Subfamily Zeugophorinae

Zeugophora Kunze, 1818, N. Schr. Nat. Ges. Halle 2 (4): 71. Type-species: Crioceris      subspinosa Fabricius.
Pedrillia Westwood, 1864, Entomol. Soc. London, Trans. Ser. 3, 2: 280. Type-species: P.      longicornis Westw.
Macrozeugophora Achard, 1914, Soc. Entomol. France, Bull. 83: 288. Type-species: M.      ornata Ach.
Taraxis LeConte, 1850, in Agassiz, Lake Superior, 237.
     Head usually constricted behind eyes. Eyes subemarginate or emarginate. Antennae extending beyond base of elytra, segments 4-11 widened, insertions widely separated and near front of eyes. Pronotum with pair of prominent lateral tubercles. Body elongate. Elytra broad, narrowed posteriorly, or narrow and subparallel. Apex of pygidium usually visible. Legs robust.
     Larvae of most species are leaf miners in poplar. This is the only genus of the subfamily occurring in North America and the following is the only species occurring in Alabama.

Zeugophora atra Fall (Figs. 6, 16)

Zeugophora atra Fall, 1926, Pan-Pacific Entomol. 2: 203.
Zeugophora abnormis auct. (not LeConte, 1850).
     Elongate, dark brown; legs, gula, mentum, submentum, labrum, and clypeus yellow. Length 3.5 mm. Width 1.4 mm.
     Alabama records: 1 specimen from Mobile^2,3 County.
     Remarks: Z. atra appears to be primarily a northern or high altitude species. Fall (54) saw a specimen from the Yukon Territory and Leng (73) recorded this species (under its synonym, Z. abnormis) from Lake Superior, Washington, and New Mexico. The senior author has collected this species, along with Z. varians Crotch, in Montana. Loding's Alabama record seems a bit dubious, even though somewhat reinforced by a Georgia record (57).