1. Calliephialtes ferrugineus Cushman, 1940

Calliephialtes ferrugineus Cushman 1940: 362

[ holotype ♀ (USNM), Puerto Rico, Boqueron, ex Pectinophora gossypiella, 20.v.1938, coll. K.A. Bartlett; ♀].

References. Townes & Townes 1951: 188 [catalogue]. Wolcott 1951: 765 [Puerto Rico; host]. Townes & Townes 1960: 86 [description; USA (Florida), Cuba, Puerto Rico; host]. Townes & Townes 1966: 11 [catalogue]. Gauld 1991: 187 [description; Costa Rica,? Jamaica]. Carlson 1979: 326 [catalogue]. Gauld et al. 1998: 21 [Costa Rica]. González-Moreno & Bordera 2012: 35 [Mexico (Yucatán)].

Material examined. USA. Florida: 2 ♀ (AEIC) Miami, 16.iii.1966, coll. H. & M. Townes. 1 ♀ (AEIC) 50 km SW of Miami, “ UadeCo; ChekikaSt. RecArea ”, 3.iii–28.iv.1985, coll. S. & J. Peck et al. 1 ♂ (AEIC) Alachua Co., Gainesville, ex Clydonopteron tecomae Riley (det. D.H. Habeck), 29.x.1962, coll. D.H. Habeck.

Distribution. USA (Florida), Mexico (Yucatán), Cuba, Puerto Rico,? Jamaica, Costa Rica.

Biology. The holotype and paratype were reared from the pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) ( Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Puerto Rico (Cushman 1940: 362). One male examined in the AEIC was reared from Clydonopteron tecomae Riley ( Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Florida. Wolcott (1951: 765) reported this species as a solitary parasitoid of a shoot borer Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller) ( Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Cedrela odorata L. ( Meliaceae) in Puerto Rico.