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Genus Filacus

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 Tenthredininae

Tribe Sciapterygini

Genus Filacus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

members of this genus used to be treated in Macrophya

Explanation of Names

Filacus Smith & Gibson 1984

Numbers

4 spp. total, all in our area(1)(2)

1. Filacus albipes

2. Filacus doanei

3. Filacus pluricinctellus

4. Filacus pluricinctus

Range

w. US & Mexico(1)(2)

Food

Larvae reported on Amsinckia and Phacelia(2)

Works Cited

1.	Blank et al. (2012) ECatSym: Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Program version 4.0 beta

2.	The genera and subgenera of the sawflies of Canada and Alaska (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) Goulet H. 1992. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 20. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 235 pp.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 16 February, 2011 - 6:17pm
Additional contributions by Graham M, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 April, 2023 - 3:57pm

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