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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Arge » pectoralis group (Arge pectoralis group) » Elm Argid Sawfly (Arge scapularis)

Species Arge scapularis - Elm Argid Sawfly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited
Sawfly - Arge scapularis Elm Argid Sawfly - Arge scapularis Sawfly on Elm but not Cimbex - Arge scapularis Sawfly on Elm but not Cimbex - Arge scapularis Elm Sawfly Larvae [=Arge scapularis?] ID Request - Arge scapularis Elm Argid Sawfly Larvae - Arge scapularis Elm Sawfly - Arge scapularis Elm Argid Sawfly (Argidae, Arge scapularis (Klug)) - Arge scapularis
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 (pectoralis group)
Species scapularis (Elm Argid Sawfly)
Explanation of Names
Arge scapularis (Klug 1814)
Latin scapularis refers to the distinctive 'shoulder blades'
Size
♂ 6.5-8.5 mm, ♀ 9.5-11.5 mm(1)
Range
e. NA (QC-FL to MN-TX)(1)
Food
Larvae feed on elm (Ulmus)
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 Tom Bentley on 15 August, 2006 - 9:31am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2012 - 9:34pm

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