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Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA
Family EUCHARITIDAE

By B. D. Burks

All members of this family are parasitic on ants. They are, like most parasites of ants, highly
modified in structure. Ashmead, 1904 (Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 267) characterizes them as being,




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"the most singular looking and wonderfully shaped chalcids known, the structure of the thorax,
and particularly of the scutellum, being most wonderfully and curiously modified and developed;
this development, in connection with the brilliant colors of its members, makes the group the
most striking and attractive of any in the superfamily." However, disregarding these adaptive
differences, but considering the fundamental structure of the thorax, it is clear that the
eucharitids are descended from the same ancestral stem that produced the present-day
pteromalids.

Revision: Ruschka, 1924. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., 1924: 82-89. — Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus.,
Proc. 88: 425-458.

Biology: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1937. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 30: 163-175. —Clausen, 1940.
Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 30: 504-516.

Subfamily ORASEMINAE

Genus ORASEMA Cameron

Orasevia Cameron, 1884. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 1, p. 104.

Type-species: Orase)iia stm)iii)ieipes Cameron. Monotypic. Illustrations
accompanying description of stm)iii)ieipes mislabeled _/7ai;i/)es.
Semora Cameron, 1909. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 35: 432. Preocc. by Peckham, 1892.

Type-species: Seviom xanthopus Cameron. Orig. desig.
Seniorella Ghesquiere, 1946. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 39: 368. N. name.
Semorata Strand, 1947. Folia Zool. Hydrobiol. 11: 393. N. name.

Revision: Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 436-458.

Taxonomy: Kerrich, 1963. Bui. Ent. Res. 54: 366.

Orasema aureoviridis Gahan
Tex.

Orasema aureoviridis Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 448. ♀, ♂.

Orasema bakeri Gahan
Colo., Ariz.

Orasema bakeri Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 452. ♀, ♂.

Orasema beameri Gahan
Colo.

Oraseiua beameri Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 447. ♀, ♂.
cockerelli Gahan. Iowa, Kans., Colo., N. Mex., Ariz.

Ora.

Orasema coloradensis Wheeler
Va., Fla., Iowa, La., Kans., Tex., Colo., N. Mex. Host: Pheidole
bicarixata i'i)iela)idica Forel, Soleiiop.'sis 7)iolesta (Say).

Orasema coloradensis Wheeler, 1907. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 23: 12-14. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Clausen, 1940. Wash. Acad. Sci., Jour. 30: 504-507.

Orasema minuta Ashmead
Fla.

Oraseitia }uiHufa Ashmead, 1888. Ent. Amer. 3: 188. ♂.

Orasema neomexicana Gahan
N. Mex.; Mexico.

Orasewa neo))iexica)ia Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 450. ♀.

Orasema occidentalis Ashmead
Calif.

Orasema occidentalis Ashmead, 1892. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 355. ♀.

Orasema robertsoni Gahan
Fla. Host: Pheidole doitata Mayr.

Orasona robertsoni Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 451. ♀.

Biology: van Pelt, 1950. Ent. News 61: 161.

Orasema simulatrix Gahan
Ariz.

Orasema simulatrix Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 450. ♀.

Orasema smithi Howard
Va.

Orasoiia Stnitlii Howard, 1897. Linn. Soc. London, Jour., Zool. 26: 134. ♀.

Orasema texana Gahan
Tex.

Orasema texana Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 440. ♀.

Orasema tolteca Mann
Ariz.; Mexico. Host: Pheidole sp.

Orasema tolteca Mann, 1914. Psyche 21: 183-184. ♀, ♂.




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Orasema violacea Ashmead
N. C, Fla.

Omsenia violacea Ashmead, 1888. Ent. Amer. 3: 187. ♂.

Orasema viridis Ashmead
N. C, N. Mex., Ariz.; Me.xico.

Orasema viridis Ashmead, 1895. Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (2) 5: 553.

Biology: Smith, 1912. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent. Tech. Ser. 19: 57-59.

Morphology: Parker, 1924. Soc. Ent. de France, Ann. 93: 270 (larva).

Orasema wheeleri Wheeler
Tex., Colo. Host: Plieidole ceres Whir., P. sciopbila Whir., P. tepicana
Pergande.
Orasema wheeleri Wheeler, 1907. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 23: 14. ♀.

Subfamily EUCHARITINAE

Genus PSEDOCHALCURA Ashmead

Pneudochalcura Ashmead, 1904. Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 268, 269, 468.
Type-species: Eitcharis gibbosa Provancher. Orig. desig.

Psedochalcura arizonensis (Crawford)
Ariz.

Chalcura arizoneunia Crawford, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 29. ♀.

Biology: Pierce and Morrill, 1914. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 16: 22. —Clausen, 1940. Wash. Acad.

Sci., Jour. 30: 505-509.

Psedochalcura californica (Ashmead)
Oreg., Calif.

Chalcura califortiica Ashmead, 1892. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 356. ♂.

Psedochalcura gibbosa (Provancher)
Que., N. H., Mich. Host: Camponotus novaeboracensis (Fitch).

Eucharis gibbosa Provancher, 1881. Nat. Canad. 12: 292. ♀.

Taxonomy: Burks, 1964 (1963). Canad. Ent. 95: 1258.
Biology: Wheeler, 1907. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 23: 16.

Genus STILBULA Spinola

Stilbula Spinola, 1811. Paris Mus. Hist. Nat., Ann. 17: 150.

Type-species: Ichneumon cyniformis Rossi. Monotypic.

Stilbula floridana (Ashmead)
Fla.

Lophyrocera floridana Ashmead, 1888. Ent. Amer. 3: 187. ♂.

Taxonomy: Gahan, 1940. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 88: 435-436.

Stilbula montana Ashmead
Colo.

Stilbula montana Ashmead, 1890. Colo. Biol. Assoc, Bui. 1: 24, 45. ♀.

Stilbula septentrionalis (Brues)
Ariz.

Schizaspidia septeiitrionalis Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 104. ♀.

Genus LOPHYROCERA Cameron

Lophyrocera Cameron, 1884. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 1, pp. 101, 103.

Type-species: Lophyrocera stramineipes Cameron. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904.

Lophyrocera apicalis Ashmead
CaHf.

Lophyrocera apicalis Ashmead, 1892. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 357. ♀.

Lophyrocera nigromaculata Cameron
Ariz.; Cent. Amer.

Lophyrocera nigromaculata Cameron, 1884. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 1, p. 104.

Genus KAPALA Cameron

Kapala Cameron, 1884. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. 1, p. 102.

Type-species: Eucharis furcata Fabricius. Monotypic.
Capala Schulz, 1906. Spolia Hym., p. 150. Emend.

Kapala floridana (Ashmead)
Fla.

Thoracantha floridana Ashmead, 1885. Ent. Amer. 1: 96. ♂.

Taxonomy: Ashmead, 1885. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 12: Proc. p. xi.




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Kapala furcata (Fabricius)
Ga., Tex.; West Indies, Cent, and South Amer.
E ucharis f areata Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 158.

Taxonomy: Brues, 1907. Wis. Nat. Hist. Soc, Bui. 5: 105.

Genus PSEUDOMETAGEA Ashmead

Pseudometagea Ashmead, 1899. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 4: 239, 241. No species —Ashmead,
1904, Carnegie Mus., Mem. 1: 267. One species.

Type-species: Metagea scliwarzii Ashmead. Desig. by Ashmead, 1904.

Revision: Burks, 1961. Ent. News 72: 253-257.

Pseudometagea bakeri
***authority mismatch
Burl
Pneudometagea bakeri Buri

Pseudometagea schwarzii (Ashmead)
Que. and Ont., s. to Md. and D. C, w. to Wis., Iowa, Nebr. Host: Lasius
neoniger Emery.
Metagea schwarzii Ashmead, 1892. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 2: 356. ♂, ♀.
Pseudovietagea hilhneadia Girault, 1916. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 11: 113. ♀.

Biology: Ayre, 1962. Canad. Jour. Zool. 40: 157-164.


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