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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

Genus Arge

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
UNKNOWN CATERPILLAR - YELLOW W BLACK SPOTS - Arge sawfly - Arge coccinea Sawfly larvae feeding on red oak - Arge Sawfly - Arge macleayi - female argid sawfly - Arge Caterpillar - Arge Arge tumsua - female Arge
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revision in(1)
Explanation of Names
Arge Schrank 1802
Numbers
10 spp. in our area(2), >200 spp. worldwide(1)
Size
adults up to 14 mm(1)
Identification
Forewing and hindwing with cell R1 closed at apex

Middle and hind tibiae with preapical spines

3rd antennal segment of male simple
Range
holarctic (to Colombia) & Afrotropical(1)
Season
spring to mid-summer(1)
Food
Larvae feed on foliage of various shrubs and trees. Host data compiled from various sources:
A. clavicornus -- Shadbush, Amelanchier
A. coccinea -- Sumac, Rhus
A. humeralis -- Poison Ivy, Toxicodendron radicans
A. pectoralis -- Hazelnut, Corylus, Birch, Betula
A. scapularis -- Elm, Ulmus
Remarks
our only representative of the subfam. Arginae which contains a total of 18 genera(3)
Works Cited
1.The sawfly genus Arge (Hymenoptera: Argidae) in the Western Hemisphere
Smith D.R. 1989. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 115: 83-205.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 11 June, 2005 - 7:27pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, KenW, behmrachel
Last updated 20 July, 2022 - 10:02am

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