.
Type-species: Neosycophila omeomorpha Grandi. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1967. In Krombein, et al., U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, Sup. 2: 249.
—Burks, 1969. Fla. Ent. 52: 119-120.

Neosycophila bicolor (Ashmead)
Fla.; W. Indies. Host: Ficus citrifolia.

Sycophila bicolor Ashmead, 1900. Ent. Soc. London, Trans, pp. 252, 335. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Butcher, 1964. Fla. Ent. 47: 237 (in key).

Neosycophila incerta (Ashmead)
Fla.; W. Indies. Host: Ficus citrifolia.

Sycophila incerta Ashmead, 1900. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., pp. 253, 335. ♀.

Genus IDARNES Walker

Idames Walker, 1843. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 12: 47.

Type-species: Idames carnie Walker. Monotypic.
Tetragonaspis Mayr, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 35: 205.

Type-species: Tetragonaspis gracilicornis Mayr. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923.
Ganosoma Mayr, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 35: 204.

Type-species: Ganosoma robustuni Mayr. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923.

Taxonomy: Butcher, 1964. Fla. Ent. 47: 237 (In key). — Gordh, 1975. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bui. 50:
389-455 (external morph., biol, key to Neotropical spp.).

Idarnes carme Walker
Fla.; W. Indies, Puerto Rico, Brazil. Host: Ficus aurea.
Idames carme Walker, 1843. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 12: 47. ♀.

Subfamily TORYMINAE

By E. E. Grissell

Revision: Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 122-126. -Hoffmeyer, 1930. Ent.
Meddel. 17: 232-285.

Taxonomy: Breland, 1938. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 355-399 (phylogeny). _

Genus ALLOTORYMUS Ruber '

Allotorymus Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 104.

Type-species: Syntomaspis splendens Provancher. Orig. desig.

Allotorymus splendens (Provancher)
Ont., Colo., B. C.

Syntomaspis splendens Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 196.
9,6.

Taxonomy: Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 105 (female, male). -Burks, 1964
(1963). Canad. Ent. 95: 1262.

Genus TORYMUS Dalman

Callimome Spinola, 1811. Paris Mus. d'Hist. Nat, Ann. 17: 146-148. Suppressed by
Internatl. Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1944, Opinion 155, pp. 227-238.

Type-species: Ichneumon bedeguaris Linnaeus. Desig. by Curtis, 1835.
Misocampe Latreille, 1818. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., ed. 2, p. 213. Suppressed by Internatl.
Comn. Zool. Nomencl., 1944, Opinion 155, pp. 227-238.

Type-species: Ichneumon bedeguaris Linnaeus. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923.
Torymus Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 135, 178.

Type-species: Ichneumon bedeguaris Linnaeus. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904.
Misocampus Stephens, 1829. Cat. Brit. Ins., v. 1, p. 395. Emend.
Syntomaspis Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud. 2: 43-44.

Type-species: Torymus eury tonus Foerster. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923. The
type-species is considered a synonym of Torymus cyaneus Boheman.
Lioterphus Thomson, 1875. Skand. Hym. v. 4, pp. 60, 99.




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Type-species: Torymus pallidicomis Boheman. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904.
Hemitorymus Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 243.

Type-species: He7)iitory7)ius thoracicus Ashmead. Orig. desig.

Members of this genus exhibit a diverse range of habits. A few species are phytophagous, but
the majority are parasitic on gall-forming Hymenoptera and Diptera. A few parasitize
gall-forming Psyllidae. Several species are known to develop on the host larva as well as
phytophagously in surrounding plant tissue.

Revision: Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 1-114. — Grissell, 1976. Univ. Calif.
Pubs. Ent. 79: 1-120.

Taxonomy: Hobbs, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 95-96. —Goodpasture and Grissell, 1975. Canad.
Jour. Genet, and Cytol. 17: 413-422.

Torymus advenus (Osten Sacken)
Conn., N. J., N. Y., D. C, N. C, Fla., La. Host: Asphondylia

Torymus rudbeckiae
***authority mismatch
conspicua 0. S.; cecidomyiid gall in blossom of Vemonia noveboracensis;
Procecidochares atra (Loew); Andricus quercuspetiolicola (0. S.)?, Callirhytis
quercusventricosa (Bass.)?, Diastrophus nebulosus (0. S.)?
CalUmome a'dvena Osten Sacken, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 59-60. ♂, ♀.

Torymus aea (Walker)
N. Y., N. J., Pa., W. Va., Minn., Utah, Calif. Ecology: From seeds of Amelanchier
canadensis. Host: Megastigmus amelanchieris Cush.
CalUmome aea Walker, 1843. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 12: 104. ♀.
Syntomaspis amelaiicliieris Cushman, 1917. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 19: 82-83. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Burks. 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 151.

Biology: Cushman, 1917. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 19: 84. — Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat.
41: 393-395.

aeneoscapus (Huber). Wyo., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Oreg., Nev., Calif. Ecology: From gall on

Chrysothamniis. Host: Diarthronomyia artemisiae Felt, Rhopalomyia salviae Felt.
CalUmome aeneoscapum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 35. ♀.

Torymus aereus (Huber)
D. C, Va., Fla., Mo., Tex., Ariz. Ecology: From galls on Quercus laurifolia, Q.
macrocarpa/, Q. schneckii. Host: Dryocosmus imbricariae (Ashm.).
CalUmome aereum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 71. ♀, ♂.

Torymus alaskensis (Huber)
Alaska.

CalUmome alaskensis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 31-32. ♀.

Torymus anthomyiae Ashmead
Ga., Fla. Host: Chalcodermus inaequicoUis Horn; muscid leaf miner
(probably Pegomya sp.) of cultivated plant.
Torymus anthomyiae Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 189. ♀.

Torymus asteridis (Huber)
N. H., Conn. Ecology: From cecidomyiid gall on aster.

CalUmome asteridis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 43. ♀, ♂.

Torymus atheatus Grissell
Tex., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Oreg., Nev., Calif. Ecology: From fruits of
Spkaeralcea.
Torymus atheatus Grissell, 1976. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 79: 63. ♀, ♂.

Torymus atriplicis (Huber)
Ariz., Calif. Host: Asphondylia neomexicana (Ckll.).

CalUmome atriplicis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 44. ♀.

Torymus aucupariae (Rodzianko)
Minn. Host: Probably Megastigmus aucupariae Ratz.

Syntomaspis auctipariae Rodzianko, 1908. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, Bui. (n. s.) 21: 602. ♀, ♂.

Torymus axillaris Ashmead
Va., W. Va.

Torymus axillaris Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 333. ♀.

Torymus azureus Boheman
Mont., N. Mex.; Holarctic Ecology: From Picea engelmanni cones (N.
Amer. record). Host: Perrisia strobi Winn.; Laspeyresia strobilella (L.) (Palearctic
region).
Torymus azureus Boheman, 1834. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 54: 369-370. ♀.

Torymus baccharidis (Huber)
Calif. Host: Rhopalomyia califomica Felt on Baccharis.

CalUmome baccharidis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 46-47. ♀, ♂.
CalUmome pilularidis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 45-46. ♀, ♂.




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Biology: Doutt, 1961. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 54: 51 (baccharicidis). —Burks, 1965. Ent. News
65: 74-76 (host). —Force, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63: 1675-1688 (baccharicidis).
—Force, 1974. Science 184: 624-632.

Torymus bedeguaris (Linnaeus)
Que., Ont., 111., Iowa, Nebr., Alta., Utah, Ariz., Wash., Oreg., Nev.,

Calif.; Europe. Host: Diphlepis bicolor (Harris), D. ignota (0. S.), D. polita (Ashm.), D.

rosae (L.), D. tuberculatrix (CklL), D. variabilis (Bass.).
Ichneumon Bedeguaris Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 567. ♀.
Torymus elegans Boheman, 1834. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 54: 352. ♀, ♂.
Callimome divisus Walker, 1871. Notes on Chalcid., pt. 2, p. 34. ♀.
Callimome dmpanim Mayr, 1874. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 24: 103. Misident. of

dnipanim Boheman.
Callimome chrysochlora Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 37-39. Misident., in

part, of chrysochlora Osten Sacken.

Taxonomy: Mayr, 1874. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 24: 103 (misdet. of druparum
Boheman). -Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 37-39. (misdet., in part, of
chrysochlora Osten Sacken).

Biology: Judd, 1959. Canad. Ent. 91: 728-730.
bicoloratus (Huber). N. Mex., Idaho, Ariz., Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Amphibolips trizonata
Ashm., Callirhytis quercuspomiformis (Bass.), Diplolepis bicolor (Harris)?, gall on
Quercus chrysolepis.
Callimome bicoloratum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 73. ♀, ♂.

Torymus boharti Grissell
N. Mex., Ariz., Nev., Calif.

Torymus boharti Grissell, 1976. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 79: 65. ♀, ♂.

Torymus brodiei (Ashmead)
Ont., 111. Host: Acraspis erinacei (Beut.), A. pezomachoides (0. S.)?;
Mayetiola rigidae (0. S.).
Syntomaspis Brodiei Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 187. ♀, ♂.

Torymus californicus (Ashmead)
Oreg., Calif. Ecology: From pimply gall on Quercus douglasi,

?strawberry gall on Quercus dionosa. Host: Andricus chrysolepidicola (Ashm.), A.
lasius (Ashm.), A. quercuscalifomicus (Bass.), Disholcaspis corallina (Bass.), D.
chrysolepidis (Beut.), D. plumbella Kinsey, D. simulata Kinsey, D. truckeensis (Ashm.),
D. sp. on Quercus douglasi, Besbicus mirabilis Kinsey, B. conspicuus (Kinsey),
Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae (Bass.), C. quercuspomiformis (Bass.), C. sp. on Quercus
chrysolepis, Heteroecus pacificus (Ashm.), Trichoteras vacciniifoliae (Ashm.).
Syntomaspis califomica Ashmead, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 127. ♀.
Callimome califomica subdolum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 85-86. ♀, ♂.

Torymus capillaceus
***authority mismatch
albitarsis (Huber). 111., Kans., Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Nev., Calif.
Ecology: From stem gall on Ambrosia, seed-pod gall on Mimosa biuncifera, gall on
Solidago rigida. Host: Asphondylia helianthiglobulus 0. S., cecidomyiid flower gall on
Ratibida columnaris, Lasioptera sp. on Aster, tephritid gall on Chrysothamnus;
Desmoris fulvus (Lee).
Callimome albitarse Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 80 9.

Biology: Breland, 1939. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 32: 719, 724.

Torymus capillaceus
***authority mismatch
capillaceus (Huber). Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Baja California Norte,
San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Veracruz). Ecology: From gall on Hymenoclea; seed pods of
Prosopis. Host: Asphondylia neomexicana (Ckll.), websteri Felt, A. sp. bud galls on
Larrea divaricata, Mayetiola rigidae (0. S.), cecidomyiid galls on Rhus copallina
lanceolata (buds) and Artemisia^ leaves.
Callimome capillaceum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 74-75. ♀.
Sy7it07naspis medicaginis Gahan, 1919. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 12: 162. 9,6. Preocc by

Mayr, 1874.
Callimome sativae Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 77. N. name.

Torymus capite (Huber)
D. C, Wis., Utah, Nev. Ecology: From mine on Solidago. Host: Lasioptera sp.

Callimome capite Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 32-33. ♀, ♂.
cccidomyiae (Walker). Que., Ont., N. Y., Ohio, Kans., Wash., Calif. Host: Cecidomyia

covuminis (nomen nudum), C. spongivora Walk., Rhabdophaga strobiloides (0. S.).
Callimome Cecidomyiae Walker, 1844. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 14: 15. ♀.




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Callimome strobiloides Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 40. ♀.
Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., bul. 32 (4): 151-152.

Torymus chrysochlorus (Osten Sacken)
Conn.?, Colo., Alta., Idaho, Wash. Host: Diplolepiii bicolor
(Harris), D. dicliloceraa (Harris), D.fu^ifornians (Ashm.), D. lens Weld, D. polita
(Ashm.). Previous records for this species (Peck, 1963, Canad. Ent., Sup. 30, p. 538)
mostly apply to T. bedegiiaris and T. solitariiis. Records given here are only for those
specimens which I have examined.
Callimome chrysochlora Osten Sacken, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 63-64. ♀, ♂.

Torymus citripes (Huber)
Colo., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Ecology: From
stem gall on Helianthus lenticularis. Host: Euaresta bullans (Wied.). Gymnocarena
tricolor (Doane), Eutreta diana (0. S.).
Callimome citripes Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 48. ♀, ♂.

Torymus coccineus (Huber)
Maine, Mass., Conn., Va. Host: Amphibolips confluenta (Harris), A.
quercusspongifica (0. S.).
Callimome coccineum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): '68-69. ♀.

Torymus coeruleus (Ashmead)
Fla. Ecology: From gall on Rubus sp. Host: Amphibolips confluenta
(Harris).

Callimome coerulea Ashmead, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc. p. xxxiii. ♀, ♂.

Torymus coloradensis (Huber)
Kans.(?), Colo., Idaho, Utah, Wash. Host: Cecidomyiid gall on Artemisia,
Dasiyieiira/ sp. on Helianthus.
Callimome coloradensis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 49. ♀, ♂.

Torymus cruentatus (Huber)
Conn. Host: Cynipid leaf gall on Quercus virginiana.

Callimome cruentatum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 50-51. ♀, ♂.

Torymus dasyneurae (Huber)
Ohio, Tex., Wyo., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Nev., Calif. Host: Dasineura
ulmea Felt, Walslioniyia cupressi Gagne, W. sp. nr. juniperina Felt.
Callimome dasyneurae Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 56-57. ♀, ♂.

Torymus dennoi Grissell
Calif. Host: Walshomyia sp. nr. juniperina Felt.

Torymus dennoi Grissell, 1976. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 79: 26. ♀, ♂.

Torymus denticulatus (Breland)
Utah, Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Chihuahua). Ecology: From staminate flw.
gall on Quercus argrifolia, leaf gall on Q. utahensis and Q. turbinella. Host: Andricus
crystallinus Bass., A. kingi Bass., ^4. tostus (Kinsey), Antron clavuloides (Kinsey), A.
quercusechinus (0. S.) bisex. gen., Callirhytis uvellae Weld, Dros pedicellatum (Kinsey),
Dryocosmus dubiosus (Full.) bisex. gen., Sphaeroteras trimaculosum (Mck. and Eg.).
The host Andricus tostus is known only from Mexico.
Callimome denticulata Breland, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bul. 34: 85-86. ♀, ♂.

Torymus diabolus Moser
N. Y. Host: Phytophaga sp. on Celtis occidentalis.

Torymus diabolus Moser, 1965. N. Y. State Mus., Sci. Ser., Bul. 402: 26-27. ♀.

Torymus dryophantae (Ashmead)
Fla. Host: Bassettia quercuscatesbaei (Ashm.).

Syntojuaspis dryophantae Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 187. ♀.
dubiosus (Huber). D. C. Ecology: From leaf gall on Carya.

Callimome diibiosum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 24-25. ♀.

Torymus duplicatus (Huber)
Que., south to Fla., west to Nebr. Host: Diastrophus cuscutaeformis 0. ♂.

Callimome duplicatum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 27-28. ♀, ♂.

Torymus durus (Osten Sacken)
Conn., D. C. Host: Diplosis caryae 0. ♂.

Callimome dura Osten Sacken, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 59. ♂.

Torymus ebrius (Osten Sacken)
Conn., N. J., D. C, Va., Ohio, Tex. Host: Lasioptera vitis 0. ♂.

Callimome ebria Osten Sacken, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 58-59. ♀, ♂.

Torymus elegantissimus (Ashmead)
Ont.?, Fla. Host: Disholcaspis quercusvirens (Ashm.); Xanthoteras
quercusforticome (Walsh)?

Callimome elegantissima Ashmead, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc. p. xxxiv. 9.

Torymus fagopirum (Provancher)
Eastern seaboard to Fla., northern U. S., southern Canada. Host:
Dasineura rosarum (Hardy), D. serrulatae (0. S.), Rhabdophaga salicifolia Felt;




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Diastrophus cuscutaeformis 0. S., D. kincaidii Gill, D. nebulosiis (0. S.), D. turgidus

Bass., Disholcaspis quercusvirens (Ashm.).
Callunome brevicauda Osten Sacken, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 62. ♀, ♂. Preocc. by

Walker, 1833.
CallimoiieV.) fagopimm Provancher, 1881 (Aug.). Nat. Canad. 12: 291. ♀, ♂.
Callimome Sackenii Ashmead, 1881 (Oct.). Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc. p. xxxii. N.

name.
Callimome brevissimicauda Ashmead, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc. p. xxxiii. 9.
Callimome virentis Ashmead, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc p. xxxiv. 9.
Callimome fagopyrum Provancher, 1883. Petite Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 820.

Misspelling, in index only.
Torymus ostensackenii Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym. v. 5, p. 311. N. name for brevicauda

0. ♂.
Callimome alamedensis Ruber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 28-29. ♀, ♂.

Torymus ferrugineipes
***authority mismatch
(Ruber). N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.

Callimome femigineipes Ruber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 33. ♀, ♂.

Torymus festivus
***authority mismatch
Robbs. Alaska, N. W. T., Oreg. Rost: Dasineiira sp. in seeds of Thuja and

Cliamaecyparis.
Torymus festivus Robbs, 1950. Pan-Pacific Ent. 26: 173-174. ♀, ♂.

Torymus flavicoxa (Osten Sacken)
Que., Maine, N. R., Mass., Conn., Ont., N. J., Va., B. C, Oreg., Calif.

Rost: Belonocnema treatae Mayr, Diastrophus nebulosus (0. S.), Diplolepis radicum (0.

S.), D. terrigena Weld, Liposthenes glechomae (L.).
Callimome flavicoxa Osten Sacken, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 61. ♀.
Cleonymus superbus Provancher, 1888. Nat. Canad. 17: 407. ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964 (1963). Canad. Ent. 95: 1257.

Torymus flaviventris Ashmead
Conn.?, Kans.

Torymus flaviventris Ashmead, 1888. Kans. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 3: App. p. iv. 9.

Torymus floridensis Peck
Fla. Ecology: From gall on Quercus phellos or Q. laurifolia. Rost:
Amphibolips quercusfuliginosa (Ashm.).
Callimome robustum Ruber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 72. ♀. Preocc. by

Ratzeburg, 1852.
Torymus floridensis Peck, 1951. In Muesebeck et al., U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2: 523.
N. name.

Torymus frankiei Grissell
Calif. Rost: Walshomyia cupressi Gagne.

Torymus frankiei Grissell, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 236. ♀, ♂.

Torymus fullawayi
***authority mismatch
(Ruber). Ariz., Oreg., Calif.; Mexico (Michoacan). Rost: Andricus

quercuscalifomicus (Bass.), A. tibialis (Kinsey), Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae (Bass.), C.
quercuspomiformis (Bass.), Disholcaspis plumbella Kinsey, Dryocosmus dubiosus
(Full.) unisex, and bisex. gen., Heteroecus pacificus (Ashm.).
Syntomaspis caerulea FuUaway, 1912. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 20: 275. ♀. Preocc. by

Ashmead, 1881.
Callimome fullaivayi Ruber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 19. N. name.

Taxonomy: Breland, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 34: 87.

Torymus fulvus
***authority mismatch
(Ruber). Md., Iowa, Nebr.

Callimome fulvum Ruber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 26-27. ♀.

Torymus hainesi Ashmead
Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico to El Salvador. Rost:
Asphondylia websteri Felt.
Torymus hainesi Ashmead, 1893. Ent. News 4: 278. ♀.

Calliuiome asphondyliae Gahan, 1919. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 12: 161-162. ♂, ♀. Preocc. by
Kieffer and Jorgensen, 1910.

Torymus helianthi Brodie
Ont., Tex., Utah. Rost: Trishonnomya heliayithi (Brodie).
Torymus helianthi Brodie, 1894. Biol. Rev. Ontario 1: 45-46. ♀.
Torymus brevis Breland, 1948. Ent. Soc Wash., Proc 50: 57. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Breland, 1948. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 50: 58.

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Torymus hircinus Ashmead
Va. (? lapsus for w. Va.), W. Va. Ecology: From twig gall on willow.

Torymus hircinus Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 333. ♀, ♂.

Torymus hirsutus (Huber)
Ariz. Host: Tanaostigviodes stem gall on Acacia greggii.

Callimome hirsntum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 74. ♀, ♂.

Torymus huberi (Hoffmeyer)
Tex. Host: Cecidomyiid? gall on Celtis sp.

Callimome tarsale Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 76. ♂, ♀. Preocc. by

Walker, 1833.
Callimome huberi Hoffmeyer, 1929. Ent. Meddel. 16: 333. N. name.

Torymus kinseyi (Huber)
Mont., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Calif. Host: Diarthonomyia artemisiae Felt,
cecidomyiid galls on Chrysothaninus and Erigeron, Trypeta sp. on Chrysothamnus
viscidiflorus.
Callimome kinseyi Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 44. ♀, ♂.

Torymus koebelei (Huber)
Tex., Mont., Wyo., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Wash., Nev., Calif.; Mexico
(Nuevo Leon). Host: Rhopalomyia califoniica Felt.
Callimome koebelei Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 52. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Doutt, 1961. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 54: 51. —Force, 1970. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 63:

1675-1688. -Force, 1974. Science 184: 624-632.

Torymus larreae Grissell
Tex., N. Mex., Ariz., Calif.

Torymus larreae Grissell, 1976. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 79: 76. ♀, ♂.

Torymus lissus (Walker)
Fla., 111. Ecology: From leaf gall on Quercus laurifolia. Host: Belonocnema
treatae Mayr, Disholcaspis qiiercusoninivora (Ashm.), D. qiiercusvirens (Ashm.).

Callimome lissus Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 1: 150. ♂.

Callimome aenea Ashmead, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc. p. xxxiii. ♀, ♂.

Callimome dryorhizoxeni Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xiii. 9.

Torymus ovtnivorae Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 188. ♂, ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 152.
lividus (Ashmead). Fla., La.

Callimome lividus Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xiii. 9.

Torymus longicauda (Provancher)
Que., Ont.

Callimoned) longicauda Provancher, 1883. Nat. Canad. 14: 34. ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964 (1963). Canad. Ent. 95: 1256.

Torymus longior Brodie
Ont., N. Dak., Tex., Ariz., Calif. Host: Trishoromomya helianthi (Brodie).

Torymus longior Brodie, 1894. Biol. Rev. Ontario 1: 45-46. ♀.

Torymus longiscapus Grissell
Calif. Host: Callirhytis agrifoliae (Ashm.).

Torymus longiscapus Grissell, 1976. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 79: 78. ♀, ♂.

Torymus longistigmus (Huber)
Idaho, Wash., Calif. Host: Woody cecidomyiid gall on willow.

Callimome longistigmum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 47. ♀, ♂.

Torymus magnificus (Osten Sacken)
N. H., Conn., N. Y., N. J., D. C, Fla., Kans., Colo., Utah. Host:
Diplolepis radicum (0. S.).

Callimome rnagnifica Osten Sacken, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 62. ♀, ♂.

Torymus mellipes (Huber)
Mass., Conn. Host: Cecidomyiid gall on Populus sp.

Callimome mellipes Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 23. ♀, ♂.

Torymus memnonius Grissell
Tex. Host: Disholcaspis cinerosa (Bass.).

Torymus memnonius Grissell, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 237-238. ♀, ♂.

Torymus mexicanus Ashmead
Ariz.; Mexico (Guanajuato, Durango). Host: Andricus championi Ashm.

Torymus Mexicanus Ashmead, 1899. Ent. News 10: 195. ♀, ♂.

Torymus missouriensis (Huber)
N. C, Ind., Mo. Host: Cecidomyiid stem gall on Rubus; cynipid gall.

Callimome tnissouriensis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 42. ♀, ♂.

Torymus multicolor (Huber)
Calif. Host: Cecidomyiid gall on Ephedra sp.

Callimome multicolor Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 51-52. ♀.

Torymus neuroterus Ashmead
Fla. Host: Neuroterus quercusminutissimus (Ashm.).

Torymus neuroterus Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 188. ♂.




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Torymus nitidulus Walker
Maine, Mont.; Europe, Asia. Host: Oligotrophus betulae Winn. The host was
recorded in Europe.
Callimome nitidulus Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 138. ♂.
Torymus pallidicomis Boheman, 1834 (1833). Svensk. Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 56: 363. ♀.

Taxonomy: Eady, 1958. Ent. Monthly Mag. 94: 260.

Torymus obscurus (Breland)
Ind., Ky., Tenn., Ala., Miss., 111., Mo., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Nuevo
Leon). Host: Lasioptera murtfeldtiana Felt.
Callimome obscura Breland, 1939. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 32: 721. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Satterthwait, 1948. Jour. Econ. Ent. 41: 729-730.

Torymus occidentalis (Huber)
Oreg., Nev., Calif. Host: Cecidomyiid galls on Juniperus occidentalis.

Callimome occidentale Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 79. ♀, ♂.

Torymus ochreatus Say
Ind. Ecology: In Liatris receptacle. Type material destroyed.

Toryynus ochreatus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 275. ♀, ♂.

Torymus osborni (Huber)
Wyo. Host: Cynipid on Rosa sp.

Callimome osborni Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 93. ♀, ♂.
oviperditor (Gahan). Kans., Idaho. Host: Cicadetta calliope (Wlkr.), Tibicen aurifera Say.

Syntomaspis oviperditor Gahan, 1927. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 29: 99-100. ♀, ♂.

Torymus pachypsyllae (Ashmead)
Ohio, Kans., Tex., N. Mex., Idaho. Host: Pachypsylla venusia 0. S., P.
celtidismamma Riley, P. celtidisvesicula Riley.
Monodontomerus pachypsyllae Ashmead, 1888. Kans. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 3: App. p. III.
9, 6.

Taxonomy: Moser, 1965. N. Y. State Mus., Sci. Ser., Bui. 402: 22, 33-34.

Torymus pavidus Say
Ind. Type material destroyed.

Torymus pavidus Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 275. ♂.

Torymus perplexus (Huber)
Oreg. Host: Besbiciis mirabilis (Kinsey).

Callimome perplexum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 49. ♀.

Torymus persimilis Ashmead
Va., (? lapsus for W. Va.), W. Va. Host: Cecidomyiid gall on willow.

Torymus persimilis Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 334. ♀.

Torymus potamius Grissell
Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Nev., Calif. Host: Pontania sp. galls.

Torymus potamius Grissell, 1976. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 79: 34-35. ♀, ♂.

Torymus prunicola (Huber)
N. Mex., Ariz.

Callimome prunicola Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 91. ♀.

Torymus racemariae (Ashmead)
N. Y. to Fla., Ala., w. to 111., Colo., Tex. Host: Amphibolips confluenta
(Harr.), A. gaitiesi Bass., A. quercusfuliginosa (Ashm.), A. quercusinanis (0. S.), A.
quercusjuglans (0. S.), A. quercusracemaria (Ashm.), Disholcaspis cinerosa (Bass.), D.
quercusglobulus (Fitch), D. quercusmamma (Walsh), D. terrestris Weld, Dryocosmus
imbricariae (Ashm.).
Callimome recemareae Ashmead, 1881. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 9: Proc. p. xxxiii. ♀, ♂.
Syyitomaspis racemariae Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 187. Emend.

Biology: Balduf, 1926. Canad. Ent. 58: 137-143, 163.

Morphology: Snodgrass, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 39: 65.

Torymus rhoditidis (Huber)
Mass. Host: Diplolepis sp. on Rosa.

Callimome rhoditidis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 34. ♀, ♂.

Torymus rudbeckiae Ashmead
Ont., Colo. Ecology: From gall on Riidbeckia sp. Host: Cecidomyiid on
Desmodium grandiflorum.

Torymus rudbeckiae Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 26, 45. ♀, ♂.

Torymus rugglesi Milliron
Del., Md., Va. Ecology: From Ilex opaca seeds.

Torymus rugglesi Milliron, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 52. ♀, ♂.

Torymus scalaris (Huber)
Fla., Wis., Kans., Tex., Ariz., Calif. Host: Pachypsylla celtidisgemma Riley.

Callimome scalaris Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 21. ♀, ♂.

Torymus solidaginis (Huber)
Conn., N. Y., N. C. Host: Cecidomyiid.

Callimome solidaginis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc 70 (14): 92. ♀, ♂.




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Torymus solitarius (Osten Sacken)
Colo., Alta., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Wash., Nev., Calif. Host:
Diastrophus kincaidii Gill., Diplolepis bicolor (Harris), D. spinosa (Ashm.), D.
tuberculatrix (Ckll.).

Callimo})ie solitaria Osten Sacken, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 64. ♀.

Callimome rosae Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 35-36. ♀.

Callimome tubularis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 39-40. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 37-39 (misdet., in part, of
clirysochlora Osten Sacken).

Torymus splendidulus Dalla Torre
Ont. Host: Mayetiola rigidae (0. S.).

Callimome splendidiis Walker, 1844. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 14: 14. Preocc. by Foerster,

1841.
Torymus splendidulus Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 313. N. name.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 152-153.

Torymus subcalifornicus Grissell
Oreg., Calif. Host: Trichoteras vaccinifoliae (Ashm.).

Torymus subcalifornicus Grissell, 1976. Univ. Calif. Pubs. Ent. 79: 44. ♀, ♂.

Torymus sulcatus (Huber)
Oreg., Calif. Host: Disholcaspis truckeensis (Ashm.), Heteroecus flavens
(McC. and Egb.).
Callimome sulcatum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 22. ♀.

Torymus texanus (Hoffmeyer)
Tex., Ariz.; Mexico (Monterey). Host: Amphibolips globulus Beut., A.
trizonata Ashm., Atnisca aggregata (Weld), A. bella (Bass.), A. congesta (Kinsey), A.
simulatrix (Kinsey), Discholcaspis ciuerosa (Bass.).
Callimome texanum Hoffmeyer, 1930. Ent. Meddel. 17: 213. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Breland, 1939. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 34: 87.

Torymus thalassinus (Crosby)
Conn., N. Y., Ohio, Minn., Wyo., N. Mex., Idaho, Utah, Ariz., Wash.,
Oreg., Nev., Calif. Host: Hannolita sp. from Bouteloua sp., Elymus sp., Dactylis
glomerata, Lolium multiflorum, L. temulentum, Muhlenbergia sp., Phleum sp.
Syntomaspis thalassinus Crosby, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 43. ♀, ♂.
Callimome rohweri Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 58. ♀, ♂.

Torymus theon (Walker)
Fla.

Callimome theon Walker, 1843. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 1: 149. ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 153.

Torymus thompsoni Fyles
Que. Ecology: From plum fruit.

Torymus Thomsoni Fyles, 1904 (1903). Ent. Soc. Ontario, Ann. Rpt. 34: 10-11. ♀.

Torymus thompsoni Fyles, 1916 (1915). Ent. Soc. Ontario, Ann. Rpt. 46: 55. Emend.

Torymus tubicola (Osten Sacken)
Que., Mass. to N. C. and Ohio, Mo., La., Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Utah,

Ariz., Oreg., Calif.; Mexico (Baja California Norte, Nayarit). Host: Acraspis villosa Gill.,
Amphibolips globulus Beut., ^4. quercuscitriformis (Ashm.), A. quercusinanis (0. S.), A.
quercusspongifica (0. S.), Andricus crystallinus Bass., A. kingi Bass., A.
quercuscalifomicus (Bass.), A. quercusflocci (Walsh), A. quercuspetiolicola (Bass.), A.
reniformis McC. and Egb., Antroyi dumosae (Kinsey)?, A. quercusechinus (0. S.), A.
douglasii (Ashm.), Atrusca bella (Bass.), A. congesta (Kinsey), A. simulatrix (Kinsey),
A. vanescens (Kinsey), Belonocnema kinseyi Weld, Besbicus conspicuus (Kinsey), B.
7nirabilis (Kinsey), B. multipunctatus (Beut.), Callirhytis congregata (Ashm.), C.
quercusoperator (0. S.), C. quercuspom iformis (Bass.), C. quercusventricosa (Bass.), C.
seyniiiator (Harr.), C. tubicola (0. S.), Disholcaspis cinerosa (Bass.), D. Colorado (Gill.),
D. corallina (Bass.), D. plumbella Kinsey, D. quercusglobulus (Fitch), D. quercusmamma
(Walsh), D. rubens (Gill.), D. simulata Kinsey, D. s. vancouverensis Kinsey, D. terrestris
Weld, Dros pedicellatuni (Kinsey), Dryocosmus castanopsidis (Beut.), Heteroecus
pacificus (Ashm.), Trichoteras vacciniifoliae (Ashm.), Xanthoteras politum (Bass.).

Callimome tubicola Osten Sacken, 1870. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 3: 60. ♂, ♀.

Callimome melanocerae Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xiii. 9.

Callimome citriformi Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xiii. 9.

Syntomaspis citriformis Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 187. Emend.

Callimome castanopsidis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 64-65. ♀, ♂.

Callimome giganticum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 65-66. ♀, ♂.




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Callimome gahani Ruber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 69. 9, cJ. A questionable
synonym.

Callimome rubenidis Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 78. ♀, ♂.

Callunome yninutissunum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 78-79. ♀.

Torymus umbilicatus (Gahan)
Tex., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Oreg., Calif.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Morelos,
Puebla, Sonora). Ecology: From flower heads of Viguiera deltoidea and Senecio
douglasii. Host: Asphondylia neomexkana (CklL), A. sp. bud and flower galls on
Clematis dniynmondii, Lasioptera sp. on Aster spinosus, cedidomyiid galls on Ambrosia
sp. (terminal stem), Larrea sp. (stem), Mimulus sp., Schrankia sp. (seed pod gall),
Suaeda sp.; tephritid stem gall on Eupatorium adenophorum.

Syntomaspis umbilicata Gahan, 1919. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 12: 163. ♀, ♂.

Callimome tricolor Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 96. ♀, ♂.

Torymus varians (Walker)
N. S., Que., Maine, Vt., Conn., Ont., N. Y., Pa., Va., N. C, Ohio, Mich., Man.,

B. C; Europe. Ecology: From seeds of apple, Crataegus spp., Malus silvestris, Pyrus
spp., Sorbus intermedia, and S. latifolia^

Callimome varia7is Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 122. ♀.

Torymus druparum Boheman, 1834 (1833). Svensk. Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 54: 361.

Taxonomy: Eady, 1958. Ent. Monthly Mag. 94: 260 {Syntomaspis Foerster). — Olsson, 1957.
Vaxtskyd. 21: 58 (syn.: druparum Boheman).

Biology: Crosby, 1909. N. Y. (Cornell) Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 265: 369-375. -Cushman, 1916.
Jour. Agr. Res. 7: 487. -Knight, 1922. N. Y. (Cornell) Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 410: 490.
— Lathrop, 1936. Maine Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 384: 392. —Hammer, 1939. Jour. Econ. Ent.
32: 259-264. —Lathrop and Dirks, 1944. Jour. Econ. Ent. 37: 199-204. —Frost, 1951. Pa.
Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 535: 19, 22, 28.

Torymus vesiculi Moser
N. Y., s. to Ga., w. to Idaho and Ariz. Host: Pachypsylla celtidismamma Riley,
P. celtidisvesicula Riley.
Torymus vesiculi Moser, 1956. Kans. Ent. Soc, Jour. 29: 58. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Moser, 1965. N. Y. State Mus., Bui. 402: 21-22, 33-34.

Torymus warreni (Cockerell)
N. Y., N. C, Tex., Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Calif.; Mexico (Baja
California Norte). Host: Aynphibolips globulus Beut., Antron dumosae (Kinsey),
Disholcaspis cinerosa (Bass.), D. Colorado (Gill.), D. edura Weld, D. pruniformis Kinsey,
D. quercusglobulus (Fitch), D. quercusmamma (Walsh), D. nibens (Gill.), D. spoytgiosa
(Karsch).
Syntomaspis warreni Cockerell, 1911. Ent. News 22: 82. ♀.
Callimome cinerosum Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 84-85. ♀.

Torymus xanthopus (Schulz)
Kans. Host: Cecidomyiid on cedar.

Megastigmusf flavipes Ashmead, 1888. Kans. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 3: App. p. III. 6.

Preocc. by Walker, 1833.
Megalostigmus xanthopus Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 147. N. name.
Torymus abortus Crosby, 1914. Ent. News 25: 27. N. name.

Genus DIOMORUS Walker

Diomorus Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 159.

Type-species: Diomorus nobilis Walker. Monotypic.
Dihomerus Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 148. Emend.

Diomorus viridis (Provancher)
Que.

Haltichella viridis Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 192. ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964 (1963). Canad. Ent. 95: 1259 (prob. = zabriskiei Cresson).

Diomorus zabriskiei
***authority mismatch
Cresson. N. Y., N. J., W. Va., Kans., B. C, Calif. Host: Crossocerus fergusoni Pate,

C. insolens (Fox), Ectemnius lapidarius (Panz.), E. stirpicola (Pack.), E. {Hyprocrabro)
pauciviaculatus (Pack.), E. (H.) spiniferus (Fox), Euplilis (Corynopus) arapaho Pate, E.
(C) mfigaster (Pack.), Ceratina dupla Say.

Diomorus zabriskiiV-) Cresson, 1878. Psyche 2: 189. ♀.

Diomorus zabriskiei Peck, 1951. In Muesebeck, et. al., U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2:
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Biology: Krombein, 1960. Ent. News 71: 32, 67. — Krombein, 1964. Biol. Soc. Wash., Proc. 77:
102-103.

Genus PHYSOTHORAX Mayr

Physotlwrax Mayr, 1885. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 35: 159, 196.

Type-species: Physothorax disciger Mayr. Desig. by Gahan and Pagan, 1923.

Members of this genus have been reared from the receptacles of figs. As with Idarninae, the
exact relationship of wasp to host is not known.

Revision: Burks, 1969. Fla. Ent. 52: 115-119 (Nearctic spp.).

Physothorax bidentulus Burks
Fla. Host: Ficus altissima?, F. aurea, F. citrifolia.

Physotlwrax bidentulus Burks, 1969. Fla. Ent. 52: 118-119. ♀, ♂.

Physothorax pallidus Ashmead
Fla.; W. Indies. Host: Ficus aurea, F. citrifolia.

Physothorax pallidus Ashmead, 1900. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 254. ♀, ♂.

Physothorax russelli Crawford
Fla. Host: Ficus aurea.

Physothorax russelli Crawford, 1910 (1909). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 11: 204. ♀.

Taxonomy: Butcher, 1964. Fla. Ent. 47: 237 (fig associates).

Subfamily ERIMERINAE

By E. E. Grissell

Members of this subfamily are parasites of insects in grass stems.
Taxonomy: Breland, 1938. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 46: 357 (phylogeny).

Genus ERIMERUS Crawford

Erivierus Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 123.

Type-species: Torynius wickhaiui Ashmead. Orig. desig.

Erimerus wickhami (Ashmead)
Utah. Ecology: From galls on Hilaria {Harmolita)^.
Torymus wickhayni Ashmead, 1904. Ent. News 15: 302. ♀.

Taxonomy: Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 123.

Genus PSEUDERIMERUS Gahan

Pseuderimerus Gahan, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 55: 124.

Type-species: Pseuderimerus mayetiolae Gahan. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Peck, et al., 1964. Ent. Soc. Canad., Mem. 34: 21 (placed as Monodontomerinae).

Pseuderimerus femoratus Gahan
Calif. Host: Mayetiola destructor (Say).

Pseuderimerus femoratus Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 32-33. ♀.

Pseuderimerus mayetiolae Gahan
Calif. Host: Mayetiola destructor (Say).

Pseuderimerus viayetiolae Gahan, 1919. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 55: 125. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Hill and Pinckney, 1940. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 715: 10-13.

Biology: Packard, 1928. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 81: 14. —Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept.
Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 30-32.

Pseuderimerus semiflavus Gahan
Calif. Host: Mayetiola destructor (Say).

Pseuderimerus semiflavus Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 33. ♀.

Subfamily MONODONTOMERINAE
By E. E. Grissell

The Monodontomerinae are a loose assemblage of taxa not particularly well defined
morphologically or biologically. All species are parasitic, with hosts in the Diptera, Hymenop-
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Revision: Crawford, 1914. Ent. See. Wash., Proc. 16: 123-124 (key to genera). — Szelenyi,
1957. Mus. Nat. Hungarici, Ann. Hist.-Nat., n. s., 8: 381-388 (key to genera). —Szelenyi,
1960. Acad. Sci. Hungarici, Acta Zool. 5: 141-146 (rev. key to genera).

Genus LIODONTOMERUS Gahan

Lochites Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 43, 44, 120. Preocc. by Lochites Gistl, 1848
(Protozoa).

Type-species: Lochites papaveris Foerster. Monotypic.
Liodontamenis Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 159.

Type-species: Liodontomerus perplexus Gahan. Orig. desig.
Lochitisca Ghesquiere, 1946. Rev. de Zool. et de Bot. Africaines 34: 368. N. name for
Lochites Foerster.

Members of this genus are parasitic upon Bntchophagus in leguminous seeds.

Taxonomy: Nikol'skaya, 1952. Chalcid fauna of the U. S. S. R. 44: 135 (Holarctic. Eng. transl.
1963). -Burks, in Butler and Hansen, 1958. Pan-Pacific Ent. 34: 224.

Biology: Neunzig and Gyrisco, 1959. Jour. Econ. Ent. 52: 899-901.

Liodontomerus insuetus Gahan
Nebr., Kans., Okla., N. Mex., Utah, Ariz., Calif.; Holarctic. Host:
Bruchophagus gibbus (Boh.)?, B. platyptera (Walk.), B. roddi (Guss.).
Liodontomerus insuetus Gahan, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 208. ♀.

Biology: Butler, et a/., 1968. Ariz. Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., Tech. Bui. 185: 7.

Liodontomerus longfellowi (Girault)
N. Y., Md., Va., W. Va., Ohio, Mich., Minn., Iowa, S. Dak., Utah, Idaho,
Oreg.; Holarctic. Host: Bruchophagus gibbus (Boh.), B. platyptera (Walk.) complex.
Idiomacromenis longfellowi Girault, 1917 (May 14). Descr. Hym. Chalcidoid. Variorum

cum Observ. Ill, p. 8. ♀, ♂.
Liodontomerus secundus Gahan, 1917 (May 26). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 208. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Urbahns, 1919. Jour. Agr. Res. 16: 169-170. —Butler and Hansen, 1958. Pan-Pacific
Ent. 34: 227.

Liodontomerus perplexus Gahan
Iowa, S. Dak., Utah, Ariz., Calif.; Holarctic. Host: Bruchophagus platyptera
(Walk.) complex.
Liodontomerus perplexus Gahan, 1914. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 48: 159. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Urbahns, 1920. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 812: 17-18. — Sorenson, 1930. Utah Agr. Expt.
Sta., Bui. 218: 27-32. —Butler, et al., 1968. Ariz. Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta., Tech. Bui. 185: 7-9.

Genus IDIOMACROMERUS Crawford

Idiomacromenis Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 124.

Type-species: Idiomacromerus biynaculipennis Crawford. Orig. desig.
bimacuiipennis Crawford, Kans., Utah, Calif. Host: Eurytoma compressa Bugbee, E. seminis
Bugbee.
Idiomacromerus bimacuiipennis Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 124. ♀.

Genus PLATYKULA Ruber

Platykula Huber, 1927. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 70 (14): 106.

Type-species: Syntomaspis albihirta Ashmead. Orig. desig.

Platykula albihirta (Ashmead)
Fla.

Syntomaspis albihirta Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 187. ♀.

Genus DIMEROMICRUS Crawford

Dimeromicnis Crawford, 1910. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 38: 127.

Type-species: Dimeromicnis ash^neadi Crawford. Orig. desig.

Dimeromicrus cecidomyiae (Ashmead)
Fla., Tex. Host: Cecidomyiid on Baccharis halimifolia.

Megastigmad) cecidomyiae Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 185. ♀, ♂.
Lochites auriceps Ashmead, 1894. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 25: 153. ♀, ♂.

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Dimeromicrus smithi (Schread)
Conn. Host: Caryomyia sp. gall.

Locbites smithi Schread, 1937. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 32: 102. ♀, ♂.

Genus MONODONTOMERUS Wcstwood

Monodontomerus Westwood, 1833. London, Edinb. and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Jour. (3) 2:
443.

Type-species: Monodontomerus obscunis Westwood. Monotypic.
Paroligosthenus Cameron, 1913 (1912). Indian Forest Rec. 4: 94.

Type-species: Paroligosthenus trichioptbalmus Cameron. Monotypic.

Revision: Gahan, 1941. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 90: 461-482 (Nearctic spp.). — Steffan, 1952.

Paris Mus. d' Hist. Nat., Bui. 24: 288-290 (Europe, N. Africa). — Nikol'skaya, 1952. Chalcid

fauna of the U. S. S. R. 44: 137-140 (Palaearctic. Eng. transl. 1963).

Monodontomerus aereus Walker
N. B. ?, New England; India; Holarctic. Host: Archips argyrospilus (Walk.),

Malacosoma americanum (F.), Nygmia phaeorrhoea (Donov.), Orgyia lencostigma (J. E.
Smith), Porthetria dispar (L.); Blepharipa scutellata (R. D.), Carcelia laxifro7is VilL,
Compsilnra concinnata (Meig.), Exorista larvaruni (L.), Toivnsendiellomyia nidicola
(Tns.); Apanteles lacteicolor Vier., A. melayioscelus (Ratz.), Iseropus coelebs (Walsh),
Meteorus versicolor (V/esm.), Phobocompe unicincta (Grav.).

Monodontomerus aereus Walker, 1834. Ent. Mag. 2: 158. ♀.

Taxonomy: Muesebeck, 1931. Jour. Agr. Res. 43: 445-460.

Biology: Howard and Fiske, 1911. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Bui. 91: 86-308. —Muesebeck
and Dohanian, 1927. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 1487: 19-20. —Burgess and Grossman, 1929. U.
S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 86: 77-80. -Proper, 1934. Jour. Agr. Res. 48: 361-376. —Clausen,
1956. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1139: 114-116. -Wilbert, 1960. Entomophaga 5: 203.
—Blunck and Wilbert, 1962. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 50: 203.

Monodontomerus bakeri Gahan
Colo.

Monodontomerus bakeri Gahan, 1941. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 90: 475. ♀.
dementi Grissell. Wyo. Host: Dianthidium heterulkei Schwarz.

Monodontomerus dementi Grissell, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 235. ♀, ♂.

Monodontomerus dentipes (Dalman)
Que., Maine, Conn., Ont., N. Y., N. J., Pa., Ohio, Mich., Wis., Idaho.;
Holarctic. Host: Orgyia pseudotsugata (McD.); Tachinidae; Diprion similis (Htg.),
Gilpinia hercyniae (Htg.), Rogas unicolor (Wesm.).
Torymus dentipes Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 173, 178. ♂, ♀.
Monodontomerus viridaeneus Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 290. ♀.

Taxonomy: Finlayson, 1960. Canad. Ent. 92: 37, 39, 44 (immature stages).

Biology: Morris, Cameron, and Jepson, 1937. Bui. Ent. Res. 28: 377-380, 389, 391. —Finlayson
and Finlayson, 1958. Canad. Ent. 90: 558-559. — Drooz and Fedde, 1972. Environ. Ent. 1:
522-523.

Morphology: Bucher, 1948. Canad. Jour. Res. 26D: 230-281.

Monodontomerus dianthidii Gahan
Calif. Host: Dianthidium sp.

Monodontomerus dianthidii Gahan, 1941. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 90: 464. ♀, ♂.

Monodontomerus emarginatus Gahan
Colo. Host: Megachile? sp.

Monodontomerus emarginatus Gahan, 1941. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 90: 476. ♀.

Monodontomerus indiscretus Gahan
Maine. Host: Heterarthrus nemoratus (Fall.).

Monodontomerus indiscretus Gahan, 1941. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 90: 469. ♀.

Monodontomerus mandibularis Gahan
N. Y., D. C, Ohio, III, Mo., La. Host: Anthophora abnipta Say, A.
bomboides Kirby, Melitoma taurea (Say), Osmia cordata Robt.

Monodontomerus mandibularis Gahan, 1941. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 90: 474. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Rau, 1947. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 40: 221-226.

Monodontomerus mexicanus Gahan
Ind., Calif.; Mexico. Host: Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) mexicanum Sauss.,
Parancistrocerus vagus (Sauss.), Ancyloscelis armata Smith.
Monodontomerus mexicanus Gahan, 1941. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 90: 468. ♀, ♂.

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Monodontomerus minor (Ratzeburg)
Conn., N. Y., south to Va., west to Calif.; Europe. Host: Thyridopteryx
ephemeraeformis (Haw.), Phryganidia califomica Pack., Samia cynthia (Drury),
Malacosoma americana (F.), Grapholitha molesta (Busck), Choristoyieura fumiferana
(Clem.)?; Gambrus extrematis (Cress.). Recorded as hyperparasite of Lepidoptera in
European literature.

Torymus viinor Ratzeburg, 1848. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 2, p. 178. ♀, ♂.

Monodontomerus subobsoletus Gahan, 1941. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 90: 480. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Grissell, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 233-234 (figs.).
Biology: Allen, 1962. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1265: 102.

Monodontomerus montivagus Ashmead
Ont., Del., Ill, Mo., Mont., Colo., N. Mex., Utah, B. C, Calif. Host:

C horisto7ieura fumiferana (Clem.); Anthidium emarginatum (Say), Megackile pacifica
(Panzer), Dianthidium pudicum (Cress.), D. pudicum consimile (Ashm.), D. curvatum
sayi Ckll, Os7nia cordata Robertson, 0. texana Cress.; Anthophora abrupta Say, A.
linsleyi Timb., A. bomboides neomexicana Ckll, A. occidentalis Cress., Melissodes/ sp.;
Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex Smith; Bombus morrisoni Cress.; Ancistrocerus
tuberculocephalus (Sauss.).

Monodontomerus montivagus Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc. Bui. 1: 25, 45. ♀.

Monodontomerus americanus Girault, 1917. Descr. Stellarum Nov., p. 11. ♀.

Taxonomy: Grissell, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 236.

Biology: Linsley and McSwain, 1942. Amer. Midland Nat. 27: 403, 409-412.

Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood
N. Y., Md., Pa., D. C, W. Va., Ga., Mo., Iowa, Idaho; Holarctic. Host:
Os7nia cordata Robt., 0. lignaria Say, Megackile pacifica (Panzer).
Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood, 1833. London, Edinb. and Dublin Phil. Mag. and
Jour. Sci. (3) 2: 443. ♀.

Taxonomy: Steffan, 1952. Paris Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Bui. (2) 24: 289-290. — Eady, 1958. Ent.
Monthly Mag. 94: 269.

Biology: Eves, 1970. Melanderia (Wash. State Ent. Soc.) 4: 1-18. — Hobbs and Krunic, 1971.
Canad. Ent. 103: 674-685.

Morphology: Radu and Botoc, 1968. Stud. Univ. Babes, Bolyai Ser. Biol. 13: 71-76 (female
genitalia).

Monodontomerus saltuosus Grissell
N. Mex., Calif. Host: Orgyia pseudotsugata (McD.).

Monodontoynerus saltuosus Grissell, 1973. Pan-Pacific Ent. 49: 232-233. ♀, ♂.

Genus ZAGLYPTONOTUS Crawford

Zaglyptonotus Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 124-125.
Type-species: Zaglyptonotus schwarzi Crawford. Orig. desig.

Zaglyptonotus mississippiensis Breland
Ala., Miss. Host: Neotephritis finalis (Loew).

Zaglyptonotus 7nississippie7isis Breland, 1938. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 31: 205. ♀, ♂.

Zaglyptonotus schwarzi Crawford
Fla., Kans., Tex., Colo., Idaho. Host: Desmoris fulvus (Lee.)?; Isophrictis
siyniliella (Chamb.); tephritid seed maggot from ironweed.
Zaglyptonotus schwarzi Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 126. ♀.

Biology: Brandhorst, 1943. Kans. Acad. Sci., Trans. 46: 168. — Needham, 1948. Ecol. Monog.
18: 446.

Genus GLYPHOMERUS Foerster

Glyphomerus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 43, 44, 145.
Type-species: Ichneumon stigma Fabricius. Orig. desig.
Oligosthenus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, p. 145. Unnecessary n. name.

Taxonomy: Boucek, 1970. R. Lab. Ent. Agr. Portici, Bol. 27: 28-32 (Palearctic spp.).

Glyphomerus stigma (Fabricius)
Que. to Fla., Oreg., Calif.; Europe, Japan. Host: Diplolepis rosae (L.);
Melitoma taurea (Say).
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Oligosthenus bimaculatus Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 196.

9.

Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. See, Trans. 14: 186.

Genus ERIDONTOMERUS Crawford

Eridontomerus Crawford, 1907. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 15: 178-179.
Type-species: Eridontomerus primus Crawford. Orig. desig.

Eridontomerus isosomatis (Riley)
N. Y. and Mich, to Tenn., Utah, Ariz. Host: Mayetiola destructor (Say);

Harynolita albomaculata (Ashm.), H. linearis (Walk.), H. longula (Dalm.), H.festucae P.
and E., H. grandis (Riley), H. hordei (Harris), H. 7naculata (How.), H. secale (Fitch), H.
tritici (Fitch), H. vagiiiicola (Doane), H. websteri (How.).
Stictoywtus isosomatis Riley, 1882. U. S. Dept. Agr., Ann. Rpt. for 1881-1882, p. 186. ♀, ♂.
Eridontomerus primus Crawford, 1907. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 15: 179. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Gahan, 1921 (1920). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 22: 235.

Biology: Phillips and Poos, 1927. Jour. Agr. Res. 34: 483-488. — Knowlton and Janes, 1933.
Utah Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 243: 11-12.

Genus PSEUDOTORYMUS Masi

Holaspis Mayr, 1874. Zool.-Bot. Gesell. Wien, Verh. 24: 83. Preocc. by Lankester, 1873

(Pisces).

Type-species: Torymus militaris Boheman. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904.
Pseudotorymus Masi, 1922. Genova Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat., Ann. 49: 235. N. name for

Holaspis Mayr.

Pseudotorymus lazulellus (Ashmead)
N. B., Que., Conn., w. to Colo. Ecology: From clover heads; oak galls.
Host: Hartnolita sp. in rye stems, H. sp. in timothy stems.
Syyitomaspis lazulella Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 26, 45. ♀.

Biology: Webster, 1906 (1905). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc 7: 116.

Genus CRYPTOPRISTUS Foerster

Cryptopristus Foerster, 1856. Hym. Stud., v. 2, pp. 43, 44.

Type-species: Torymus caligiyiosus Walker. Monotypic.
Websterellus Ashmead, 1893. Ohio Agr. Exp. Sta., Tech. Ser., Bui. 1 (3): 164.

Type-species: Websterellus tritici Ashmead. Monotypic.

Cryptopristus harrisii (Fitch)
N. Y., Va., Ohio, Ky., Kans. Host: Harmolita grandis (Riley), H. hordei
(Harris)?, H. tritici (Fitch).
Torymus Harrisii Fitch, 1862 (1861). N. Y. State Agr. Soc, Trans. 21: 152. ♀, ♂.
Websterellus tritici Ashmead, 1893. Ohio Agr. Expt. Sta., Tech. Ser., Bui. 1 (3): 164. ♀, ♂.
Cryptopristus americanus Girault, 1917. Descr. Stellarum Nov., p. 8. ♀.

Biology: Webster, 1893. U. S. Dept. Agr., Insect Life 6: 151. —Gahan, 1921 (1920). Ent. Soc
Wash., Proc 22: 237.

Genus DITROPINOTUS Crawford

Ditropinotus Crawford, 1907. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 15: 178.

Type-species: Ditropinotus aureoviridis Crawford. Orig. desig.

Ditropinotus aureoviridis Crawford
N. Y. to Ala. and Kans., Utah, Oreg. Host: Mayetiola destructor (Say);
Eurytoma parva Phillips, Harmolita linearis (Wlkr.), H. elymicola P. and E., H. grandis
(Riley), H. secale (Fitch), H. tritici (Fitch), H. vaginicola (Doane), Eurytoma spp.,
Merisoponis chalcidiphagus (W. and R.).
Ditropinotus aureoviridis Crawford, 1907. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 15: 178. ♀, ♂.
Ditropi7iottis flavicoxus Gahan, 1912. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 14: 5. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Gahan, 1934 (1933). U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 174: 25-30.

Biology: Hill, Pinckney, and Udine, 1939. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 689: 5, 10, 13.
—Chamberlain, 1941. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 784: 25-28, 35-38.




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Morphology: Hill and Pinckney, 1940. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 715: 6, 11-13.

Genus ANTISTROPHOPLEX Crawford

Antistrophoplex Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 122-125.

Type-species: Antistrophoplex bicoloripes Crawford. Orig. desig.

Antistrophoplex bicoloripes Crawford
Iowa, Kans. Host: Antistrophus lygodesmiaepisum Walsh on
Lygodesmia.
Antistrophoplex bicoloripes Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 125. ♀.

Biology: Brandhorst, 1964. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 57: 74-77.

Genus MICRODONTOMERUS Crawford

Microdontomerus Crawford, 1907. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 15: 178, 179.
Type-species: Torymus anthonomi Crawford. Orig. desig.

Microdontomerus anthidii (Ashmead)
Calif. Host: Dianthidium pudicum consimile (Ashm.).

Torymus anthidii Ashmead, 1896. Ent. News 7: 24. ♀.

Microdontomerus anthonomi (Crawford)
N. J., Va., S. C, Mo., La., Tex., Utah, Idaho, Wash., Oreg. Host:

Acanthoscelides homi (Pic), Bnichus brachialis Fahr., B. pisonini (L.), Brachytarsoides
altematus (Say), Anthonomus grandis Boh.; Ancylis comptana fragariae (W. and R.),
Coleophora malivorella Riley; Bracon mellitor Say, Leptochilus sp.
Torymus anthonomi Crawford, 1907. Canad. Ent. 39: 133. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Pierce, Cushman, and Hood, 1912. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent., Bui. 100: 1, 31, 49,
57-62.

Microdontomerus fumipennis Crawford
Wyo., s. to N. Mex., w. to Pacific Coast. Host: Malacosoma
califomicum (Pack.), M. fragile Stretch, Choristoneura rosaceana (Harr.).
Microdontomerus fumipennis Crawford, 1917 (1916). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 4:
141-142. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Langston, 1957. Calif. Univ. Pubs., Ent. 14: 29-30.

Genus ROPTROCERUS Ratzeburg

Pachyceras Ratzeburg, 1844. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 1, p. 217. Suppressed by Internatl.
Comn. Zool. NomencL, 1957, Opinion 437, pp. 25-40.

Type-species: Pachyceras xylophagorum Ratzeburg. Autobasic.
Roptrocerus Ratzeburg, 1848. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 2, p. 209. Unnecessary n. name for
Pachyceras thought to be preocc. by Pachycerus Gyllenhall, 1826. Validated by
Internatl. Comn. Zool. NomencL, 1957 (Opinion 437).

Type-species: Pachyceras xylophagorum Ratzeburg. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904.
Rhoptrocerus Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 98. Emgnd.

Taxonomy: Hedqvist, 1963. Studia. Forest. Suecica 11: 61-70 (Palearctic spp.).

Roptrocerus xylophagorum (Ratzeburg)
Que. and N. H. to N. C. and La., w. to B. C, Wash., and Ariz.

Host: Orthotomicus caelatus (Eichh.), Phloeosinus dentatus (Say)?, Polygraphus

rufipennis (Kby.), Scolytus nigulosus (Ratz.), Dendroctonus frontalis Zimm., D.

monticolae Hopk., D. pseudotsugae Hopk., Ips calligraphus (Germ.), /. grandicollis

(Eich.)?, /. pini (Say).
Pachyceras Xylophagorum Ratzeburg, 1844. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 1, p. 218. ♀.
Pachyceras Eccoptogastri Ratzeburg, 1844. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 1, p. 218. ♀.
Roptrocerus rectus Provancher, 1887. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada. Hym., p. 202. ♀.
PlatygerrhusC) scolyti Ashmead, 1894. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 21: 335. "♀"=♂.

Taxonomy: Hedqvist, 1963. Studia. Forest. Suecica 11: 66-70. —Burks, 1964 (1963). Canad.
Ent. 95: 1261.

Biology: Evenden, 1943. U. S. Dept. Agr., Cir. 664: 17. — Reid, 1957. Canad. Ent. 89: 6-7.
—Berisford et al., 1970. Canad. Ent. 102: 489.




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Subfamily MEGASTIGMINAE

By E. E. Grissell
Genus MEGASTIGMUS Dalman

Megastigmus Dalman, 1820. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 41: 178.

Type-species: Pteromalus bipunctatus Swederus. Desig. by Crosby, 1913.
Trogocarpiis Rondani, 1877. Soc. Ent. Ital, Bol. 9: 204.

Type-species: Torymus ballestrerii Rondani. Monotypic.
Megalostigmus Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 147. Emend.
Xanthosomoides Girault, 1913. Canad. Ent. 45: 220.

Type-species: Xanthosomoides maciilatipennis Girault. Orig. desig.
Epimegastigrnus Girault, 1915. Queensland Mus., Mem. 4: 297, 307.

Type-species: Xanthosomoides fulvipes Girault. Orig. desig.

Nearctic species of this genus are phytophagous in rosaceous and coniferous seeds. Some Eu-
ropean species are reported to be parasitic on Cynipidae.

Revision: Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 257-420 (Nearctic spp.). — Boucek, 1970.
Ent. Gaz. 21: 265-275 (west European spp.).

Biology: Lessmann, 1962. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 49: 363-371 (immature stages). — Lessmann,
1962. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 50: 233-241 (host plants).

Megastigmus aculeatus
***authority mismatch
aculeatus (Swederus). Mass., N. Y., N. C, Ohio, III; Europe, Iran, Japan, China.
Host: Rosa canina, R. eglanteria, R. virginiana, R. paiustris^
Pteromalus Aculeatus Swederus, 1795. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 16: 221-222. ♀.

Taxonomy: Balduf, 1957. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 50: 479-483. — Balduf, 1959. 111. Biol. Monog.
26: 124-130 (also biology).

Megastigmus aculeatus
***authority mismatch
nigroflavus Hoffmeyer. N. J. and Pa., south to Va., west to 111.; Japan, Russia. Host:
Rosa eglanteria, R. gallica, R. multiflora, R. virginiana.
Megastigmus aculeatus var. nigroflavus Hoffmeyer, 1931. Ent. Meddel. 16: 324-326. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Balduf, 1969. 111. Biol. Monog. 26: 124-126.

Megastigmus albifrons Walker
Ariz., Calif. Host: Pinus ponderosa.

Megastigmus albifrons Walker, 1869. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans., p. 314. ♂.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1975. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., Bui. 32 (4): 151.

Biology: Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 102-105.

Megastigmus amelanchieris Cushman
N. H., Vt., N. Y., Pa., W. Va., Minn. Host: Amelanchier canadensis,
A. laevis X humilis, A. sanguinea, Sorbus aucuparia.
Megastigmus amelanchieris Cushman, 1918 (1917). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 19: 81. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 363.

Megastigmus americanus Milliron
N. H., Ont., N. Y. Host: Sorbus aucuparia^

Megastigmus slossonae Crosby, 1913. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 6: 157. 9 . Nomen nudum.
Megastigmus americanus Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 285, 347, 349, 365. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Gahan, 1951. Canad. Ent. 83: 172.

Megastigmus atedius
***authority mismatch
atedius Walker. Ont., Colo., Calif.; Europe. Host: Picea engelmannii?, P. pungens, P.
sitchensis; Abies arizonicaL Introduced into Europe from No. America.
Megastigvms Atedius Walker, 1851. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 7: 214. ♀.
Megastigmus piceae Rohwer, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 97-98. ♀, ♂.
Megastigmus zwolferi Scheffer-Immel, 1957. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent. 41: 52-57. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Boucek, 1970. Ent. Gaz. 21: 265-267 (synonymy).

Biology: Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 106. — Hedlin, 1973. Canad. Ent. 105:
118.

Megastigmus atedius
***authority mismatch
montana Milliron. Mont. Host: Picea engelmannii.

Megastigmus piceae var. m.ontana Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 305, 347, 352. ♀.




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Biology: Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 106.

Megastigmus brevicaudis Ratzeburg
Minn. Host: Sorbus aucuparia.

Megastigmus brevicaudis Ratzeburg, 1852. Ichn. d. Forstins., v. 3, p. 225. ♀.

Biology: Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 363-365, 393, 402.

Megastigmus caperatus Milliron
Ont. ^lost: Picea^ sp.

Megastigmus caperatus Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 306, 347, 350. ♀.

Megastigmus flavipes Ashmead
Fla.

Megastigmus flavipes Ashmead, 1886. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 13: 128. ♂.

Megastigmus floridanus Milliron
Fla.

Megastigmus floridayius Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 342, 348, 350. ♀.

Megastigmus formosus Milliron
Que., Ont. Host: Crataegus/ sp., Rosa/ sp.

Megastigmus form osus Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 339, 348, 350. ♀.

Megastigmus gahani Milliron
Minn., Mo., Colo. Host: Physocarpus opulifoli%is var. intermedius, P.
opulifolius var. luteus/

Megastigmus gahani Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 275, 347, 351, 365. ♀, ♂.

Megastigmus hoffmeyeri Walley
Que., Ont., N. Y. Host: Abies amabilis/; Tsuga canadensis.

Megastigmus spermotrophus var. canadensis Hoffmeyer, 1930. Ent. Meddel. 17: 218. ♀, ♂.
Preocc. by Ashmead, 1887.

Megastigmus spermotrophus var. hoffmeyeri Walley, 1932. Canad. Ent. 64: 188. N. name.

Megastigmus laricis Marcovitch
N. Y. Host: Larix laricina.

Megastigmus laricis Marcovitch, 1914. Canad. Ent. 46: 435. ♀, ♂.

Megastigmus lasiocarpae Crosby
Colo., Alta., B. C, Wash. Host: Abies amabilis, A. lasiocarpa.

Megastigmus lasiocarpae Crosby, 1913. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 6: 163. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 105.

Megastigmus melanus Milliron
Mich.?

Megastigmus melanus Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 302, 347, 351. ♀.

Megastigmus milleri Milliron
B. C, Calif. Host: Abies grandis, A. magnifica var. shastensis.

Megastigmus milleri Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 323, 344, 347, 352. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Hussey and Klingler, 1954. Ent. Monthly Mag. 90: 198-201.

Biology: Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 106.

Megastigmus nigrovariegatus Ashmead
N. S. to Va., w. to Alaska, Calif. Host: Rosa acicularis, R.

acicularis var. engelmannii, R. arkansana, R. blanda, R. califomica, R. canina, R.
Carolina, R. eglanteria, R. Iu7ielli, R. macounii, R. palustris, R. pyrifera, R. rugosa, R.
setigera, R. spaldingii, R. spiyiosissima, R. suffulta, R. ultramontana, R. virginiana, R.
woodsii, R. xanthina.
Megastigmus nigrovariegatus Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 26, 45. ♀.

Taxonomy: Balduf, 1945. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 47: 185-198. —Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland
Nat. 41: 373-390. -Balduf, 1957. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 50: 478-483. -Balduf, 1959. 111.
Biol. Monog. 26: 130-145. -Boucek, 1971. Ent. Gaz. 22: 43-46.

Megastigmus physocarpi Crosby
Que., Ont., Mich., Ind., Minn., Mo., Idaho. Host: Physocarpus opulifolius, P.
opulifolius var. intertnedius.
Megastigmus physocarpi Crosby, 1913. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 6: 158. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 365-366.

Megastigmus pinus
***authority mismatch
marginatus Hoffmeyer. Oreg. Host: Abies grandis.

Megastigmus pinus var. marginatus Hoffmeyer, 1930. Ent. Meddel. 17: 216. ♂.

Megastigmus pinus
***authority mismatch
pinus Parfitt. Conn., Colo., Wash., Oreg., Nev., CaHf.; Scotland. Host: Abies amabilis, A.
concolor, A. grandis, A. lasiocarpa, A. magnifica, A. magnifica var. shastensis, A.
nobilis, A. vemista, Picea sitchensis/, Thuja plicata/
Megastigmus Pinus Parfitt, 1857. Zoologist 15: 5543. ♀.
Megastigmus pinus var. crosbyi Hoffmeyer, 1930. Ent. Meddel. 17: 215. ♀.

Biology: Laidlaw, 1931. Scot. Forestry Jour. 45: 179-184. —Hussey and Klingler, 1954. Ent.
Monthly Mag. 90: 198-201 (pinus Parfitt and var. crosbyi Hoffmeyer). —Keen, 1958. U. S.
Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 106-108. -Hussey, 1959. Ent. Monthly Mag. 95: 237.




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Megastigmus rafni Hoffmeyer
Colo., N. Mex., Idaho, B. C, Oreg., Calif. Host: Abies concolor, A. grandis, A.
ynagnifica, A. magnifica var. shastensis, Pseudotsuga taxifolia?
Megastigjnus rafni Hoffmeyer, 1928. Ent. Meddel. 16: 331. ♀.

Taxonomy: Hoffmeyer, 1930. Ent. Meddel. 17: 216-217.

Biology: Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 108-110.

Megastigmus specularis Walley
N. B., N. H., Mass?, Conn.?, Minn., Man., Sask. Host: Abies balsamea.
Megastignius specularis Walley, 1932. Canad. Ent. 64: 187. ♀, ♂.
Megastigmus groenblovii Kangas, 1945. Ann. Ent. Fenn. 11: 177-183. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Boucek, 1970. Ent. Gaz. 21: 267-268 (synonymy).

Biology: Hedlin, 1957 (1956). Canad. Ent. 88: 691-697. — Annila, 1970. Ann. Ent. Fenn. 36:
186-190 (European hosts).

Megastigmus spermotrophus
***authority mismatch
nigrodorsatus Milliron. Calif. Host: Pseudotsuga macrocarpa.

Megastignius spennotropbus var. nigrodorsatus Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41:
316,346,353. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 111.

Megastigmus spermotrophus
***authority mismatch
spermotrophus Wachtl. Colo., N. Mex., B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif.; Scotland,
Germany, New Zeal. Host: Pseudotsuga taxifolia, P. menziesii; Abiesi spp.
Megastigmus spermotrophus Wachtl, 1893. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 12: 25. ♀, ♂.
Megastigmus spermatotrophus Dalla Torre, 1898. Cat. Hym., v. 5, p. 287. Emend.

Biology: Crosby, 1909. N. Y. (Cornell) Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 265: 379-380. -Miller, 1916. Jour.
Agr. Res. 6: 65-68. —Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 367-368, 390-391. — Hussey,
1955. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 106: 133-151. —Hedlin, 1958. Ent. Soc. B. C, Proc. 55:
37. —Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 110-111. —Hussey, 1959. Ent.
Monthly Mag. 95: 237.

Megastigmus tsugae
***authority mismatch
heterophyllae Milliron. B. C. Host: Tsuga heterophylla.

Megastigmus tsugae var. heterophyllae Milliron, 1949. Amer. Midland Nat. 41: 309, 347,
353. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 111.

Megastigmus tsugae
***authority mismatch
tsugae Crosby. Western U. S. Host: Abies amabilis?, Tsuga mertensiana.
Megastigmus tsugae Crosby, 1913. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 6: 162. ♀.

Biology: Keen, 1958. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1169: 111.

Genus EUMEGASTIGMUS Hussey

Eumegastigmus Hussey, 1956. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. B: Taxonomy 25: 157.
Type-species: Eumegastigmus hypogea Hussey. Orig. desig.

Eumegastigmus transvaalensis Hussey
Calif.; S. Africa, Canary Isls. Host: Schinus molle seeds.

Eumegastigvuis transvaalensis Hussey, 1956. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Proc, Ser. B:
Taxonomy 25: 161. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Harper and Lockwood, 1961. Calif. Dept. Agr., Bui. 50: 129.

Subfamily PODAGRIONINAE

By E. E. Grissell

Members of this subfamily are parasitic in mantid egg cases.

Taxonomy: Ferriere, 1955. Soc. Roy. Ent. de Belg., Mem. 27: 207. —Burks, 1958. In
Krombein, et al^U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, Sup. 1: 82. — Habu, 1962. Faun. Jap.,
Chalcid., Leucospid., Podagrionid., p. 178.

Genus PODAGRION Spinola

Podagrion Spinola, 1811. Paris Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Ann. 17: 147.
Type-species: Podagrion splendens Spinola. Monotypic
Palmon Dalman, 1825. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 56: 388.




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Type-species: Palmoyi bellator Dalman. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923.
Priomerus Walker, 1833. Ent. Mag. 1: 116, 118.

Type-species: Priomerus pachymerus Walker. Monotypic.
Pachytomus Westwood, 1847. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 4: 260.

Type-species: Pachytomus klugianus Westwood. Monotypic.
Notopodion Dahlbom, 1857. Ofvers. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Forh. 14: 295.

Type-species: Podagrion splendens Spinola. Desig. by Gahan and Fagan, 1923.
Bactyrischion Costa, 1857. Accad. della Sci. Fis. e Mat. Napoli, Mem. (A) 2: 223.

Type-species: Bactyrischion bicoloratum Costa. Monotypic.
Blephonira Holmgren, 1868. Eug. Resa, Zool., 6, Ins. 1: 438.

Type-species: Blephonira fulvipes Holmgren. Monotypic.
Cyanostola Saussure, 1890. In Grandidier, Hist. Madagascar 20, Hym. 1, pi. 15, fig. 30.

Type-species: Cyanostola coerulea Saussure. Monotypic.
Notopodium Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 144. Emend.
Podagrium Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 150. Emend.
Podagrionella Girault, 1913. Arch. f. Naturgesch. 79 (A) pt. 6: 96.

Type-species: Podagrionella bella Girault. Monotypic.
Pachytomoidella Girault, 1913. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 11: 40.

Type-species: Pachytomoidella magniclavus Girault. Orig. desig.
Propodagrion Girault, 1915. Queensland Mus., Mem. 4: 287.

Type-species: Propodagrion worcesteri Girault. Orig. desig.
Propachytomoides Girault, 1917. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus 5: 152.

Type-species: Propachytomoides semialbiclavus Girault. Orig. desig.

Taxonomy: Ferriere, 1955. Soc. Roy. Ent. de Belg., Mem. 27: 216.

Podagrion brasiliense Howard
Fla.; W. Indies. Host: Mantid egg mass.

Podagrion brasilieyisis Howard, 1894. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 25: 83. ♀.

Taxonomy: Gahan, 1951. Canad. Ent. 83: 176.

Podagrion crassiclava Gahan
Fla., Tex., Ariz.; Mexico. Host: Mantis sp., Stagmomantis limbata (Hahn).

Podagrion crassiclava Gahan, 1922. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 61 (24): 6. ♀, ♂.

Podagrion mantidiphagum Girault
Ariz.; Mexico, W. Indies. Host: Egg mass of undet. mantid.

Podagrion mantidiphagum Girault, 9117. Entomologist 50: 37. ♀, ♂.

Podagrion mantis Ashmead
N. J. to Fla., w. to Mo., La., Kans., Tex., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico, Hawaii. Host:
Stagmomantis Carolina (Johan.), S. limbata (Hahn)?, Tenodera angustipennis Sauss., T.
aridifolia sine^isis Sauss.
Podagrion mantis Ashmead, 1886. Canad. Ent. 18: 57. ♀.

Biology: Breland, 1941. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 34: 99-133. — Gumey, 1959. Ent. Soc. Wash.,
Proc. 61: 23.

Unplaced Taxa of TORYMINAE

By E. E. Grissell

Diomorus biorkizae Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 186. 9. Ont. Host: Xanthoteras
quercusforticome (Walsh).

Taxonomy: Burks, 1967. In Krombein, et al, U. S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Monog. 2, Sup. 2: 250
(Probably a species of Torymus; type apparently lost).
Lochites punctata Ashmead, 1887. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 14: 185. S. Fla.


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