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Genus Taxonus

Taxonus terminalis Sawfly - Taxonus pallicoxus - female sawfly - Taxonus pallicoxus - female Sawfly - Taxonus epicera Sawfly sp? - Taxonus terminalis Sawfly larva - Taxonus micro sawfly - Taxonus terminalis sawfly? - Taxonus pallidicornis
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 Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Subfamily Allantinae
Tribe Allantini
Genus Taxonus
Explanation of Names
Taxonus Hartig, 1837
Numbers
9 spp.* in our area(1)(2), ~20 total
* Species not yet in the guide: Taxonus proximus (Provancher, 1885) - ON, QC; ME, south to GA
Works Cited
1.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
2.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.