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Genus Allantus

Who is this dude? - Allantus nigritibialis

Square-headed Wasp (?) with One White Line - Allantus cinctus

Sawfly larva on multiflora rose - Allantus

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 Allantinae

Tribe Allantini

Genus Allantus

Explanation of Names

Allantus Panzer, 1801

Numbers

8 spp. in our area,(1)(2) ~150 total

1. Allantus albolabris

2. Allantus basalis

3. Allantus cinctus

4. Allantus mellipes

5. Allantus nigritibialis

6. Allantus platycerus

6. Allantus rahmus

7. Allantus umbonatus

8. Allantus viennensis

Identification

Key to species (minus A. platycerus) by Smith (1979).(1)

Works Cited

1.	Nearctic sawflies. IV. Allantinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Smith D.R. 1979. Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1595. 172 pp.

2.	Nomina Insecta Nearctica Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 12 April, 2005 - 10:53pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 16 April, 2024 - 11:46pm

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