Superfamily MEGALODONTOIDEA 11 



Subfamily CEPHALCIINAE 



Members of this subfamily are associated with conifers. There are two tribes and one, the 

 Cephalciini, occurs in North America; the other, Caenolydini, is Palaearctic. 



Tribe CEPHALCIINI 



Genus CEPHALCIA Panzer 



Cephalcia Jurine, 1801. Intell. Blatt Litt.-Ztg. Erlangen 1: 163. Suppressed, Internatl. 



Comm. Zool. Nomencl. Op. 135, 1939. 

 Cephalcia Panzer, 1805. Faunae Ins. German, heft 86, pis. 8, 9. 



Type-species: Cephalcia arvensis Panzer. Desig. by Rohwer, 1911. 

 Cephalcia Jurine, 1807. Nouv. Meth. Class. Hym. Dipt. 67, t. 2, f. 7. 

 Liolyda Ashmead, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 209. 



Type-species: Lyda frontalis Westwood. Orig. desig. 



Revision: Middlekauff, 1958. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 14: 132-149. -Eidt, 1969. Canad. Ent. 



Soc, Mem. No. 59, 56 pp. (taxonomy, morphology, larval descriptions, life histories for 



most of North American species). 

 californica Middlekauff. Alta., Mont., Wyo., B. C, Calif. Host: Pinus contorta, P. ponderosa. 



Cephalcia californica Middlekauff, 1958. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 14: 135. 9. 

 distincta (MacGillivray). Newfoundland to N. Y., w. to Ont. and Mich. Host: Abies balsamea, 

 Tsuga canadensis. 



Cephalcia distincta MacGillivray, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 296. 6. 



Cephalcia rossi Middlekauff, 1958. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 14: 147. 9. 

 fascipennis (Cresson). Que., N. S., Maine, N. H. w. to B. C. Host: Picea engelmaymi, P. glauca, 

 P. mariana, P. pungens, P. rubens. 



Lyda fascipennis Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 31. 9. 



Pamphilius fasciipenyiis Dalla Torre, 1894. Cat. Hym., v. 1, p. 427. Emend. 



Cephalcia criddlei MacGillivray, 1912. Canad. Ent. 44: 296. 9. 



Cephalcia dissipator MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ., Bui. 20(50): 8. S. 



Biology: Eidt, 1965. Canad. Ent. 97: 148-153. 

 frontalis (Westwood). Ont. and Mich. s. to Ga. Host: Pinus resinosa, probably other pines. 



Lyda frontalis Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon., p. 110, pi. 20, fig. 7. 6. 



Caenolyda onekama MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ., Bui. 20(50): 8. 9. 

 fulviceps (Rohwer). Que., N. B., N. H., Conn., N. J., Ont., Ark. Host: Pi^ius resi^wsa, P. 

 banksiana. 



Cephalcia fulviceps Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 90. 9. 

 hopkinsi (Rohwer). Ariz. Host: Pinus ponderosa(f). An adult collection record. 



Cephalcia hopkinsi Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 217. 6. 

 marginata Middlekauff. N. S. and Que. s. to Va., W. Va. Host: Pinus resi^wsa, P. strobus. 



Cephalcia marginata Middlekauff, 1953. Pan-Pacific Ent. 29: 133. 9,3. 



Biology: Daviault, 1956. Canad. Ent. 88: 488-492. 

 Morphology: Rivard, 1955. Canad. Ent. 87: 382-399. 

 nigra Middlekauff. N. S., N. B., Maine, Mich. Host: Picea glauca. 



Cephalcia nigra Middlekauff, 1958. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 14: 143. 9. 

 provancheri (Huard). Newfoundland s. to N. C, w. to Yukon, Alaska and s. in w. mountains to 

 Colo., Utah, Nev., and Calif. Ecology: Widespread. Host: Picea engelmanni, P. glauca, 

 P. mariana, P. mbens, P. sitchensis. 

 Lyda provancheri Huard, 1879. Nat. Canad. 11: 148. 6. 

 Lyda nigropectus Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 32. 9. 

 Pamphilius mathematicus Kirby, 1882. List Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 348. i. 

 Cephaleia punctata Rohwer, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 177. 9. 

 semidea (Cresson). Que., N. B., Maine, N. H., Conn., N. Y., Ont, Mich. Host: Picea glauca, P. 

 ynariana. 

 Lyda semidea Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 31. 9. 



