Superfamily SIRICOIDEA 131 



Type-species: Xiphidion canadensis Provancher. Monotypic. 

 Hyponotus(\) Enslin, 1917. Deut. Ent. Ztschr., pp. 704, 706. Preocc. 

 abdominalis Say. Ont. to N. C. w. to Wis., Iowa. Host: Acer, Tilia americana. 



Xipkydria abdommalis Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2 (App.), p. 311. 



9. 

 Xiphydria attenuata Norton, 1862. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 1: 214. <J. 

 Xipkydria nifiventris Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 34. 9. 



Taxonomy: Rohwer, 1921. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 59: 83. 

 canadensis Provancher. Que., Va. 



Xiphydria catiadensis Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 373. 9. 

 hicoriae Rohwer. Ont., Mass. to N. J., Pa. w. to Ohio, 111. Host: Carya, Ulmus. 



Xiphydria hicoriae Rohwer, 1918. Ent. News 29: 109. 9, cJ. 



Biology: Blackman and Stage, 1924. Syracuse Univ., N. Y. State Col. Forestry, Tech. Pub. 17, 

 24: 155. 



maculata Say. N. B., Ont. to Md., w. to Man., Minn., Iowa, Kans., Tex.; Calif. (?). Host: Acer, 

 Mains malus, Tilia americana(i). 

 Xiphydria maculata Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 221. S. 

 Xiphydria albicomis Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., p. 392. 9. 



Biology: Harrington, 1884. Ont. Ent. Soc, Ann. Rpt. 14: 17, 40-42. —Rohwer, 1915. Ent. Soc 

 Wash., Proc. 17: 195 (mating habits). 

 mellipes Harris. N. S. to N. C. w. to N. W. T., B. C, Oreg., Mont., Minn., 111. Host: Ahms, 

 Fagus, Betula alleghaniensis, B. lenta, B. occidentalis. 

 Xiphydria mellipes Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., p. 393. 9. 

 Xiphydria walshii Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon., p. 113. S. 

 Xiphidion Cayiadensis Provancher, 1875. Nat. Canad. 7: 374. 9. Preocc. 

 Xiphydria provancheri Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 49. N. name for 

 canadensis Provancher. 



Biology: Rohwer, 1918. Ent. News 29: 110. — Yuasa, 1922. 111. Biol. Monog. 7: 113. 

 tibialis Say. N. S., Que. to Fla. w. to Wis., 111., Kans. Host: Acer, Betula nigra, Carpinus 



caroliniana, Crataegus, Fagus, Malus, Qiiercus, Rhus typhina, Tilia americana, Ulmus. 



Xiphydria tibialis Say, 1824. In Keating, Narr. Long's 2nd Exped., v. 2 (App.), p. 312. 9. 

 Xiphydria erythrogaster Ashmead, 1903. Canad. Ent. 35: 233. 6. 

 Xiphydria champlaini Rohwer, 1921. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 59: 84. 9, 6. 



Biology: Packard, 1890. U. S. Dept. Agr., Ent. Comm. Rpt. 5: 483-484. 



Family ORUSSIDAE 



Larvae of this family are believed to be parasites of wood boring insects, particularly beetle 

 larvae. Guiglia schauinslandi (Ashmead) of New Zealand has been documented as a parasite of 

 the siricid, Sirex noctilio (Fabricius). Adults are most commonly collected from standing or 

 downed dead trees on which they have a characteristic upward and downward or back and forth 

 running pattern. The family is cosmopolitan and contains about 66 species in 14 genera with the 

 bulk of the species found in the tropical regions. 



Revision: Bradley, 1901. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 27: 317-318. —Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. 

 Mus., Proc 43: 141-158. 



Taxonomy: Benson, 1935. Rhodesian Mus., Occ Papers No. 4, 10 pp. (world genera). 

 —Guiglia, 1943. Genova Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat., Ann. 62: 85-111 (world catalog). —Benson, 

 1938. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 2: 1-15 (world genera). —Benson, 1955. Roy. Ent. Soc. 

 London, Proc, Ser. B: Taxonomy 24: 13-23 (world classification). —Guiglia, 1957. Genova 

 Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat., Ann. 69: 48-59 (suppl. to world catalog). —Guiglia, 1965. In Ferriere 

 and van der Vecht, Cat. Hym., pt. 1, 18 pp. (world catalog). 



