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Genus Acantholyda

Acantholyda from New Mexico - Acantholyda

Acantholyda erythrocephala ? - Acantholyda erythrocephala

Unknown, large mandibled insect - Acantholyda ruficeps

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)

Family Pamphiliidae (Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies)

Subfamily Cephalciinae

Genus Acantholyda

Explanation of Names

Acantholyda Costa 1894

Numbers

~33 spp. in our area(1), 8 in Europe(2)...

Food

hosts: conifers

Works Cited

1.	Taeger A., Cincotta S., Susko E. (-2013) Kinds of Symphyta on Discover Life

2.	de Jong Y.S.D.M. et al. (2014) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 12 April, 2005 - 10:44pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 7 June, 2023 - 5:24pm

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