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Prionellus Kieff. 

 Prionota Kieff. 

 1894 Kieffer, J. J. Soc. Ent. Fr. Bui., p. 176 



1895 

 1896 



1897 

 1900- 



Soc. Ent. Fr. Bui., p. 318, 319 

 Mis. Ent., 4:7, 15 

 Syn. Cecid. Eur. & Alg., p. 49 



Soc. Ent. Fr. Ann., v. 69, pi. 17, fig. 3; pi. 22, fig. 10 

 191 1 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 19:34 



This genus was originally denned by Kieffer as recognizable by the 

 subcorneal, subsessile antennal segments of the female and with the 

 tip of costa nearer the second than the third vein. The palpi are 

 quadriarticulate, the claws denticulate and the pulvilli well devel- 

 oped. Later, Kieffer states that the claws are arched and not or 

 hardly dilated, while the antennal segments of the male are eccen- 

 tric, with a stem about three-fourths the length of the basal enlarge- 

 ment and with crenulate whorls as well as whorls of hairs, the third 

 vein extending to the apex of the wing. The basal clasp segment 

 is stout, lobed internally, while the terminal clasp segment is stout 



Fig. 44 Fifth and terminal antennal segments of Prionellus grami- 

 nea, enlarged. (Original) 



at the base, greatly expanded distally, swollen and broadly rounded 

 apically. The female antennae are subconic or subovoid, with a 

 very short stem and bearing subapically a broad, chitinous collar. 

 The thickened anterior border of the wing extends almost to the 

 fourth vein. Type Prionota pini Kieff. A number of 

 American species have been provisionally referred to this genus. 



