Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA 21 



Type-species: Tentkredo rosae Linnaeus. Monotypic. 

 Corynia Imhof and Labram, 1836. Ins. Schweiz., p. 23. 



Type-species: Corynia rosarum Imhof and Labram. Desig. by Rohwer, 1911. 

 Acanthoptenos Ashmead, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 212. 



Type-species: Acanthoptenos weithii Ashmead. Orig. desig. 

 Rhopalospiria Enderlein, 1920. Gesell. f. Naturf. Freunde, Sitzber. 9: 116. N. syn. 



Type-species: Rhopalospiria rnbiginosa (Beauvois). Orig. desig. 



A large genus not represented only in the Neotropical and Australian regions. This is the most 

 widespread genus in North America and is found from Canada and Alaska south to northern 

 Mexico. The larvae feed on the foliage of their hosts. Several of the segregates below are species 

 complexes, the taxonomy of which is yet to be worked out. 



abdominalis (Leach). Ga., Fla. 



Hylotoma abdoyninalis Leach, 1817. Zool. Misc., v. 3, p. 123. 9. 

 borealis (Kirby). N. B., Maine, Mass., Ont. (St. Martin Falls, Hudson's Bay). 



Hylotoma borealis Kirby, 1882. List Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 66. 9. 

 caerulea (Dalla Torre). Maine to Md. 



Hylotoma coenilea Norton, 1864. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 3: 5. 9. Preocc. by Latreille, 1805. 



Hylotoma caerulea Dalla Torre, 1894. Cat. Hym., v. 1, p. 327. N. name. 

 clavicornis (Fabricius). Newfoundland to Alaska s. to Ga., N. Mex., Calif.; Holarctic (?). 

 Ecology: Widespread. Host: Amelanchier, Azalea, Betula, Carpinus, Corylus, 

 Crataegus, Primus, Salix. A species complex. 



Tenthredo clavicoruis Fabricius, 1793. Ent. System., v. 2, p. 108. 9. 



Hylotoma viresceiis Klug, 1814. Mag. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 6: 296. 9,6. 



Hylotoma MacLeayi Leach, 1817. Zool. Misc., v. 3, p. 122. 9. 



Hylotoma analis Leach, 1817. Zool. Misc., v. 3, p. 123. S. 



Hylotoma mellina Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 3. 9. 



Hylotoma cyra Kirby, 1882. List Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 66. 9. 



Hylotoma mentzeliae Cockerell, 1898. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (7)2: 456. N. syn. 



Acanthoptenos weithii Ashmead, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 212. 



Arge inops Konow, 1906. Ztschr. System. Hym. Dipt. 6: 181. 6. 



Hylotoma nigrescens Rohwer, 1909. Canad. Ent. 41: 13. S. N. syn. 



Hylotoma onerosa MacGillivray, 1923. Psyche 30: 80. 9, 6. 



Hylotoma sparta MacGilHvray, 1923. 111. Univ., Bui. 20(50): 18. 9, 6. 



Arge criddlei Garlick, 1927. Canad. Ent. 59: 182. 9,6. 



Arge iynitans Garlick, 1927. Canad. Ent. 59: 182. 9, 6. 



Biology: Jack, 1891. Psyche 6: 11 (ynacleayi). —Will, 1947. Pa. Acad. Sci., Proc. 16: 47-49 



(macleayi). —Will, 1959. Pa. Acad. Sci., Proc. 33: 219 {macleayi). 

 coccinea (Fabricius). Conn, to Fla. w. to Tex. Host: Rhiis spp. 



Hylotoma coccinea Fabricius, 1804. Systema Piezatorum, p. 24. 



Tenthredo nibiginosa Beauvois, 1805. Ins. Afr. Amer., v. 2, p. 98. 9. N. syn. 



Hylotoma miniata Klug, 1814. Mag. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 6: 298. 6. 



Hylotoma rubra Klug, 1814. Mag. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 6: 299. 9. 



Hylotoma erythrosoma Leach, 1817. Zool. Misc., v. 3, p. 124. 9. N. syn. 



Hylotoma scutellata Lepeletier, 1823. Monog. Tenthred., p. 47. 



Hylotoma sphinx Kirby, 1882. List Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 68. 6. N. syn. 

 humeralis (Beauvois). Maine to Fla. w. to Minn., Kans., Tex. Host: Poison-ivy. 



Tenthredo humeralis Beauvois, 1805. Ins. Afr. Amer., v. 2, p. 99. 9. 



Hylotoma sanguinea Klug, 1814. Mag. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 6: 299. 9. 



Hylotoma scutellata Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 211. 9. N. syn. 



Hylotoma grandis Rohwer, 1909. Canad. Ent. 41: 14. 6. N. syn. 

 ochropa (Gmelin). Ont.; Europe to Siberia, Middle East. Introduced (?) into N. Amer. Host: 

 Rosa. 



Tenthredo ochropus Gmelin, 1790. In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., Ed. 13, v. 1, pt. 5, p. 2657. 



Taxonomy: Malaise and Benson, 1934. Archiv for Zool. 26A: 7-8, 13 (=rosae of authors, nee 

 Linnaeus). 



