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Genus Cephus

Ichneumonidae? - Cephus cinctus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)

Family Cephidae (Stem Sawflies)

Tribe Cephini

Genus Cephus

Explanation of Names

Cephus Latreille 1802

Numbers

2 spp. in our area (both probably adventive), 25-30 worldwide(1)(2)

Range

Across the continent(1)

Food

Larvae feed on wheat stems(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Wheat stem sawfly biology Fulbright J., Wanner K., Weaver D. 2011. Montguide MT201107AG, 3 pp.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 17 July, 2009 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 19 August, 2018 - 1:32am

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