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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Blennocampinae » Phymatocerini » Phymatocera » Phymatocera rusculla
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sawfly - Phymatocera rusculla - male
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

sawfly - Phymatocera rusculla - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
June 4, 2011
Size: 7mm to wingtip
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Contributed by tom murray on 5 June, 2011 - 12:38am
Last updated 29 June, 2011 - 5:53pm

Moved
Moved from "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
Thanks Dave, it's the first adult for the guide in this genus, and a new species for the guide!
… tom murray, 29 June, 2011 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

 
can't find this sp. in(1); will ask Dave
… v belov, 29 June, 2011 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

 
I couldn't place this
in my 1969 revision (p.56). It has since been found to be the same as P. offensa (p. 48). I'll check again tomorrow to make sure which name should be used.
… Dave Smith, 29 June, 2011 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae, Blennocampinae
Phymatocera rusculla (MacGillivray), male. Specimen examined. Larvae probably feed on false solomon's seal.
… Dave Smith, 29 June, 2011 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

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