Cephidae
Sign in to saveCephidae is a family of stem sawflies in the order Hymenoptera. There are about 27 genera and more than 160 described species in Cephidae. thumb|Hartigia trimaculata
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyCephidae
The Cephedae are called stem sawflies because of the habit of the larvae which bore and feed in grass stems, berry canes, or stems or twigs of various shrubs or trees. Those species whose hosts are cultivated grains may be serious pests. The adults are slender, cylindrical, ichneumonlike insects and may be found around the host plant. Adults of Cephini are commonly attracted to yellow flowers in the vicinity of the host. About 13 genera and 100 species are recognized for the world, most of which are Palaearctic.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 127
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- 2
- Family
- Cephidae
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- United States
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Cephidae is a family of stem sawflies in the order Hymenoptera. There are about 27 genera and more than 160 described species in Cephidae. thumb|Hartigia trimaculata
==Genera== These 27 genera belong to the family Cephidae: Athetocephus Benson, 1935 Australcephus Smith & Schmidt, 2009 Caenocephus Strobl, 1895 Calameuta Konow, 1896 † Cephites Heer, 1849 Cephus Latreille, 1802 Characopygus Konow, 1899 † Cuspilongus Archibald & Rasnitsyn, 2015 † Electrocephus Konow, 1897 Heterojanus Wei & Xiao, 2011 Janus Stephens, 1829 Jungicephus Maa, 1949 Koreocephus Wei & Lee, 2018 Magnitarsijanus Wei, 2007 Megajanus Wei, 1999 † Mesocephus Rasnitsyn, 1968 Miscocephus Wei, 1999 Pachycephus J.P.E.F.Stein, 1876 Phylloecus Newman, 1838 Sinicephus Maa, 1949 Stenocephus Shinohara, 1999 Stigmatijanus Wei, 2007 Sulawesius Smith & Shinohara, 2002 Syrista Konow, 1896 Tibetajanus Wei, 1996 Trachelus Jurine, 1807 Urosyrista Maa, 1944
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