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Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricoidea) of the Western Hemisphere
CJAI 21, July, 2012
doi: 10.3752/cjai.2012.21
Nathan M. Schiff, Henri Goulet, David R. Smith, Caroline Boudreault, A. Dan Wilson, and Brian E. Scheffler

Authors

NATHAN M. SCHIFF [1], HENRI GOULET [2], DAVID R. SMITH [3], CAROLINE BOUDREAULT [2], A. DAN WILSON [1] and BRIAN E. SCHEFFLER [4]

  1. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA (e-mail : email icon)
  2. K. W. Neatby Building, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada (e-mail : email icon)
  3. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA (e-mail : email icon)
  4. USDA Agricultural Research Service, USDA-ARS-CGRU, MSA Genomics Laboratory, 141 Experiment Station Rd., Stoneville, MS 38776, USA

 

Table of Contents (=Site Index)
Abstract - General - Keys - Taxonomic Treatment - Additional Notes - Mitochondrial DNA results -
- Acknowledgements - References - Appendices

Abstract

A. General

  1. Introduction
  2. Materials and Methods
  3. Morphology
  4. Biology
  5. Distribution

B. Keys to Genera and Species

  1. Key to Siricidae genera of the world and notes about use of keys
  2. Key to Sirex species
    1. Females
    2. Males
  3. Key to Tremex species
  4. Key to Urocerus species
    1. Females
    2. Males
  5. Key to Xeris species

C. Taxonomic Treatments

  1. Family Siricidae
  2. Subfamily Siricinae
  3. Genus Sirex
  4. S. abietinus Goulet, n. sp.
  5. S. areolatus (Cresson)
  6. S. behrensii (Cresson)
  7. S. californicus (Ashmead)
  8. S. cyaneus Fabricius
  9. S. hispaniola Goulet, n. sp.
  10. S. longicauda Middlekauff
  11. S. mexicanus Smith, n. sp.
  12. S. nigricornis Fabricius
  13. S. nitidus (T. W. Harris)
  14. S. noctilio Fabricius
  15. S. obesus Bradley
  16. S. varipes Walker
  17. S. xerophilus Schiff, n. sp.
  18. Genus Sirotremex
  19. S. flammeus Smith
  20. Genus Urocerus
  21. U. albicornis (Fabricius)
  22. U. californicus Norton
  23. U. cressoni Norton
  24. U. flavicornis (Fabricius)
  25. U. gigas (Linnaeus)
  26. U. sah (Mocsáry)
  27. U. taxodii (Ashmead)
  28. Genus Xoanon
  29. Subfamily Tremecinae
  30. Genus Afrotremex
  31. Genus Eriotremex
  32. E. formosanus (Matsumura)
  33. Genus Siricosoma
  34. Genus Teredon
  35. T. cubensis (Cresson)
  36. Genus Tremex
  37. T. columba (Linnaeus)
  38. T. fuscicornis (Fabricius)
  39. Genus Xeris
  40. X. caudatus (Cresson)
  41. X. chiricahua Smith, n. sp.
  42. X. indecisus (MacGillivray)
  43. X. melancholicus (Westwood)
  44. X. morrisoni (Cresson)
  45. X. tarsalis (Cresson)
  46. X. tropicalis Goulet, n. sp.

D. Additional Notes

  1. Species excluded from the New World Siricidae
  2. A name for the European “S. cyaneus”

E. Mitochondrial DNA results

  1. Introduction
  2. Results of DNA analysis
  3. Discussion
  4. Conclusion

F. Acknowledgements

G. References

Appendices

  1. Appendix 1: Statistical data
  2. Appendix 2: Revision to Schiff et al. (2006)
  3. Appendix 3: Disposition of sequence files