Superfamily MEGALODONTOIDEA 



priceae Burdick. Calif. Host: Pinus coulteri. 



Xyela prkeae Burdick, 1961. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 17: 339. 9, 6. 

 radiatae Burdick. Calif. Host: Pinus radiata(^) 



Xyela radiatae Burdick, 1961. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 17: 337. 9,6. 

 serrata Burdick. Calif. Host: Pinus muricata. 



Xyela serrata Burdick, 1961. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 17: 341. 9. 

 styrax Burdick. D. C, Ga., Md., N. Y., Va. Host: Pinus virginiana. 



Xyela styrax Burdick, 1961. Calif. Univ., Pubs., Ent. 17: 345 9, 6. 



Tribe PLERONEURINI 

 Genus PLERONEURA Konow 



Pleronenra Konow, 1897. Ent. Nachr. 23: 56. 



Type-species: Xyela dahli Hartig. Desig. by Rohwer, 1911. 

 Pleuroneura Ashmead, 1898. Psyche 8: 214. Emend. 

 Manoxyela Ashmead, 1898. Psyche 8: 214. 



Type-species: Manoxyela californica Ashmead. Orig. desig. 



Larvae of this genus live in the developing shoots and buds of Abies. 



Revision: Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 88-93. —Ross, 1932. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 25: 

 156-159. 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 60: 382-383 (larvae). —Smith, 1967. Ent. Soc. 

 Wash., Proc. 69: 182-183 (species synonymy). 

 aldrichi Ross. Idaho, Oreg., Nev., Calif. Host: Abies. 



Pleroneura aldrichi Ross, 1932. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 25: 158-159. 9,6. 

 brunneicornis Rohwer. N. S., N. B., Maine, Que., Ont., N. Y., Minn. Host: Abies balsamea, A. 

 concolor. 

 Pleroneura bruneiconiisV.) Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 89. 9. 

 Pleroneura bmyineicomis Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 220. 

 Pleroneura borealis Felt, 1917. Canad. Ent. 49: 220. 9,6. 



Biology: Webb and Forbes, 1951. Canad. Ent. 83: 181-183. 

 californica (Ashmead). Wyo., Alta., Utah, B. C, Oreg., Calif. Host: Abies spp. 



Manoxyela califoi-nica Ashmead, 1898. Psyche 8: 214. 6. 



Pleroneura fulvicornis Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 89. 6. 



Pleroneura sclucarzi Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 220. 9. 

 koebelei Rohwer. Idaho, Oreg., Calif. Host: Abies spp. 



Pleroneura koebelei Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 90. 6. 

 lutea Rohwer. Idaho, Oreg., Nev., Calif. 



Pleroneura lutea Rohwer, 1910. Canad. Ent. 42: 90. 6. 



Subfamily MACROXYELINAE 



Tribe XYELECIINI 



Genus XYELECIA Ross 



Xyelecia Ross, 1932. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 25: 159. 



Type-species: Xyelecia nearctica Ross. Orig. desig. 

 nearctica Ross. "Mont, and Colo.", Idaho, Oreg., Calif. Ecology: Larvae live in shoots. Host: 

 Abies spp. 

 Xyelecia nearctica Ross, 1932. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 25: 160. 9. 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40: 54-56 (male). —Smith, 1967. Ent. Soc. Amer., 

 Ann. 60: 381-382 (larva). 



