Subfamily Nematinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Dusky Birch Sawfly? - Nematus latitarsus

Cladius difformis - Cladius pectinicornis

Columbine Sawfly, upper side of leaf, egg bump - Pristiphora rufipes

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

the recent revision(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; this makes it unpractical to implement in the Guide at this point, pending further study

Explanation of Names

Nematinae Thomson 1871

Numbers

our largest subfamily, with >430 spp. in 30 genera in our area (incl. undescribed spp.)(2)(3), and world's second largest subfamily, with >1250 spp. in ~50 genera(4)

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.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

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.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 8 April, 2007 - 3:26pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 August, 2015 - 11:26am

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