Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA 35 



Species Group Sertifer 



abietis (Harris). Newfoundland to Alaska s. to Maine, Mich., Minn., Calif. Ecology: Widespread. 

 Host: Abies balsaynea, A. concolor, A. magnifica, Picea glauca, P. niariaiia, P. 

 engelmannii, P. sitchensis, Tsiiga heterophylla, Pseudotsuga menziesii. Biologically 

 different material has been reared from different hosts, and there are slight differences 

 in structure and color between populations of this species complex. Balsam fir sawfly. 

 Lophyrus abietis Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., p. 376. Larva. 



Biology: Bird, 1929. Ont. Ent. Soc, Ann. Rpt. 1929, pp. 76-82. —Brown, 1933. Canad. Dept. 

 Agr., Forest Biol. Pub. 2, 4 pp. —Brown, 1941. Canad. Dept. Agr., Pub. 712: 50. 

 — Schaffner, 1943. Jour. Forestry 41: 583. — Pierson, 1943. Maine Forest Comm., Ed. 5, p. 

 17. -Reeks and Smith, 1945. Acad. Nat. 2: 10. -Struble, 1957. Forest Sci. 3: 306-310 (in 

 Calif.). —Struble, 1959. Jour. Forestry 57: 510-511 (egg sampling). — Finlayson, 1963. 

 Canad. Ent. 95: 476-478 (parasites). —Tripp and Wallace, 1965. Canad. Dept. Forestry, 

 Forest Ent. and Path. Br., Ann. Rpt. 1965, p. 95. -Baker, 1972. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. 

 Pub. 1175, pp. 446-447. — Knerer and Atwood, 1973. Science 179: 1090-1099 (behavior; 

 splitting the N. abietis complex). 

 burkei Middleton. Mont., Wyo. Host: Finns contorta. Lodgepole sawfly. 



Neodiprion {Neodiprimi) burkei Middleton, 1931. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 33: 174. 9, 6. 



Biology: Burke, 1932. U. S. Dept. Agr., Cir. 224: 11-19. 

 deleoni Ross. Wash. (North Port). Host: Abies grandis. 



Neodiprion deleoni Ross, 1955. Forest Sci. 1: 200, 205. 9, S. 

 demoides Ross. Calif. (Yosemite Natl. Pk.). Host: Pinus albicaulis. 



Neodiprion demoides Ross, 1955. Forest Sci. 1: 201, 205. 9, 6. 

 edulicolus Ross. Colo., N. Mex., Utah, Nev. Host: Pinus edidicolus, P. vionophylla. 



Neodiprion edidicolus Ross, 1955. Forest Sci. 1: 201, 206. 9, cJ. 



Biology: McGregor and Sandin, 1968. Canad. Ent. 100: 51-57. 

 fulviceps (Cresson). Mont., Colo. w. to Oreg., Calif.; Mexico. Host: Pinus ponderosa, P.jeffreyi, 

 P. laynbertiana, P. radiata, P. coulteri. Either a variable species or a confusing species 

 complex. 

 Lophyrus fidviceps Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 25. 9. 



Biology: Dahlsten, 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 182-195 (Neodiprion sp.). —Stark and Dahlsten, 

 1961. Canad. Ent. 93: 443-450 (cocoon distribution). —Stark and Dahlsten, 1965. Canad. 

 Ent. 97: 550-552 (egg distribution). —Dahlsten, 1966. Canad. Ent. 98: 1055-1083 (biological 

 differences indicate several distinct populations). —Dahlsten, 1967. Ecology 48: 275. 



Morphology: Daly, 1963. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 56: 303. 

 gillettei (Rohwer). Colo., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico. Host: Pinus ponderosa. 



Lophyrus gillettei Rohwer, 1908. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 16: 113. 9, cJ. 

 mundus Rohwer. Oreg., Calif. Host: Pinus ponderosa. 



Neodiprion (Neodiprion) mundus Rohwer, 1918. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 20: 86. 9. 

 nanulus contortae Ross. Alta., Idaho, Oreg. Host: Pinus contorta, P. ponderosa. 



Neodiprion nanidus contortae Ross, 1955. Forest Sci. 1: 201, 207. 9,6. 

 nanulus nanulus Schedl. N. S., N. B. to N. J. w. to Man., Sask., Wis. Host: Pinus resinosa, P. 

 banksiayia, P. contorta, P. rigida, P. echinata, P. ynugho. Red pine sawfly. 



Neodiprion nanulus Schedl, 1933. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent., Beihefte 20: 449. Larva. 



Taxonomy: Schedl, 1935. Deut. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 6: 41-44 (adults). 



Biology: Schedl, 1937. Ztschr. f. Angew. Ent., Beihefte 24: 51. —Schedl, 1939. Internatl. 

 Kong. Ent., Berlin 1938, sect. 7, bd. 3, pp. 2053-2056. —Atwood, 1943. In Atwood and Peck, 

 Canad. Jour. Res., Sect. D, Zool. Sci. 21: 134. — Cannola, Waters, and Nason, 1959. Jour. 

 Econ. Ent. 52: 600 (sequential sampling of eggs). —Kapler and Benjamin, 1960. Forest Sci. 

 6: 253 (biology in Wis.). —Underwood, 1960. Canad. Ins. Pest Rev. 38: 32. — McCormick 

 and Andresen, 1961. Amer. Mus. Nov. 2032, 6 pp. —Finlayson, 1963. Canad. Ent. 95: 

 480-481 (parasites). —Tripp and Wallace, 1965. Canad. Dept. Forestry, Forest Ent. and 

 Path. Br., Ann. Rpt. 1965, p. 95. — Underwood, 1967. Canad. Ent. 99: 1114-1116 (parasites). 

 — Baker, 1972. U. S. Dept. Agr., Misc. Pub. 1175, pp. 445-446. 



