Cephidae is a family of
stem sawflies in the order
Hymenoptera
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. There are about 27 genera and more than 160 described species in Cephidae.
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Genera
These 27 genera belong to the family Cephidae:
* '' Athetocephus'' Benson, 1935
* '' Australcephus'' Smith & Schmidt, 2009
* '' Caenocephus'' Strobl, 1895
* '' Calameuta'' Konow, 1896
* † '' Cephites'' Heer, 1849
* '' Cephus'' Latreille, 1802
* '' Characopygus'' Konow, 1899
* † '' Cuspilongus'' Archibald & Rasnitsyn, 2015
* † '' Electrocephus'' Konow, 1897
* '' Heterojanus'' Wei & Xiao, 2011
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* '' Jungicephus'' Maa, 1949
* '' Koreocephus'' Wei & Lee, 2018
* '' Magnitarsijanus'' Wei, 2007
* '' Megajanus'' Wei, 1999
* † '' Mesocephus'' Rasnitsyn, 1968
* '' Miscocephus'' Wei, 1999
* '' Pachycephus'' J.P.E.F.Stein, 1876
* '' Phylloecus'' Newman, 1838
* '' Sinicephus'' Maa, 1949
* '' Stenocephus'' Shinohara, 1999
* '' Stigmatijanus'' Wei, 2007
* '' Sulawesius'' Smith & Shinohara, 2002
* '' Syrista'' Konow, 1896
* '' Tibetajanus'' Wei, 1996
* '' Trachelus'' Jurine, 1807
* '' Urosyrista'' Maa, 1944
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