Hymenoptera27 species

Family Stem Sawflies (Cephidae)

Cephidae is a family in the order Hymenoptera. Browse 27 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Cephidae (27)

Caenocephus aldrichi

Identification: F1 longer than F2; metatibia without pre-apical spurs

Calameuta clavata

Identification: Distinguishing from the similar Cephus cinctus explained here . Photos of abdomens and heads of C. clavata and C. middlekauffi , the only other known nearctic member of the genus in

Calameuta middlekauffi

Identification: See Smith & Schiff for the detailed original description of this species, and for information and photographic plates helping to distinguish it from the other known nearctic species in the genus, C. clavata .

Western Wheat Stem Sawfly

Cephus cinctus

earliest NA record: CO, NV 1872; major pest of wheat and other cereals since 1895 (economically important damage is concentrated in the n. Great Plains)