98 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



Tribe CERATULINI 



Genus CERATULUS MacGillivray 



Ceratulus MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 454. 



Type-species: Ceratulus spectabilis MacGillivray. Orig. desig. 



Only a single species is known for this genus. 



spectabilis MacGillivray. Tex. Host: Cissus incisa. 



Ceratulus spectabilis MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 454. 9,6. 



Tribe WALDHEIMIINI 



Genus WALDHEIMIA Brullc 



Waldhei^nia Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., p. 665. 



Type-species: Tenthredo brasiliensis Lepeletier. Orig. desig. 

 Zarca Cameron, 1878. Ent. Soc. London, Trans, p. 142. 



Type-species: Zarca apicatis Cameron. Monotypic. 

 Parazarca Ashmead, 1898. In Dyar, N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 6: 128. N. syn. 



Type-species: Parazarca fumipennis Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Calozarca Ashmead, 1898. In Dyar, N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 6: 129. N. syn. 



Type-species: Selatidria fascipe7i7iis Norton. Orig. desig. 



A large genus found from southwestern United States to Argentina. Of the more than 70 

 described species, only one reaches north of Mexico. 



Revision: Malaise, 1949. Arkiv for Zool. 42A: 33-58 (key to species). 

 bedeae Smith. S. Ariz.; Mexico. 



Waldheimia bedeae Smith, 1969. U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Bui. 1397, p. 156. 9. 



Genus ERYTHRASPIDES Ashmead 



Erythraspides Ashmead, 1898. In Dyar, N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 6: 128. 

 Type-species: Tenthredo pygmaea Say. Orig. desig. 



A small genus found also in Mexico and Central America. 



carbonarius (Cresson). Maine, Ont. to Ga. w. to Sask., Colo., Tex. Host: Oenothera. 

 Selayidria carbonaria Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 12. 9. 

 Selandria parva Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 12. 6. 

 Blennocampa abjecta MacGillivray, 1921. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 16: 22. 9. 

 Blennocampa absona MacGillivray, 1921. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 16: 22. S. 

 vitis (Harris). N. H. to Fla. w. to Iowa, Ark., La. Host: Vitis. Grape sawfly. 



Tenthredo pygmaea Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped. (App.) p. 318. 9, S. 



Preocc. by Klug, 1814. 

 Tenthredo (Selandria) vitis Harris, 1835. In Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. 



Mass., p. 586. Nom. nud. 

 Selandria vitis Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., Ed. 1, p. 378. 

 Selandria caryae Norton, 1869. In Packard, Guide Study Ins., p. 224. Adults only, larvae 

 are Eriocavipa juglandis (Fitch). 



Biology: Horsfall, 1929. Ent. News 40: 174-177. 



Genus HALIDAMIA Benson 



Halidamia Benson, 1939. Ent. Monthly Mag. 75: 111. 



Type-species: Blennocampa affinis (Fallen). Orig. desig. 



The single species in this genus was probably introduced into North America. 



affinis (Fallen). Conn, to Md. w. to Ont, Wis.; Europe. Probably introduced. Host: Galium. 

 Host recorded in Europe. 

 Hylotoma affinis Fallen, 1807. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 28: 207. 

 Hylotoma assimilis Fallen, 1807. Svenska Vetensk. Akad., Handl. 28: 204. 9. 



