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Notes on larval instars and adult antennae of Neodiprion abietis (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

S.Y. Li
S.Y. Li*
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Atlantic Forestry Centre, PO Box 960, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada A2H 6J3
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1 Corresponding author (e-mail: sli@nrcan.gc.ca).
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The native balsam fir sawfly, Neodiprion abietis (Harris) (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae), occurs throughout Canada, Alaska, and the northern United States of America (Rose et al. 1994; Drooz 1985). This sawfly was originally described as Lophyrus abietis (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) (Harris 1841), then transferred to the genus Diprion (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) (MacGillivray 1916). Rohwer (1918) established the genus Neodiprion for Nearctic species of the genera Lophyrus and Diprion. Based on differences in size, color, and female genitalic characters between adults reared from the genera Abies, Picea, Pseudotsuga, and Tsuga (Pinaceae), Ross (1955) considered N. abietis as a complex. After a thorough morphological and physiological study, Knerer and Atwood (1972) concluded that there were five strains of N. abietis in North America: one western and four eastern.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 135 , Issue 5 , October 2003 , pp. 745 - 748
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2003

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