Universal Chalcidoidea Database

Synonymic list

Melittobia Westwood, 1848

[ Eulophidae : Tetrastichinae ]
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Anthophorabia Newport
Newport, G. 1849, Anthophora retusa. Gardeners Chronicle, London 1849(12):183    
New genus
Type species: Anthophorabia retusa Newport, by monotypy
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Smith, F. (1854), Notes on the habits of a bee-parasite, Melittobia acasta. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (new series) 2 pp. 248-253    
Synonym of Melittobia Westwood (pages 248-253)
Melittobia Westwood
Westwood, J.O. 1848, 5th July 1847. Exhibitions, Memoirs, etc. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 5:xviii    
New genus
Type species: Melittobia audouinii Westwood, by monotypy
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Westwood, J.O. (1849), On the Melittobia Audouini (Anthophorabia retusa Newp.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 5 pp. lxv    
Valid genus (page lxv)
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Dalla Torre, K.W. von (1898), Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. V. Chalcididae et Proctotrupidae. pp. 598pp Lepzig     view Westwood, J.O.  (1848) in PDF format
Valid genus (page 84)
[ Elachistinae. ]
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Ashmead, W.H. (1904), A list of Hymenoptera of the Philippine Islands with descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(1) pp. 1-22     view Westwood, J.O.  (1848) in PDF format
Valid genus (page 348)
[ Tetrastichinae. ]
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Schmiedeknecht, O. (1909), Hymenoptera fam. Chalcididae. Genera Insectorum 97 pp. 1-550 (Ed: Wytsman, P.) Brussels    
Valid genus (page 466)
[ Eulophinae. ]
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De Santis, L. (1949), Dos notas sobre Calcidoideos Argentinos (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Revista del Museo de La Plata (Zoologia) 14 pp. 275-281    
Valid genus (page 276)
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Dahms, E.C. (1984), Revision of the genus Melittobia (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) with the description of seven new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 21 pp. 271-336    
Valid genus (pages 271-336)
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Narendran, T.C. (2007), Indian chalcidoid parasitoids of the Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No 272 pp. 386pp, 4 Plates Zoological Survey of India, Kolkatha    
Compared with Tachinobia Boucek (page 216)
Philopison Cameron
Cameron, P. 1908, Descriptions of two new genera and species of reared Chalcididae from Borneo. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Berlin 1908(5):559     view Cameron, P.  (1908) in PDF format
New genus
Type species: Philopison clavicornis Cameron, by monotypy
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Ferrière, C. (1933), Chalcidoid and proctotrupoid parasites of pests of the coconut palm. Fam. Eulophidae (continued). Stylops 2(5) pp. 97-108     view Cameron, P.  (1908) in PDF format
Synonym of Melittobia Westwood (page 103)
Sphecophagus Brethes
Brèthes, J. 1910, Himenopteros Argentinos. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires (3) 20:208     view Brèthes, J.  (1910) in PDF format
New genus
Type species: Sphecophagus sceliphronidis Brèthes, by monotypy
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De Santis, L. (1949), Dos notas sobre Calcidoideos Argentinos (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Revista del Museo de La Plata (Zoologia) 14 pp. 275-281    
Synonym of Melittobia Westwood (page 276)
Sphecophilus Brethes
Brèthes, J. 1910, Himenopteros Argentinos. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires (3) 20:311 [ Replacement name for Sphecophagus Brèthes, 1910. ]     view Brèthes, J.  (1910) in PDF format
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De Santis, L. (1949), Dos notas sobre Calcidoideos Argentinos (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Revista del Museo de La Plata (Zoologia) 14 pp. 275-281    
Synonym of Melittobia Westwood (page 276)
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Graham, M.W.R. de V. (1991), A reclassification of the European Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): revision of the remaining genera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute No 49 pp. 322pp    
Unnecessary replacement name Sphecophagus Brethes (page 180)