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Subfamily Nematinae

sawfly - Euura corniger - female Priophorus caterpillar - Cladius Columbine Sawfly larva, feeding - Pristiphora rufipes sawfly - Euura Sawfly - Nematus - male Sawfly larvae on river birch - Nematus latitarsus Sawfly - Cladius pectinicornis - male Gall on Salix sp. - possibly Pontania? - Euura
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 Nematinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
= Susaninae Ross, 1951
Recent revision by Prous et al. (2014)(1) led to numerous names put in synonymy and the bulk of the subfamily (~80%) consolidated in just two speciose genera, Euura and Pristiphora, with no further subdivision offered.
Explanation of Names
Nematinae Thomson, 1871
Numbers
our largest subfamily, with >430 spp. in 14 genera in our area (incl. undescribed spp.);(2)(3)(1) globally the second largest subfamily, with >1250 spp. in 31 genera(4)
Cladiini
1. Cladius (1 sp.)
2. Priophorus (4 spp.)
3. Trichiocampus (3 spp.)
Dineurini
4. Dineura (1 sp.)
Hoplocampini
5. Hoplocampa (21 spp.)
Nematinae
6. Anoplonyx (4 spp.)
7. Caulocampus (2 spp.)
8. Craterocercus (6 spp.)
9. Euura (262 spp.)
10. Hemichroa (2 spp.)
11. Nematus (? spp. - updated count not yet reviewed)
12. Pristiphora (45 spp.)
Pseudodineurini
13. Kerita: 3 sp.
14. Pseudodineura: 3 sp.
Identification

Wing venation
Range
almost entirely restricted to Eurasia and North America(5)
Food
Most spp. are external leaf feeders; some form galls, mine leaves/petioles, or feed in developing fruit(3)
Works Cited
1.The genera of Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae)
Prous M, Blank SM, Goulet H, Heibo E, Liston A, Malm T, Nyman T, Schmidt S, Smith DR, Vårdal, H, Viitasaari M, Vikberg V, Taege. 2014. J. Hymenopt. Res. 40: 1–69.
2.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
3.List of the Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Virginia
Smith D.R. 2006. Banisteria 28: 3‒23.
4.Blank et al. (2012) ECatSym: Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Program version 4.0 beta
5.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.