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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) » Heterarthrinae

Subfamily Heterarthrinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Pear Slug on cherry leaf - Caliroa cerasi Fenusa dohrnii Patch and circle - Fenusa dohrnii Ovipositing Sawfly on dewberry 2 - Metallus rohweri - female Ovipositing Sawfly on dewberry 2 - Metallus rohweri - female Unid Leafminer WPrt2 - Metallus rohweri Texas Sawfly? Cailroa - Caliroa
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 Heterarthrinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
nearctic fauna revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Heterarthrinae Benson 1952
Numbers
~40 spp. in 13 genera in our area(2), 250 spp. in ~40 genera total(3)
Range
by far most diverse in Eurasia and NA (a few in n. Africa and South America)(4)
Remarks
includes some of the most economically important sawflies(1)
Works Cited
1.Nearctic sawflies. III. Heterarthrinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
D.R. Smith. 1971. Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1420. 84 pp.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Blank et al. (2012) ECatSym: Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Program version 4.0 beta
4.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 - 3:30pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 August, 2015 - 11:26am

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