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Superfamily SIRICOIDEA
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).




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Biology: Burke, 1917. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 19: 87-89. — Rohwer and Cushman, 1917. Ent.
See. Wash., Proc. 19: 89-98 (suborder Idiogastra). —Cooper, 1953. Rochester Acad. Sci.,
Proc. 10: 38-68 (habits, oviposition, female anatomy of eastern O-russus).

Subfamily ORUSSINAE

Genus ORUSSUS Latreille

Onissus Latreille, 1796. Precis Caract. Gen. Ins., p. HI.

Type-species: Oryssus coronatiis Fabricius. Desig. by Latreille, 1810.

Oryssus Fabricius, 1798. Sup. Ent. System., p. 218. Emend.

Orussus maurus (Harris)
Mass.

Orysszis maurus Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., p. 394. ♀.

Orussus occidentalis (Cresson)
Colo., N. Mex. w. to B. C, Wash., Oreg., Calif.

Oryssus occidentalis Cresson, 1879. Ent. Soc. Phila., Proc. 7: ix. ♀, ♂.

Oryssus modestus Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 150. 9, melanic.

Orysszis abietes Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 153. ♀, ♂.

Oryssiis pini Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 154. ♀.

Oryssus relaiivus Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 155. ♀.

Oryssus hopkinsi Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 155. d, partial melanic.

Taxonomy: Rohwer and Cushman, 1917. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 19: 89-98. — Yuasa, 1922. 111.
Biol. Monog. 7: 118.

Biology: Burke, 1917. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 19: 87-89. —Powell and Turner, 1969.
Pan-Pacific Ent. 45: 73-74 (oviposition behavior).

Morphology: Parker, 1934. Bol. Lab. Zool. Gen. e Agr. Portici 28: 159-191 (larval anatomy).

Orussus sayii (Westwood)
Ont., Maine to Md. w. to 111.

Oryssus sayii Westwood, 1835. Zool. Jour. 5: 440. "♂"=♀.

Oryssus terminalis Newman, 1838. Ent. Mag. 5: 486. ♀.

Oryssus haemorrhoidalis Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., p. 394. ♀.

Oryssus affinis Harris, 1841. Rpt. Ins. Mass. Injurious to Veg., p. 394. ♂.

Biology: Blackman and Stage, 1924. Syracuse Univ., N. Y. State Col. Forestry, Tech. Pub. 17,
24: 154 (in hickory). —Pratt, 1938. Psyche 45: 94-95. —Cooper, 1953. Rochester Acad. Sci.,
Proc. 10: 38-68.

Orussus thoracicus (Ashmead)
Ariz., Wash., Oreg., CaHf.

Oryssus thoracicus Ashmead, 1898. Canad. Ent. 30: 178. "♂"=♀.

Subfamily OPHRYNOPINAE

Genus OPHRYNOPUS Konow

Ophrynopus Konow, 1897. Termes. Fuzetek 20: 605.

Type-species: Ophrynopus andrei Konow. Desig. by Rohwer, 1911.
Ophrynella Ross, 1937. 111. Biol. Monog. 15(2): 113.

Type-species: Oryssus nigricans Cameron. Orig. desig.

This genus contains 7 Neotropical species, one of which reaches Texas. An unidentified species
has been collected in Arizona.

Ophrynopus nigricans (Cameron)
Tex.; Guatemala.

Orysszis 7iigricans Cameron, 1883. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Hym. v. 1, p. 69. ♀.

Genus KULCANIA Benson

Kulca7iia Benson, 1935. Rhodesian Mus., Occ. Papers No. 4, pp. 2, 5.
Type-species: Ophrynopus costaricensis Bischoff. Orig. desig.

An unidentified species belonging to this genus has been collected in Florida.


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