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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae) » Abia » Abia americana
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Sawfly - Abia americana
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Hart

Sawfly - Abia americana
5 mi. south of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington, USA
June 15, 2007
Size: ~ 10 mm
This sawfly is on new growth on a non-native rhododendron in our yard, at about 2,000 feet elevation.

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Contributed by Stephen Hart on 24 April, 2008 - 5:24pm
Last updated 30 August, 2009 - 8:51am

Moved
Moved from Zaraea. It seems that Abia and Zaraea are synonyms.
… Ken Schneider, 30 August, 2009 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Please note that this is the standard we are using for Symphyta taxonomy. Abia is the preferred name these days. I just renamed our genus page to fix this.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 August, 2009 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

Abia americana (Cresson)
The only Abia species known in western N. Amer.
… Dave Smith, 30 August, 2009 - 6:53am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
but looks like it could be one of the cimbicid sawflies?

Not the same species, but see, for example:



Beautiful photos, by the way!!
… Ken Schneider, 24 April, 2008 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Similar thorax
I see the similar, interesting indents in the thorax.
… Stephen Hart, 24 April, 2008 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Zaraea sp.
This is a specimen in the genus Zaraea. Common, but not often seen as adults.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 April, 2008 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

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