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Calameuta Konow 1896 Trachelastatus Morice and Durrant 1915 Syn 105 NOMINA INSECTA NEARCTICA Calameuta Konow 1896 Trachelastatus Morice and Durrant 1915 Syn. Monoplopus Konow 1896 Syn. Neateuchopus Benson 1935 Syn. Haplocephus Benson 1935 Syn. Microcephus Benson 1935 Syn. Calameuta clavata Norton 1869 (Phylloecus) Trachelus tabidus Fabricius 1775 (Sirex) Sirex macilentus Fabricius 1793 Syn. Cephus Latreille 1802 Cephus mandibularis Lepeletier 1823 Syn. Astatus Jurine 1801 Unav. Cephus nigritus Lepeletier 1823 Syn. Perinistilus Ghigi 1904 Syn. Cephus vittatus Costa 1878 Syn. Peronistilomorphus Pic 1916 Syn. Calamenta [sic] johnsoni Ashmead 1900 Syn. Fossulocephus Pic 1917 Syn. Pseudocephus Dovnar-Zapolskii 1931 Syn. Cephus cinctus Norton 1872 (Cephus) CERAPHRONIDAE Cephus occidentalis Riley and Marlatt 1891 Syn. Cephus graenicheri Ashmead 1898 Syn. Cephus pygmaeus Linnaeus 1766 (Sirex) Tenthredo longicornis Geoffroy 1785 Syn. Aphanogmus Thomson 1858 Tenthredo polygona Gmelin 1790 Syn. Banchus spinipes Panzer 1801 Syn. Aphanogmus bicolor Ashmead 1893 (Aphanogmus) Astatus floralis Klug 1803 Syn. Aphanogmus claviger Kieffer 1907 Syn. Banchus viridator Fabricius 1804 Syn. Ceraphron reitteri Kieffer 1907 Syn. Cephus subcylindricus Gravenhorst 1807 Syn. Aphanogmus canadensis Whittaker 1930 (Aphanogmus) Cephus leskii Lepeletier 1823 Syn. Aphanogmus dorsalis Whittaker 1930 (Aphanogmus) Cephus atripes Stephens 1835 Syn. Aphanogmus floridanus Ashmead 1893 (Aphanogmus) Cephus flavisternus Costa 1882 Syn. Aphanogmus fulmeki Szelenyi 1940 (Aphanogmus) Cephus clypealis Costa 1894 Syn. Aphanogmus parvulus Roberti 1954 Syn. Cephus notatus Kokujev 1910 Syn. Aphanogmus fumipennis Thomson 1858 (Aphanogmus) Cephus tanaiticus Dovnar-Zapolskii 1926 Syn. Aphanogmus grenadensis Ashmead 1896 Syn. Aphanogmus formicarius Kieffer 1905 Syn. Hartigia Schiodte 1838 Ceraphron formicarum Kieffer 1907 Syn. Cerobractus Costa 1860 Syn. Aphanogmus clavatus Kieffer 1907 Syn. Macrocephus Schlechtendal 1878 Syn. Cerphron armatus Kieffer 1907 Syn. Cephosoma Gradl 1881 Syn. Calliceras boreale Whittaker 1930 Syn. Copiosoma Kirby 1882 Missp. Aphanogmus harringtoni Muesebeck 1979 (Aphanogmus) Adirus Konow 1899 Syn. Aphanogmus salicicola Harrington 1899 Homo. Paradirus Dovnar-Zapolskii 1931 Syn. Aphanogmus marylandicus Ashmead 1893 (Aphanogmus) Aphanogmus niger Ashmead 1893 (Aphanogmus) Hartigia bicinctus Provancher 1875 (Phylloecus) Aphanogmus obsoletus Whittaker 1930 (Aphanogmus) Hartigia cowichana Ries 1937 (Hartigia) Aphanogmus pallidipes Ashmead 1893 (Aphanogmus) Hartigia cressonii Kirby 1882 (Cephus) Aphanogmus salicicola Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Cephus abdominalis Cresson 1880 Homo. Aphanogmus subapterus Whittaker 1930 (Aphanogmus) Hartigia riesi Smith 1986 (Hartigia) Aphanogmus varipes Ashmead 1893 (Aphanogmus) Hartigia trimaculatus Say 1824 (Cephus) Aphanogmus virginiensis Ashmead 1893 (Aphanogmus) Cephus mexicanus Guerin-Meneville 1845 Syn. Cephus bifasciatus Cresson 1880 Syn. Ceraphron Jurine 1807 Cephus fasciatus Cresson 1880 Syn. Calliceras Nees 1834 Syn. Macrocephus nigripennis Ghigi 1915 Syn. Hadroceras Förster 1840 Syn. Megaspilidea Ashmead 1888 Syn. Janus Stephens 1835 Neoceraphron Ashmead 1893 Syn. Phylloecus Newman 1838 Syn. Pristomicrops Kieffer 1906 Syn. Ephippionotus Costa 1860 Syn. Cerataphron Schulz 1906 Emend. Neoceratophron Schulz 1906 Emend. Janus abbreviatus Say 1824 (Cephus) Allomicrops Kieffer 1914 Syn. Xiphydria basalis Say 1837 Syn. Eulagynodes Girault 1917 Syn. Cephus heteropterus Norton 1861 Syn. Ceranogmus Risbec 1953 Syn. Cephus interruptus Provancher 1888 Syn. Larsoceraphron Dessart 1981 Syn. Janus bimaculatus Norton 1868 (Phylloecus) Okatoceraphron Dessart 1986 Syn. Cephus quadriguttatus Westwood 1874 Syn. Janus integer Norton 1861 (Cephus) Ceraphron abnormis Perkins 1910 (Ceraphron) Janus flaviventris Fitch 1862 Syn. Eulagynodes bicolor Girault 1917 Syn. Janus rufiventris Cresson 1880 (Cephus) Ceraphron amesicola Ogloblin 1944 (Calliceras) Ceraphron amplus Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Trachelus Jurine 1807 Ceraphron auripes Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Astatus Panzer 1801 Homo. Ceraphron brevicornis Brues 1906 (Ceraphron) Cepha Billberg 1820 Syn. Ceraphron californicus Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Ateuchopus Konow 1896 Syn. Eumetabolus Schulz 1906 Syn. HYMENOPTERA: CEPHIDAE, CERAPHRONIDAE 106 NOMINA INSECTA NEARCTICA Ceraphron binubeculatus Dessart 1979 Syn. Ceraphron carinatus Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Belaspidia longicauda Halstead 1988 (Belaspidia) Ceraphron carlylei Girault 1920 (Ceraphron) Ceraphron concinna Whittaker 1930 (Calliceras) Brachymeria Westwood 1829 Ceraphron crassicornis Harrington 1899 (Ceraphron) Thaumatelia Kirby 1883 Syn. Ceraphron croceipes Brues 1902 (Ceraphron) Tumidicoxa Girault 1911 Syn. Ceraphron fasciata Fouts 1924 (Calliceras) Ceyxia Girault 1911 Syn. Ceraphron flaviscapus Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Thaumateliana Girault 1912 Syn. Ceraphron glabricornis Kieffer 1906 (Ceraphron) Brachepitelia Girault 1913 Syn. Ceraphron heterothysanus Dessart 1979 (Ceraphron) Pseudepitelia Girault 1913 Syn. Ceraphron macroneurus Ashmead 1887 (Ceraphron) Tumidicoxella Girault 1913 Syn. Ceraphron melanocerus Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Tumidicoxoides Girault 1913 Syn. Ceraphron melantatocephalus Dessart 1967 (Ceraphron) Australochalcis Girault 1939 Syn. Copidosoma melanocephalum Ashmead 1886 Homo. Gahanula Burks 1960 Syn. Ceraphron mellipes Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Pseudobrachymeria Burks 1960 Syn. Ceraphron minuta Ashmead 1888 (Megaspilidea) Caenobrachymera Steffan 1974 Syn. Ceraphron nevadensis Kieffer 1906 (Ceraphron) Ceraphron pacifica Whittaker 1930 (Calliceras) Brachymeria aeca Burks 1960 (Brachymeria) Ceraphron pallidipes Fouts 1924 (Calliceras) Brachymeria belfragei Crawford 1910 (Chalcis) Ceraphron pallidiventris Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Brachymeria columbiana Howard 1885 (Chalcis) Ceraphron pedalis Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Chalcis louisiana Girault 1917 Syn. Ceraphron pedes Förster 1861 (Ceraphron) Brachymeria comitator Walker 1862 (Chalcis) Ceraphron fusciceps Ashmead 1893 Syn. Brachymeria compsilurae Crawford 1911 (Chalcis) Ceraphron secundus Dalla Torre 1898 Syn. Brachymeria conica Ashmead 1904 (Pseudochalcis) Ceraphron foutsi Dessart 1981 Syn. Brachymeria discreta Gahan 1942 (Brachymeria) Ceraphron punctatus Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Brachymeria discretoidea Gahan 1942 (Brachymeria) Ceraphron quissetensis Brues 1906 (Ceraphron) Brachymeria flegiae Burks 1960 (Brachymeria) Ceraphron schwarzi Muesebeck and Walkley 1951 (Ceraphron) Brachymeria fonscolombei Dufour 1841 (Chalcis) Ceraphron glaber Ashmead 1893 Homo. Chalcis podagrica Fonscolombe 1832 Homo. Ceraphron tertius Dalla Torre 1898 (Ceraphron) Brachymeria hammari Crawford 1915 (Chalcis) Ceraphron basalis Ashmead 1893 Homo. Brachymeria incerta Cresson 1865 (Chalcis) Ceraphron unicolor Ashmead 1893 (Ceraphron) Brachymeria intermedia Nees 1834 (Chalcis) Ceraphron whittakeri Fouts 1927 (Calliceras) Brachymeria laetiliae Burks 1960 (Brachymeria) Brachymeria molestae Burks 1960 (Brachymeria) Ecitonetes Brues 1902 Brachymeria ovata Say 1824 (Chalcis) Leucospis integra Haldeman 1844 Syn. Ecitonetes subapterus Brues 1902 (Ecitonetes) Chalcis abiesae Girault 1917 Syn. Brachymeria parvula Walker 1834 (Chalcis) Homaloceraphron Dessart and Masner 1969 Chalcis femorata Dalman 1820 Homo. Perilampus alexinus Walker 1846 Syn. Homaloceraphron amblyopus Dessart 1981 (Homaloceraphron) Chalcis coloradensis Cresson 1872 Syn. Homaloceraphron macrophthalmus Dessart and Masner 1969 Chalcis dalmanni Thomson 1875 Syn. (Homaloceraphron) Chalcis tachinae Howard 1885 Syn. Homaloceraphron microphthalmus Dessart and Masner 1969 Brachymeria pedalis Cresson 1872 (Chalcis) (Homaloceraphron) Brachymeria psyche Burks 1960 (Brachymeria) Brachymeria robusta Cresson 1865 (Chalcis) Platyceraphron Kieffer 1906 Chalcis robustella Wolcott 1924 Syn. Brachymeria russelli Burks 1960 (Brachymeria) Platyceraphron artideterens Dessart 1981 (Platyceraphron) Brachymeria slossonae Crawford 1910 (Chalcis) Platyceraphron sulcatocarinatus Dessart 1981 (Platyceraphron) Brachymeria tegularis Cresson 1872 (Chalcis) Brachymeria tibialis Walker 1834 (Chalcis) Pteroceraphron Dessart 1981 Chalcis distinguenda Walker 1834 Syn. Chalcis cingulata Walker 1834 Syn. Pteroceraphron mirabilipennis Dessart 1981 (Pteroceraphron) Chalcis intermedia Nees 1834 Syn. Chalcis rufofemorata Rosenhauer 1856 Syn. Chalcis scirropoda Förster 1859 Syn. Chalcis boops Thomson 1876 Syn. CHALCIDIDAE Chalcis quettaensis Cameron 1906 Syn. Brachymeria truncatella Burks 1967 (Brachymeria) Brachymeria truncata Burks 1960 Homo. Brachymeria weemsi Burks 1960 (Brachymeria) Acanthochalcis Cameron 1884 Belochalcis Steffan 1959 Syn. Chalcis Fabricius 1789 Trypanochalcis Steffan 1959 Syn. Smiera Spinola 1811 Syn Smicra Spinola 1837 Emend. Acanthochalcis nigricans Cameron 1884 (Acanthochalcis) Acanthochalcis unispinosa Girault 1917 (Acanthochalcis) Belaspidia Masi 1916 HYMENOPTERA: CERAPHRONIDAE, CHALCIDIDAE 107 NOMINA INSECTA NEARCTICA Conura delicata Cresson 1872 (Smicra) Chalcis barbara Cresson 1872 (Smicra) Conura delumbis Cresson 1872 (Smicra) Smicra rufofemorata Cresson 1872 Syn. Conura dema Burks 1940 (Spilochalcis) Smicra armillata Cameron 1897 Syn. Conura dentiscapa Moitoza 1994 (Conura) Chalcis canadensis Cresson 1872 (Smicra) Conura dorsata Cresson 1872 (Smicra) Chalcis divisa Walker 1861 (Smiera) Spilochalcis missouriensis Howard 1885 Syn. Chalcis flebilis Cresson 1872 (Smicra) Conura elachis Burks 1940 (Spilochalcis) Chalcis lasia Burks 1940 (Chalcis) Conura enocki Ashmead 1904 (Spilochalcis) Chalcis megalomis Burks 1940
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