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humeralis group

Arge humeralis eggs developing in poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum) leaflet - Arge humeralis

What kind of wasp is this? View 3 - Arge humeralis

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 Argidae (Argid Sawflies)

Genus Arge

No Taxon humeralis group

Numbers

6 spp. in our area, 14 spp. total(1); not yet in the guide: A. arida AZ, A. illuminata TX-AZ, A. texana TX

Range

Western Hemisphere: ON to Colombia, most diverse in Mexico & sw. US; 2 spp. in e. NA(1)

Food

hosts: the eastern spp. on Rhus; hosts of other spp. unknown(1)

Works Cited

1.	The sawfly genus Arge (Hymenoptera: Argidae) in the Western Hemisphere Smith D.R. 1989. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 115: 83‒205.

Contributed by v belov on 17 August, 2012 - 4:14pm
Last updated 17 August, 2012 - 9:02pm

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