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,
<figureCitation id="13572A71FFC4FF85FCEFFEC8FC92FEFB" box="[839,886,303,329]" captionStart="Fig. 11" captionStartId="36.[189,232,1789,1815]" captionTargetBox="[189,1399,265,1749]" captionTargetId="figure@36.[189,1399,265,1749]" captionTargetPageId="36" captionText="Fig. 11. Species of Megaxyela Ashmead, 1898, ovipositor sheaths. A. M. euchroma Blank, Shinohara &amp; Wei sp. nov. (holotype, DEI-GISHym 22554, CSCS). B. M. fulvago Blank, Shinohara &amp; Wei sp. nov. (5752, NSMT). C. M. gigantea Mocsáry, 1909, holotype of M. mikado Sato, 1930 (22350, NSMT). D. M. inversa Blank &amp; D. R. Smith sp. nov., paratype (22356, USNM). E. M. langstoni Ross, 1936, holotype (30821, INHS). F. M. parki Shinohara, 1992 (18510, NSMT). G. M. pulchra Blank, Shinohara &amp; Sundukov sp. nov., holotype (18501, NSMT). H. M. togashii Shinohara, 1992, holotype (22352, NSMT). Images not to the same scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1042687/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">11E</figureCitation>
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132 (♀ ♂, type locality: USA, Mississippi, Starkville, Mississippi State University).
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). ―
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FB1DFE30FAACFE43" author="Shinohara A. &amp; Smith D. R." box="[1205,1352,471,497]" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A, Zoology" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="281 - 288" part="5" refString="Shinohara A. &amp; Smith D. R. 1979. The Sato types of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A, Zoology 5: 281 - 288." title="The Sato types of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta)" type="journal article" year="1979">Smith 1979</bibRefCitation>
: 10 (synonymized with
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).
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FF15FDF8FE6DFD8B" box="[189,393,543,569]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Megaxyela major</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FE0BFDF8FD72FD8B" author="Smith D. R. &amp; Schiff N. M." box="[419,662,543,569]" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="636 - 657" part="100" refString="Smith D. R. &amp; Schiff N. M. 1998. The genera Macroxyela Kirby and Megaxyela Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) in North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100: 636 - 657." title="The genera Macroxyela Kirby and Megaxyela Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) in North America" type="journal article" year="1998">Smith &amp; Schiff 1998</bibRefCitation>
: 644648 (misidentification,
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FC4FFDC7FBD1FD8B" box="[999,1077,544,569]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">partim</emphasis>
). ―
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FBC7FDC7FB05FD8B" author="Ree B." box="[1135,1249,543,570]" journalOrPublisher="Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="1 - 3" part="1" refString="Ree B. 2012. Insects. Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 12 (1): [1 - 3]." title="Insects" type="journal article" year="2012">Ree 2012</bibRefCitation>
: [1] (damage to pecan). ―
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FE2AFDA4FE12FDEF" author="Ree B." box="[386,502,579,605]" journalOrPublisher="Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="1 - 3" part="2" refString="Ree B. 2014. Sawfly. Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 14 (2): [1 - 3]." title="Sawfly" type="journal article" year="2014">Ree 2014</bibRefCitation>
: [2] (damage to pecan). ―
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FC9FFDA4FC4FFDEF" author="Ree B." box="[823,939,579,605]" journalOrPublisher="Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="1 3" part="16" publicationUrl="http://presidio.agrilife.org/files/2011/08/Texas-Pecan-Pest-Management-Newsletter-March-31-2016.pdf" refString="Ree B. 2016: Insects. Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 16 (2): [1 - 3]. Available from http: //presidio. agrilife. org / files / 2011 / 08 / Texas-Pecan-Pest-Management-Newsletter-March- 31 - 2016. pdf [accessed 13 Jul. 2017]." title="Insects" type="journal article" year="2016">Ree 2016</bibRefCitation>
: [2] (damage to pecan).
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Collector”; “
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♀”; “INHS Type #1071”; “
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” (INHS), left posterior leg missing. The locality data correspond with the present-day
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State University of Agriculture and Applied Science in
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FF15FC61FDD0FC12" bold="true" box="[189,564,902,928]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Additional material examined</emphasis>
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,
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,
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[“
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”],
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,
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leg.,
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(USNM)
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;
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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leg.,
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(specimen used for barcoding) (USNM)
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;
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,
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,
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(USNM)
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.
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FF15FB85FDF5FBCF" bold="true" box="[189,529,1122,1149]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Supplementary description</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FF42FB75FEA1FB1E" bold="true" box="[234,325,1170,1196]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Female</emphasis>
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Synantennomere 3
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, filament
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, with (6)89 articles. Pulvilli present on metatarsomeres 14, on article 1 pulvillus 100 µm long, on article 4 170 µm (
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). See key for additional characters.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FF15FAFBFEA4FA84" bold="true" box="[189,320,1308,1334]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Host plant</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C376657FFFC4FF85FF15FAABFD48F837" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="discussion">
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Pecan (
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illinoinensis
</emphasis>
; cited as “
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<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC4FF85FD2BFAACFD28FAD7" authorityName="Nuttall" authorityYear="1818" box="[643,716,1355,1381]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Juglandaceae" genus="Carya" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Carya</taxonomicName>
pecan
</emphasis>
A. &amp; G.” by
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) and possibly additional species of
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FE90FA88FE65FA3B" box="[312,385,1391,1417]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Carya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FE38FA88FDF9FA3B" author="Dyar H. G." box="[400,541,1391,1417]" journalOrPublisher="Canadian Entomologist" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="173 - 176" part="30" publicationUrl="https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent30173-7" refString="Dyar H. G. 1898 b. Notes on some sawfly larvae, especially the Xyelidae. Canadian Entomologist 30: 173 - 176 [July 1898]. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 30173 - 7" title="Notes on some sawfly larvae, especially the Xyelidae" type="journal article" year="1898" yearSuffix="b">Dyar 1898b</bibRefCitation>
as
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FDEBFA97FD54FA3B" box="[579,688,1392,1417]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Yuasa 1923 as
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FCC4FA88FC09FA3B" box="[876,1005,1391,1417]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Megaxyela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. 1). Supposedly also the photo by
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FF4AFA74FE81FA1F" author="Ree B." box="[226,357,1427,1453]" journalOrPublisher="Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="1 - 3" part="2" refString="Ree B. 2014. Sawfly. Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 14 (2): [1 - 3]." title="Sawfly" type="journal article" year="2014">Ree (2014)</bibRefCitation>
of gregarious larvae of
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FDD6FA73FD7AFA1F" box="[638,670,1428,1453]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FD07FA73FD11FA1F" box="[687,757,1428,1453]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
feeding on pecan refers here.
</paragraph>
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<heading id="D09B8198FFC4FF85FF15FA32FECBFA5D" bold="true" box="[189,303,1493,1519]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" reason="2">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FF15FA32FECBFA5D" bold="true" box="[189,303,1493,1519]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Remarks</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFC4FF85FF15F9E3FD48F837" blockId="21.[189,1399,1540,1925]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
Smith (1978, 1979) treated
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FDA4F9E3FCE0F9AC" box="[524,772,1540,1566]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Megaxyela langstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FC48F9E2FBB4F9AC" box="[992,1104,1541,1566]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. With some reservation,
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FF15F9CFFE27F9F0" author="Smith D. R. &amp; Schiff N. M." box="[189,451,1576,1602]" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="636 - 657" part="100" refString="Smith D. R. &amp; Schiff N. M. 1998. The genera Macroxyela Kirby and Megaxyela Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) in North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100: 636 - 657." title="The genera Macroxyela Kirby and Megaxyela Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) in North America" type="journal article" year="1998">Smith &amp; Schiff (1998)</bibRefCitation>
discussed differences in behavior, color and morphology as possible intraspecific variation. Here we reinstate
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FDADF9AAFD7CF9D4" box="[517,664,1612,1638]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M. langstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. rev. as a valid species. The analysis of the barcoding region of three females, all originating from a collection site in
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, resulted in two clades (DEI-GISHym 30796 and 30767 + 30797, respectively) separated by a minimum pairwise distance of 13.5%, while the two specimens included in the clade 30767 + 30797 are separated by a mimimum pairwise distance of only 0.3% (
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). This observation is paralleled by different coloration of the adults corresponding with the
<typeStatus id="54D78856FFC4FF85FE8CF8E7FEB3F8A8" box="[292,343,1792,1818]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">type</typeStatus>
material and the descriptions of
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FD70F8E7FC89F8AB" box="[728,877,1791,1817]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M. langstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FC0FF8E7FBF0F8AB" box="[935,1044,1792,1817]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: Specimen 30796 agrees with
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC4FF85FF15F8C3FEB6F88F" authorityName="Ross" authorityYear="1936" box="[189,338,1827,1853]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="langstoni">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FF15F8C3FEB6F88F" box="[189,338,1827,1853]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M. langstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the predominantly red brown terga and the basally black pterostigma (
<figureCitation id="13572A71FFC4FF85FB17F8C4FAFBF88F" box="[1215,1311,1827,1853]" captionStart="Fig. 7" captionStartId="22.[189,232,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[189,1399,500,1816]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[189,1399,500,1817]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="Fig. 7. A F. Megaxyela langstoni Ross, 1936, ♀ (A C = holotype, DEI-GISHym 30821, INHS; D F = 30822, USNM). G K. M. major (Cresson, 1880), ♂, paratype (30823, ANSP). A B. ♀, holotype, habitus dorsal / lateroventral. C. ♀, holotype, head frontal. D E. ♀, metatarsus, lateral / ventral. F. ♀, abdomen lateroventral. G H. Habitus dorsal / lateroventral. I. Head frontal. J K. Metatarsus lateral / ventral." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1042679/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Fig. 7A</figureCitation>
), while the specimens 30767 + 30797 agree with
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC4FF85FD1AF8AFFCC5F8D3" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[690,801,1864,1889]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FD1AF8AFFCC5F8D3" box="[690,801,1864,1889]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the dorsally predominantly black terga and the unicolorous yellow pterostigma (
<figureCitation id="13572A71FFC4FF85FDE9F88CFD7BF837" box="[577,671,1899,1925]" captionStart="Fig. 7" captionStartId="22.[189,232,1857,1883]" captionTargetBox="[189,1399,500,1816]" captionTargetId="figure@22.[189,1399,500,1817]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="Fig. 7. A F. Megaxyela langstoni Ross, 1936, ♀ (A C = holotype, DEI-GISHym 30821, INHS; D F = 30822, USNM). G K. M. major (Cresson, 1880), ♂, paratype (30823, ANSP). A B. ♀, holotype, habitus dorsal / lateroventral. C. ♀, holotype, head frontal. D E. ♀, metatarsus, lateral / ventral. F. ♀, abdomen lateroventral. G H. Habitus dorsal / lateroventral. I. Head frontal. J K. Metatarsus lateral / ventral." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1042679/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Fig. 7G</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C376657FFFC4FF87FF15F84AFC46FEFB" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFC4FF87FF15F84AFC46FEFB" blockId="21.[189,1399,1965,2028]" lastBlockId="23.[189,1398,267,329]" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
Several specimens included in the
<typeStatus id="54D78856FFC4FF85FDC7F84AFD46F875" box="[623,674,1965,1991]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">type</typeStatus>
series of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC4FF85FC8BF849FC59F875" authorityName="Ross" authorityYear="1936" box="[803,957,1965,1991]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="langstoni">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FC8BF849FC59F875" box="[803,957,1965,1991]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M. langstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were reared from the pecan
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FA85F84AFEA8F859" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC4FF85FA85F84AFA92F875" authorityName="Nuttall" authorityYear="1818" box="[1325,1398,1965,1991]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Juglandaceae" genus="Carya" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Carya</taxonomicName>
illinoinensis
</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FEF5F836FE3BF85E" author="Ross H. H." box="[349,479,2001,2028]" journalOrPublisher="Entomological News" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="131 132" part="47" refString="Ross H. H. 1936. A new pecan sawfly, Megaxyela langstoni n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae). Entomological News 47: 131 - 132." title="A new pecan sawfly, Megaxyela langstoni n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae)." type="book" year="1936">Ross 1936</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF85FE5DF836FD60F85E" author="Ross H. H." box="[501,644,2001,2028]" journalOrPublisher="Entomological News" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="131 132" part="47" refString="Ross H. H. 1936. A new pecan sawfly, Megaxyela langstoni n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae). Entomological News 47: 131 - 132." title="A new pecan sawfly, Megaxyela langstoni n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae)." type="book" year="1936">Ross (1936)</bibRefCitation>
also referred to the descriptions of larvae of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC4FF85FB37F835FAE9F859" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[1183,1293,2002,2027]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC4FF85FB37F835FAE9F859" box="[1183,1293,2002,2027]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC4FF86FA94F836FEFDFE94" author="Dyar H. G." journalOrPublisher="Canadian Entomologist" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" pagination="173 - 176" part="30" publicationUrl="https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent30173-7" refString="Dyar H. G. 1898 b. Notes on some sawfly larvae, especially the Xyelidae. Canadian Entomologist 30: 173 - 176 [July 1898]. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 30173 - 7" title="Notes on some sawfly larvae, especially the Xyelidae" type="journal article" year="1898" yearSuffix="b">Dyar (1898b)</bibRefCitation>
and Yuasa (1923). Dyar described the larvae as “gregarious on the young leaves of hickory” [=
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC7FF86FF48FEC8FECDFEFB" authorityName="Nuttall" authorityYear="1818" box="[224,297,303,329]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Juglandaceae" genus="Carya" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FF48FEC8FECDFEFB" box="[224,297,303,329]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Carya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spec.]. Yuasa (1923) noted “on hickory and pecan”. If the association of larvae described by Yuasa as “
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC7FF86FE92FEB5FE5FFEDE" authorityName="Ashmead in Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[314,443,338,364]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FE92FEB5FE5FFEDE" box="[314,443,338,364]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Megaxyela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. 1” with
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC7FF86FDF8FEB4FD5AFEDE" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[592,702,339,364]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FDF8FEB4FD5AFEDE" box="[592,702,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by J.M. Langston and H.H. Ross is correct,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC7FF86FB7DFEB4FAA0FEDE" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[1237,1348,339,364]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FB7DFEB4FAA0FEDE" box="[1237,1348,339,364]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a “solitary feeder on pecan and some other hickories” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC7FF86FCE9FE92FC20FE22" author="Ross H. H." box="[833,964,373,400]" journalOrPublisher="Entomological News" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="131 132" part="47" refString="Ross H. H. 1936. A new pecan sawfly, Megaxyela langstoni n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae). Entomological News 47: 131 - 132." title="A new pecan sawfly, Megaxyela langstoni n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae)." type="book" year="1936">Ross 1936</bibRefCitation>
). Citing
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC7FF86FB86FE91FB79FE3D" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[1070,1181,374,399]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FB86FE91FB79FE3D" box="[1070,1181,374,399]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC7FF86FB07FE91FAA1FE3D" authorityName="Ross" authorityYear="1936" box="[1199,1349,373,399]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="langstoni">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FB07FE91FAA1FE3D" box="[1199,1349,373,399]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">M. langstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been listed as a pest of pecan in
<collectingRegion id="49A8F816FFC7FF86FDE3FE7EFD76FE01" box="[587,658,409,435]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Texas</collectingRegion>
, but “in most cases sawfly damage is just visual discomfort where the larvae have damaged some of the new foliage” (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC6FF87FC2AFEECFC1DFE97" author="Ree B." box="[898,1017,267,293]" journalOrPublisher="Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 12" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" pagination="1 - 3" part="1" refString="Ree B. 2012. Insects. Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 12 (1): [1 - 3]." title="Insects" type="journal article" year="2012">Ree 2012</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC6FF87FBAFFEECFBA3FE97" author="Cresswell S." box="[1031,1095,267,293]" journalOrPublisher="Megaxyela tricolor. Available from BugGuide, http: // bugguide. net / node / view / 908657 [accessed" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" pagination="2016" part="20" refString="Cresswell S. 2014. April Unknown - Megaxyela tricolor. Available from BugGuide, http: // bugguide. net / node / view / 908657 [accessed 20 Jul. 2016]." title="April Unknown" type="journal article" year="2014">2014</bibRefCitation>
). Significant defoliations, which might justify a treatment, obviously are rare (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC6FF87FCB7FEC8FC72FEFB" author="Ree B." box="[799,918,302,329]" journalOrPublisher="Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" pagination="1 3" part="16" publicationUrl="http://presidio.agrilife.org/files/2011/08/Texas-Pecan-Pest-Management-Newsletter-March-31-2016.pdf" refString="Ree B. 2016: Insects. Texas Pecan Pest Management Newsletter 16 (2): [1 - 3]. Available from http: //presidio. agrilife. org / files / 2011 / 08 / Texas-Pecan-Pest-Management-Newsletter-March- 31 - 2016. pdf [accessed 13 Jul. 2017]." title="Insects" type="journal article" year="2016">Ree 2016</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="DF13667CFFC7FF86FF15F8A6FEF2F85A" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1042679/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" targetBox="[189,1399,500,1816]" targetPageId="22">
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFC7FF86FF15F8A6FEF2F85A" blockId="22.[189,1399,1857,2024]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FF15F8A6FEA2F8E9" bold="true" box="[189,326,1857,1884]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 7. AF</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC7FF86FEFDF8A5FD32F8E9" authority="Ross, 1936" authorityName="Ross" authorityYear="1936" box="[341,726,1857,1884]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="langstoni">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FEFDF8A5FDAEF8EE" box="[341,586,1858,1884]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Megaxyela langstoni</emphasis>
Ross, 1936
</taxonomicName>
, ♀ (AC = holotype, DEI-GISHym 30821, INHS; DF = 30822, USNM).
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FE24F882FE2CF8CD" bold="true" box="[396,456,1893,1919]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">GK</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC7FF86FE73F881FCF9F8CD" authority="(Cresson, 1880)" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" authorityYear="1880" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[475,797,1893,1919]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FE73F881FDA9F8CD" box="[475,589,1894,1919]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">M. major</emphasis>
(Cresson, 1880)
</taxonomicName>
, ♂, paratype (30823, ANSP).
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FB3CF882FB28F8CD" bold="true" box="[1172,1228,1893,1919]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">AB</emphasis>
. ♀, holotype, habitus dorsal/lateroventral.
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FDBCF86FFDCDF810" bold="true" box="[532,553,1928,1954]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">C</emphasis>
. ♀, holotype, head frontal.
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FCD7F86FFC52F810" bold="true" box="[895,950,1928,1954]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">DE</emphasis>
. ♀, metatarsus, lateral/ventral.
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FA9DF86FFAA3F810" bold="true" box="[1333,1351,1928,1954]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">F</emphasis>
. ♀, abdomen lateroventral.
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FE73F84CFDFCF877" bold="true" box="[475,536,1963,1989]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">GH</emphasis>
. Habitus dorsal/lateroventral.
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FC20F84CFC77F877" bold="true" box="[904,915,1963,1989]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">I</emphasis>
. Head frontal.
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC7FF86FBFAF84CFB61F877" bold="true" box="[1106,1157,1963,1989]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">JK</emphasis>
. Metatarsus lateral/ ventral.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C376657FFFC6FF87FF15FE8BFCEFFCBB" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD336F4FFC6FF87FF15FE8BFCEFFCBB" blockId="23.[189,1399,364,778]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC6FF87FF15FE8BFE26FE34" author="Smith D. R. &amp; Schiff N. M." box="[189,450,364,390]" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" pagination="636 - 657" part="100" refString="Smith D. R. &amp; Schiff N. M. 1998. The genera Macroxyela Kirby and Megaxyela Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) in North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100: 636 - 657." title="The genera Macroxyela Kirby and Megaxyela Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae) in North America" type="journal article" year="1998">Smith &amp; Schiff (1998)</bibRefCitation>
recorded
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC6FF87FD9CFE8BFCE5FE34" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[564,769,364,390]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC6FF87FD9CFE8BFCE5FE34" box="[564,769,364,390]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Megaxyela major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 14 states of the eastern US. Collection data from Mississippi completely refer to
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC6FF87FD94FE77FD37FE1B" authorityName="Ross" authorityYear="1936" box="[572,723,399,425]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="langstoni">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC6FF87FD94FE77FD37FE1B" box="[572,723,399,425]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">M. langstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(type material and additional specimens). We identified additional material from Oklahoma and Texas. For the distribution of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC6FF87FBA6FE54FB9AFE7E" authorityName="Det. D. Burdick" baseAuthorityName="Cresson" baseAuthorityYear="1880" box="[1038,1150,435,460]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC6FF87FBA6FE54FB9AFE7E" box="[1038,1150,435,460]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, we confirm Kansas (holotype of
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC6FF87FEFAFE31FD8BFE42" box="[338,623,470,496]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Odontophyes ferruginea</emphasis>
), Texas (lectotype of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC6FF87FCC1FE31FC1CFE42" authorityName="Cresson" authorityYear="1880" box="[873,1016,470,496]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Xyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC6FF87FCC1FE31FC1CFE42" box="[873,1016,470,496]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Xyela major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and, upon additional specimens studied, also Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. Adults from Florida, Iowa, Missouri, New York and South Carolina need to be re-identified. The state records for Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia are based on larvae solely. Since the larvae of four of seven Nearctic
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC6FF87FBE7FDD8FB34FDEB" authorityName="Ashmead in Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[1103,1232,575,601]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC6FF87FBE7FDD8FB34FDEB" box="[1103,1232,575,601]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Megaxyela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are unknown, and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC6FF87FF45FD84FE8AFDCF" authorityName="Ashmead in Dyar" authorityYear="1898" box="[237,366,611,637]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC6FF87FF45FD84FE8AFDCF" box="[237,366,611,637]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Megaxyela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
larvae generally display only vague specific differences according to our experience with East Asian taxa, these records require scrutiny.
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B05FFC6FF87FD49FD61FC8AFD13" author="Ross H. H." box="[737,878,646,673]" journalOrPublisher="Entomological News" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" pagination="131 132" part="47" refString="Ross H. H. 1936. A new pecan sawfly, Megaxyela langstoni n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae). Entomological News 47: 131 - 132." title="A new pecan sawfly, Megaxyela langstoni n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Xyelidae)." type="book" year="1936">Ross (1936)</bibRefCitation>
discriminated the larvae of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC6FF87FB1AFD60FAA1FD12" authorityName="Ross" authorityYear="1936" box="[1202,1349,646,672]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Megaxyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="langstoni">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC6FF87FB1AFD60FAA1FD12" box="[1202,1349,646,672]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">M. langstoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D77FFC6FF87FF15FD4DFEC8FD71" authorityName="Cresson" authorityYear="1880" box="[189,300,682,707]" class="Insecta" family="Xyelidae" genus="Xyela" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="major">
<emphasis id="B918EAE6FFC6FF87FF15FD4DFEC8FD71" box="[189,300,682,707]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">M. major</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the presence of a single large dark area vs pairs of black spots on the pronotum and the penultimate abdominal segment. But these character states might also apply to those Nearctic species of
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for which the larvae are still unknown.
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