Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga (the remaining Perginae)

Workbook

Note: This is a “work in progress”. Changes may be made as I discover additional relevant information.

Identification of species in other genera in subfamily Perginae

The matrix below is designed to aid identification of species in those Perginae genera not dealt with in other notes pages - Cerealces, Acanthoperga, Paraperga, Antiperga.

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Cerealces scutellata

see also this sighting of a female Cerealces scutellata with attendant males on Canberra NatureMapr

male, antenna and hindleg - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.15

ANIC specimen Rodriguez 2024 Fig.4b

ANIC specimen Rodriguez 2024 Fig.4c

ANIC specimen Rodriguez 2024 Fig.4d

Acanthoperga cameronii

female - Westwood (1880) Pl.37, Fig.3

scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig.14

head - Benson (1939) Fig.25

antenna - Benson (1939) Fig.3

antenna - Morice (1919) Pl.15, Fig.20

Paraperga jucunda

female - Kirby (1882) Pl.ii, Fig.14

scutellum - Benson (1939) Fig.13

Antiperga antiopa

see this observation of male and females of this species mating and this observation on Facebook of the female

References:

Benson, R.B. 1939. A revision of the Australian sawflies of the genus Perga Leach, sens. lat. (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). The Australian Zoologist 9: 324-357.
Forsius, R. 1927. On some sawflies from the Australian Region (Hymenoptera Tenthredinidae). Records of the South Australian Museum 3: 283-308.
Kirby, W.F. 1882. List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the typical specimens in the British Museum. Vol. I. Tenthredinidae and Siricidae. London: British Museum, xxviii
Kirby, W.F. 1893. Descriptions of five new species of Australian saw-flies. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 12: 38-43.
Leach, W.E. 1817. The zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Vol. 3. Shoe-Lane, London: R. and A. Taylor
Morice, F.D. 1919. Notes on Australian sawflies, especially the “Authors' Types” and other specimens in the British Museum of Natural History and the Hope Collections of the Oxford University Museum; with diagnostic synopses of the genera and species, and photographs illustrating their structural characters. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 66: 247-333, pls XI-XV.
Rohwer, S.A. 1910. Some Australian sawflies. Entomological News 21: 467-474
Westwood, J.O. 1880. A monograph of the sawflies composing the Australian genus Perga of Leach. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880: 359-379

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