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Superfamily TENTHREDINOIDEA
Family PERGIDAE

This is a highly diversified and large family in the Neotropical and Australian regions. Only
one genus is found for certain in North America north of Mexico.

Taxonomy: Benson, 1938. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 87: 376-382 (key to subfamilies of
world).

Subfamily ACORDULECERINAE

Genus ACORDULECERA Say

Acordulecera Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 209.

Type-species: Acordulecera dorsalis Say. Monotypic.
Thulea Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 213.

Type-species: Thulea nigra Say. Monotypic.
Perantherix Westwood, 1874. Thesaurus Ent. Oxon., p. 109.

Type-species: Perantherix pumilio Westwood. Monotypic.
Acorduleceros Konow, 1898. Ent. Nachr. 24: 250.

This genus is confined to the New World where the largest number of species are found in
South America. In the United States and Canada, species of this genus are most abundant in the
eastern deciduous forests though several species are found as far west as Arizona. These
western forms have not been identified and are not listed below. The adults are small with short,
six-segmented antennae, and the larvae feed externally on the foliage of the host plants.

Acordulecera dorsalis Say
Que. to Fla. w. to Iowa, Okla., Tex. Host: Qtiercus, Carya, Juglans, Castanea.
Either a species highly variable in coloration or a species complex.
Acordulecera dorsalis Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 209. ♀, ♂.
Acordulecera saginata Provancher, 1882. Nat. Canad. 13: 290. ♀.
Acorduleceros biclinius Konow, 1898. Ent. Nachr. 24: 253. ♀.
Acordulecera media MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 168. ♀.
Acordulecera minima MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 168. ♀.
Acordulecera maxima MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 168. ♀.
Acordulecera maura MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 168. ♀.
Acordulecera marina MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 170. ♂.
Acordulecera munda MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 169. ♀.
Acordulecera antennata Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 246. ♂. N. syn.
Acordulecera foveata Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 247. ♀, ♂.
Acordulecera erythrogastra Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 248. ♀. N. syn.
Acordulecera parva Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 248. ♂. N. syn.
Acordulecera caryae Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 248. ♀, ♂.


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Acordulecera nigrata Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 249. ♀. N. syn.
Acordulecera portiae Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 249. ♀.
Acordulecera basirufa Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 250. ♀. N. syn.
Acordulecera flavipes Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 250. ♀.
Acordulecera nigritarsis Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 250. ♀.
Acordulecera quercus Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 251. ♀. N. syn.
Acordulecera hicoriae Rohwer, 1917. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 53: 157. ♀. N. syn.
Acordulecera meleca MacGillivray, 1921. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 16: 23. ♂.
Acordulecera musta MacGillivray, 1921. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Bui. 16: 23. ♂.

Acordulecera maculata MacGillivray
N. Y., Pa., 111.

Acordulecera maculata MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 169. ♀, ♂.

Acordulecera mellina
***authority mismatch
MacGilHvray. Conn, to Ga. w. to Mich., 111., Okla.

Acordulecera mellina MacGilHvray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 169. ♀.

Acordulecera mixta MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 169. ♀, ♂.

Acordulecera pellucida (Konow)
Mass. and Pa. w. to Nebr., Kans., Tex.

Acorduleceros pellucidus Konow, 1898. Ent. Nachr. 24: 253. ♀.

Acordulecera minuta MacGillivray, 1908. Canad. Ent. 40: 169. ♀.

Acordulecera scutellata Rohwer, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 43: 247. ♀, ♂. N. syn.

Taxonomy: Smith, 1973. Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 75: 30.

Subfamily LOBOCERATINAE

Genus SKELOSYZYGONIA Malaise

Skelosyzygonia Malaise, 1935. Ent. Tidskr. 56: 161.

Type-species: Skelosyzygonia spiiiipes Malaise. Orig. desig.

The single species in this genus was recorded from Texas; this is a dubious record for this
Brazilian form.

Skelosyzygonia spinipes Malaise
"Tex."; Brazil (Rio de Janeiro).

Skelosyzygonia spinipes Malaise 1935. Ent. Tidskr. 56: 161. ♂.

Taxonomy: Conde, 1939 Deut. Ent. Gesell., Mitt. 9: 49 ("Tex." record).


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