''Cephus'' is a genus of
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...
s belonging to the family
Cephidae
Cephidae is a family of stem sawflies in the order Hymenoptera. There are about 27 genera and more than 160 described species in Cephidae.
Genera
These 27 genera belong to the family Cephidae:
* '' Athetocephus'' Benson, 1935
* '' Australcep ...
.
The genus was first described by Latreille in 1802.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Cephus'':
* ''
Cephus berytensis''
(Pic, 1916)
* ''
Cephus brachycercus''
Thomson, 1871
* ''
Cephus cinctus
''Cephus cinctus'', also known as wheat stem sawfly, is a slow flying, yellow and black coloured, destructive pest found mainly in western North America.
Habit and habitat
The adult fly grows to a length of 7 to 12 mm. Males are consider ...
''
Norton
* ''
Cephus citriniventris''
Pic, 1917
* ''
Cephus daghestanicus''
(Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1931)
* ''
Cephus excisus''
(Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1931)
* ''
Cephus fumipennis''
Eversmann, 1847
* ''
Cephus gaullei''
Konow, 1896
* ''
Cephus gracilicornis''
Konow, 1896
* ''
Cephus gracilis''
Costa, 1860
* ''
Cephus infuscatus''
Thomson, 1871
* ''
Cephus lateralis''
Konow, 1894
* ''
Cephus luteonotatus''
Pic, 1918
* ''
Cephus maroccanus''
Lacourt, 1995
* ''
Cephus nigricarpus
''Cephus'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Cephidae.
The genus was first described by Latreille in 1802.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ...
''
André, 1881
* ''
Cephus nigrinus''
Thomson, 1871
* ''
Cephus notatus''
Kokujev, 1910
* ''
Cephus obscuriventris''
Pic, 1918
* ''
Cephus parvus''
(Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1931)
* ''
Cephus politissimus''
Costa, 1888
* ''
Cephus pseudopilosulus''
Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1926
* ''
Cephus pulcher''
Tischbein, 1852
* ''
Cephus pygmeus''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Cephus rjabovi''
Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1926
* ''
Cephus runcator''
Konow, 1896
* ''
Cephus sareptanus''
Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1928
* ''
Cephus spinipes''
(Panzer, 1800)
* ''
Cephus zahaikevitshi
''Cephus'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Cephidae.
The genus was first described by Latreille in 1802.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ...
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(Ermolenko, 1971)
References
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Cephidae
Sawfly genera