Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA 43 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1971. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 97: 526 (lectotype for nigricans). 



Tribe SELANDRIINI 

 Genus BRACHYTHOPS Haliday 



Coryna Lepeletier and Serville, 1825. Encycl. Meth., Ins., v. 10, p. 567. Preocc. by Bosc, 

 1802. 



Type-species: Tenthredo scapularis Lepeletier and Serville. Desig. by Rohwer, 1911. 

 Brackythops Haliday, 1839. In Curtis, Brit. Ent., v. 16, p. 764. 



Type-species: Brachythops seminigra Haliday. Monotypic. 

 Paraselandria Ashmead, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 255. 



Type-species: Selandria flavens Klug. Orig. desig. 

 Selajidridea Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 388. 



Type-species: Selayidridea I'anduzeei Rohwer. Orig. desig. 

 Pseudoselandria MacGillivray, 1914. Canad. Ent. 46: 103. 



Type-species: Pseudoselandria oxalata MacGillivray Orig. desig. 



A small holarctic genus closely related to the Palaearctic Selandria Leach. Larvae of this 

 genus feed on sedges. 



flavens (Klug). Labrador to Alaska s. to N. Y., Wis., Colo.; Europe to Siberia. Host: Carex. 



Tenthredo (Allantus) flavens Klug, 1818. Mag. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 8: 48. 9, 3. 



Tenthredo (Coryna) scapularis Lepeletier and Serville, 1825. Encycl. Meth. Ins., v. 10, p. 

 567. 9. 



Phyllotoma puella Fallen, 1829. Monog. Tenthred. Suec, p. 30. 9, 6. 



Brachythops seminigra Haliday, 1839. In Curtis, Brit. Ent., v. 16, p. 764. 



Selandria flavescens Thomson, 1870. Opusc. Ent, 2nd Fasc, p. 291. 



Selandria decolorata Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 15. 6. 



Selandridea vandiizeei Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 388. 9, cJ. 



Selandria flavens \ar.flavior Enslin, 1913. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., Beih., p. 144. 



Pseudoselandria oxalata MacGillivray, 1914. Canad. Ent. 46: 103. 9. 

 wuestneii (Konow). Que., N. W. T., Man., Alta., Yukon, Alaska; Europe. Host: Carex. 



Selandria icustneii Konow, 1885. Wien. Ent. Ztg. 4: 122. 9,6. 



Tribe ADELESTINI 

 Genus ADELESTA Ross 



Adelesta Ross, 1937. 111. Biol. Monog. 15(2): 68. 



Type-species: Selandria nova Norton. Orig. desig. 



The single species in this genus is found in North America only. 



nova (Norton). N. S., N. B., Que., Maine. 



Selandria nova Norton, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 254. 9. 



Tribe HEPTAMELINI 



Genus HEPTAMELUS Haliday 



Melicerta Stephens, 1835. Illus. Brit. Ent., v. 7, p. 94. Preocc. by Schrank, 1803. 



Type-species: Melicerta ochroleuca Stephens. Monotypic. 

 Heptamelus Haliday, 1855. Nat. Hist. Rev., v. 2, p. 60. 



Type-species: Melicerta ochroleuca Stephens. Monotypic. 

 Caenoneura Thomson, 1870. Opusc Ent., 2nd Fasc, p. 270. 



Type-species: Caenoneura dahlbomi Thomson. Monotypic. 



Most species of this genus are found in Asia. 



ochroleucus (Stephens). B. C. (Squamish, Diamond Head Trail); Europe, Japan. Ecology: 



Larva bores downward in stems of ferns. Host: Athyrium, Polypodium, and Blechniim. 

 These hosts were recorded in Europe. 

 Melicerta ochroleuca Stephens, 1835. Illus. Brit. Ent., v. 7, p. 95. 



