Superfamily SIRICOIDEA 127 



Sirex fulvocinctus Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon, p. 114. 9. 

 Sirex abaddoji Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon, p. 115. 9. 

 Pmirurus hopkinsi Ashmead, 1904. Canad. Ent. 36: 64. 9, 6. 

 juvencus californicus (Ashmead). Alta., Mont., Wye, N. Mex., Utah, w. to B. C, Wash., Oreg., 

 Calif.; Mexico. Host: Cnpressus macrocarpa, Larix occidentalis, Pinus contorta, P. 

 Jeffrey}, P. po7iderosa, Pseudotsiiga menziesii. 

 Patinirus californicus Ashmead, 1904. Canad. Ent. 36: 64. 9. 

 Sirex obesus Bradley, 1913. Jour. Ent. and Zool. 5: 12. 9. 



Taxonomy: Benson, 1963. Ent. Monthly Mag. 98: 252 (a subsp. of juvencus). —Cameron, 

 1967. Canad. Ent. 99: 18 (male). 



Biology: Cameron, 1968. Pan-Pacific Ent. 44: 168 (from bolts of Pinus ponderosa injured by 



atmospheric pollution). 

 juvencus juvencus (Linnaeus). Labrador, Newfoundland, N. S., N. B., N. J., Yukon, B. C; 



Eurasia. Host: Abies balsamea, A. lasiocarpa, Pinus contorta. Recorded from species 

 oi Abies, Larix, Picea, and Pinus in Europe and Asia. Occasionally intercepted in New 

 Zealand, Australian, and Philippine ports in lumber. Probably more common in North 

 America than expected. 



Ichneumon juvencus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, v. 1, p. 560. 



Sirex nigricomis Acerbi, 1802. Trav. North Cape, v. 2, p. 253. Preocc. 



Sirex dubia Kirby, 1882. List Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 375. N. name for nigricomis Acerbi. 



Sirex australis Kirby, 1882. List Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 383. 9. 



Sirex Leseleuci Toumier, 1890. Ent. Geneve 1: 220. 



Paurunis sucineiceps Koornneef, 1935. Tijdschr. Ent. 78: xix. 



Sirex juvencus var. atricomis Kjellander, 1945. Kungl. Fysiograf. Sallskap. Lund, Forh. 

 15: 126. 



Taxonomy: Benson, 1943. Bui. Ent. Res. 34: 37. —Benson, 1945. Ent. Monthly Mag. 81: 67-68. 

 -Benson, 1963. Ent. Monthly Mag. 98: 252. 



Biology: Chrystal, 1928. Bui. Ent. Res. 19: 223. — Stillwell, 1966. Forest Science 12: 121-128 

 (associated fungus, in N. B., N. S.). —Morris, 1967. B. C. Ent. Soc, Jour. 64: 60-63 (hosts 

 and distribution in B. C. and Yukon). 



longicauda Middlekauff. Idaho, Colo., N. Mex., Utah, w. to Oreg., Calif. Host: Abies concolor, 

 A. magnifica, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii. Adventive in eastern states 

 emerging from lumber. 

 Sirex longicauda Middlekauff, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 189. 9. 



Taxonomy: Middlekauff, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 31-32 (male). 



Biology: Wickman, 1964. Pan-Pacific Ent. 40: 259-261 (oviposition). 

 nigricomis Fabricius. Que. to Fla. w. to Sask., Wis., Ohio, Ark., La. Host: Pinus echinata, P. 

 strobus, P. virginiana. 

 Sirex 7iigricornis Fabricius, 1781. Species Insectorum, v.l, p. 418. 9. 

 Sirex morio Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon, p. 115. 9. 

 Paururus pinicolus Ashmead, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 179. 9 . 



Biology: Webster, 1895. Ohio Farmer, p. 177. 

 noctilio Fabricius. Ont., Man.?; Eurasia. Holarctic(?). Host: None recorded in N. Amer.; in 



Europe, Abies, Larix, Picea, Pinus, Pseudotsuga; in N. Z. and Australia, Pinus radiata, 

 Pinus spp. Introduced into New Zealand, Australia, and Tasmania where it is a serious 

 pest. 

 Sirex noctilio Fabricius, 1793. Ent. System., v. 2, p. 130. 

 Urocerus Feisthameli Brulle, 1833. Exped. Sci. de Moree, v. 3, p. 387. 

 Sirex melanoceros Thomson, 1871. Hym. Scand., v. 1, p. 328. 

 Paururus atlantidis Ghigi, 1909. Bol. Soc. Ent. Ital. 60: 163. 



Taxonomy: Benson, 1943. Bui. Ent. Res. 34: 37. —Benson, 1962. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent., 

 Bui. 12: 385. 



