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Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA
Family CIMBICIDAE

These are large, robust sawflies, and the larvae are all external leaf feeders. The family is
found in most of the world except for the Ethiopian and Australian regions and contains about
130 species.

Taxonomy: Benson, 1938. Roy. Ent. Soc London, Trans. 87: 369-372 (key to world
subfamilies). — Townes, 1962. U. S. Natl. Mus., Bui. 216, p. 67 (Clavellariidae).




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Subfamily ABIINAE
Genus ZARAEA Leach

Zaraea Leach, 1817. Zool. Misc., v. 3, p. 113.

Type-species: Tenthredo fasciata Linnaeus. Monotypic.

Members of this Holarctic genus are associated with the plant family Caprifoliaceae.

Zaraea americana Cresson
Quebec to Alaska s. to Pa., Nebr., N. Mex., Calif. Ecology: Widespread.
Host: Symphoricarpos, Lonicera.
Zaraea americana Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 1. ♀.

Biology: Britton, 1925. Conn. Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 265: 341. -Kieffer, 1933. Jour. Econ. Ent.
26: 293. -Middlekauff, 1956. Jour. Econ. Ent. 49: 701.

Zaraea inflata Norton
Mass. to Pa. w. to Nebr., Colo. Host: Lonicera. Honeysuckle sawfly.
Zaraea inflatus Norton, 1861. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 8: 151. ♀.
Abia caprifolium Norton, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 46. ♀.

Biology: Thomas, 1881. Tenth Rpt., State Ent. 111. 1880 p. 66.

Zaraea kennicotti (Norton)
N. Y., 111., Mo., Kans., Tex.

Abia Kennicotti Norton, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 47. ♀, ♂.

Zaraea lonicerae (Linnaeus)
N. Y. to Md. w. to Ohio; Europe. Introduced into N. Amer. Host:
Lonicera, Symphoricarpos.
Tenthredo lonicerae Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., Ed. 10, p. 559.
Abia nigricomi.s Leach, 1817. Zool. Misc., v. 3, p. 113. ♀, ♂.

Taxonomy: Benson, 1946. Ent. Monthly Mag. 82: 101-102.

Subfamily CIMBICINAE

Genus TRICHIOSOMA Leach

Trichiosoma Leach, 1817. Zool. Misc., v. 3, p. 108.

Type-species: Tenthredo liicorum Linnaeus. Desig. by Curtis, 1825.

A Holarctic genus with about 20 species. Adults are large and densely hairy sawflies and may
girdle twigs of their host plant with their powerful mandibles. This genus is in need of study.
Adults show extreme variation in color and external structure and a thorough study will be
necessary to determine the correct status of the segregates listed below.

Trichiosoma aleutianum Cresson
Alaska (Aleutian Islands).

Trichiosoma triangulum var. aleutiana Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8:1. ♀.

Trichiosoma arcticum Kirby
N. W. T. (Ft. Simpson, MacKenzie R.).

Trichiosoma arcticum Kirby, 1882. List Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 10. ♂.

Trichiosoma lanuginosum Norton
Calif.

Trichiosoma lanuginosum Norton, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 44. ♀.

Trichiosoma triangulum Kirby
Que. to Alaska s. to Pa., Colo., Calif. Ecology: Widespread. Host: Alnus,

Betula, Popidus, Fraxinus, Prunus, Salix.
Trichiosoma triangulum Kirby, 1837. Fauna Bor.-Amer., v. 4, p. 254.
Abia cerasi Fitch, 1857. N. Y. State Agr. Soc, Trans. 1856, 16: 385.
Trichiosoma bicolor Norton, 1861. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Proc. 8: 150. ♂.
Trichiosoma crassum Kirby, 1882. List Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 11. ♀.
Trichiosoma Taylori Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 20. ♀, ♂.
Trichiosoma confusum MacGillivray, 1916. Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui.

22: 103. ♀, ♂.
Trichiosoma spicatuyn MacGillivray, 1916. Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey Bui. 22:

103. ♂.
Trichiosoma confundum MacGillivray, 1923. Canad. Ent. 55: 161. ♀.




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Genus CIMBEX Olivier

Crabro Geoffrey, 1762. Hist. Abregee des Insectes, v. 2, p. 261. Suppressed by Internatl.

Comm. Zool. Nomencl., Op. 144, 1936. Publication unavailable for nomenclatorial

purposes, Internatl. Comm. Zool. Nomencl., Op. 228, 1954.

Type-species: Crabro humeralis Fourcroy. Desig. by Bradley, 1919.
Clavellarius Olivier, 1789. Encycl. Meth., Diet. Ins., v. 4, p. 22. Suppressed by Internatl.

Comm. Zool. Nomencl, Op. 216, 1954.

Type-species: Tenthredo lidea Linnaeus. Desig. by Latreille, 1810.
Cimbex Olivier, 1790. Encycl. Meth., Diet. Ins., v. 5, p. 762. N. name for Clavellarius

Olivier.
Clavellaria Lamarck, 1801. Systeme Anim. Sans Vert., p. 264. Emend.

A Holarctic genus with about 17 species whose members are the largest of sawflies. Adults
have large, powerful mandibles with which they may sometimes girdle the twigs of their host.
Members of this genus show considerable variation in color and structure, and an intensive
study is required to determine the validity of the segregates listed below.

Taxonomy: Ross and Burke (!), 1947. Bui. Zool. Nomencl, pp. 201-202 (status of the name
Clavellarius Olivier. 1789).

Cimbex americana Leach
Newfoundland to Alaska s. to N. C, Colo., Oreg. Ecology: Widespread.

Host: Acer, Alnus, Betula, Ostrya, Populus, Pruniis, Salix, Tilia, Ulmus. Elm sawfly.
Cimbex americana Leach, 1817. Zool. Misc., v. 3, p. 105. ♂.
Cimbex violacea Lepeletier, 1823. Monog. Tenthred., p. 27. ♀.
Cimbex luctifera Klug, 1829. Gesell Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1(2): 85. ♀, ♂.
Cimbex La Portei Lepeletier, 1833. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 2: 454. ♀.
Cimbex Viardi Lepeletier, 1833. Soc. Ent. France, Ann. 2: 454. ♀.
Ciynbex ulmi Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., p. 374.
Cimbex Dahlbomi Guerin 1845. Inconogr. Regne Anim., v. 7 (Ins.), p. 398. ♀.
Cimbex lateralis Guerin, 1845. Inconogr. Regne Anim., v. 7 (Ins.), p. 398. ♀.
Cimbex kirbyi Brulle, 1846. In Lepeletier, Hist. Nat. Ins., Hym. v. 4, p. 672. ♀.
Cimbex americana var. alba Norton, 1867. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 1: 42. ♀.
Cimbex americana var. nortoni MacGillivray, 1916. Conn. State Geol and Nat. Hist.

Survey Bui 22: 104. ♀.
Crabro americana var. rubrosa Ross, 1932. Canad. Ent. 64: 250. ♂.

Biology: Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., p. 374. —Webster, 1890. U. S. Dept.
Agr., Insect Life 2: 228-230. — Townsend, 1892. Canad. Ent. 24: 126. — Aldrich, 1892.
Canad. Ent. 24: 144. — Severin and Severin, 1908. Wis. Acad. Scl, Arts and Letters, Trans.
16: 61-76. —Severin, 1920. S. Dak. State Ent., Circ. 22, 4 pp. —Wong, 1954. Canad. Ent. 86:
154. -Lipa and Smirnoff, 1971. Bui Acad. Pol. Sci., Ser. Sci. Biol. 19: 269-274 (a protozoan
parasite). —Stein, 1974. U. S. Dept. Agr., Forest Pest Leaflet 142, 6 pp.

Morphology: Severin and Severin, 1908. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 1: 87-101 (female reproductive
organs). —Severin and Severin, 1908. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 1: 196-205 (male reproductive
organs). —Severin and Severin, 1908. Wis. Acad. Sci., Arts and Letters, Trans. 16: 39-60
(digestive canal).

Cimbex pacifica Cresson
Colo., Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Salix.

Cimbex pacifica Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 1. ♀, ♂.

Biology: Schuh and Mote, 1948. Oreg. State Coll Agr., Expt. Sta. Bui 449: 128.

Cimbex rubida Cresson
Nev., Calif. Host: Salix.

Cimbex rubida Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 1. ♀.

Cimbex semidea Cresson
Maine, N. H., Ont., Mich.

Cimbex semidea Cresson, 1880. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 8: 1. ♀.

Cimbex hudsonica Kirby, 1882. List. Hym. Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 8. ♀.




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