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DISCOVERY OF THE WHEAT STEM SAWFLY (CEPHUS CINCTUS NORTON) (HYMENOPTERA: CEPHIDAE) IN ASIA, WITH THE PROPOSAL OF A NEW SYNONYMY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Michael A. Ivie
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 59717 USA
Alexey G. Zinovjev
Affiliation:
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg199034 Russia

Extract

While conducting research on the geographic origin of the wheat stem sawfly (Cephus cinctus Norton), we compared North American specimens to specimens of Eurasian Cephus spp., and discovered that specimens currently placed as C. hyalinatus Konow from Siberia are conspecific with the North American species. Given the pest status of the North American populations, which attack wheat and other cereals in the upper Great Plains (Weiss and Morrill 1992), this discovery has important implications for the management of the species. Discussion of these implications will be provided elsewhere (Ivie 1996).

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1996

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