Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA 107 



Genus TAXONUS Hartig 



Taxonus Hartig, 1837. Fam. Blattwespen und Holzwespen, nebst Einleitung Naturgesch. 

 Hym., p. 297. 



Type-species: Tenthredo (Allantiis) nitida Klug. Desig. by Rohwer, 1911. 

 Ermilia Costa, 1859. Fauna del Regno di Napoli, Imen., pt. 3, p. 106. 



Type-species: Ermilia pulchella Costa. Monotypic. 

 Strongylogastroidea Ashmead, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 308. 



Type-species: Alla7itus apicalis Say. Orig. desig. 

 Parasiobla Ashmead, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 308. 



Type-species: Allayitus rufociyictus Norton. Orig. desig. 

 Hypotaxonus Ashmead, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 311. 



Type-species: Allanhis pallipes Say. Orig. desig. 



This genus is better represented in east Asia and eastern North America than in other parts 

 of the world. Judging from the few records, plants of the Rosaceae serve as hosts. 



borealis MacGillivray. Newfoundland to N. C, Tenn. w. to Mich., Wis. 



Taxo7ius borealis MacGillivray, 1895. Canad. Ent. 27: 78. 9. 

 epicera (Say). N. H., Ont. to N. C. w. to Wis., 111. Kans., Tex. 



Allantus epicera Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 216. 6. 

 pallicoxus (Provancher). N. S., N. B., Que. to Va. w. to Alta., 111. Host: Fragaria. 



Tenthredo (Taxonus) unicinctus Norton, 1862. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 9: 119. 9, 6. 

 Preocc. by Brulle, 1832. 



Strongylogaster pallicoxus Provancher, 1885. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 11. 

 9,6. 



Strongylogaster pallidicoxis Dalla Torre, 1894. Cat. Hym., v. 1, p. 137. Emend. 



Strongylogastroidea nifocinctana MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 31. 9. 

 pallidicornis (Norton). Que., Maine, Ont. to Fla. w. to Wis., Ill, La. Host: Rubiis. 



Strongylogaster pallidicomis Norton, 1868. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 2: 216. 9. 

 pallipes (Say). N. H. to Ga., Ala. w. to Mich., 111. 



Allantus pallipes Say, 1823. West. Quart. Rptr. 2: 72. 



Strongylogaster pallidipes Dalla Torre, 1894. Cat. Hym., v. 1, p. 137. Emend. 



Strongylogastroidea rufula MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 32. 9. 

 proximus (Provancher). Que., Maine, Ont. s. to Ga. 



Strongylogaster proximus Provancher, 1885. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 12. 

 9. 



Strongylogastroidea rufinerva MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 31. 9. 

 rufocinctus (Norton). Que., Maine, Ont. to N. C. w. to Minn., 111., Ark. 



Allantus rufocinctus Norton, 1860. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 7: 248. 9,6. 



Taxonus (Parasiobla) rufocinctus virginicus Rohwer, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 41: 405. 

 9. 



Strongylogastroidea unicinctella MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 33. 9. 

 spiculatus (MacGillivray). Maine to N. C, Tenn. w. to Ohio, W. Va. 



Strongylogastroidea spiculata MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 369. 9. 

 terminalis (Say). N. S., N. B., Que., Ont. to Fla. w. to Minn., 111., Tex. 



Tenthredo tertninalis Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2 (App.), p. 318. 

 9,6. 



Tenthredo (Allantus) melisoma Harris, 1835. In Hitchcock, Rpt. Geol. Mineral. Bot. Zool. 

 Mass., p. 583. Nom. nud. 



Allantus apicalis Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 216. 



Allantus abdojninalis Norton, 1860. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 7: 238. 9,6. 



Allayitus rnellosus Norton, 1860. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 7: 287. 9,6. 



Strongylogaster rufoculus MacGillivray, 1894. Canad. Ent. 26: 327. 9. 



Strongylogastroidea confusa MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 369. 9. 



Strongylogastroidea shermani MacGillivray, 1923. 111. Univ. Bui. 20(50): 32. 9. 



