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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

Arge ochropus - Rose Sawfly - Arge ochropus

Argidae sp. ? brought home to raise - Arge tumsua

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

27 spp. in our area;(1)(2) >200 spp. worldwide(1)

clavicornis-group

1. Arge abdominalis

2. Arge azaleae

3. Arge borealis

4. Arge cerulea

5. Arge clavicornis

6. Arge curvaria

7. Arge cyra

8. Arge macleayi

9. Arge mellina

10. Arge onerosa

11. Arge parena

12. Arge sparta

13. Arge tavida

14. Arge willi

humeralis-group

15. Arge arida

16. Arge coccinea

17. Arge humeralis

18. Arge illuminata

19. Arge spiculata

20. Arge texana

ochropus -group

21. Arge ochropus

pectoralis-group

22. Arge pectoralis

23. Arge quidia

24. Arge rumica

25. Arge salicis

26. Arge scapularis

27. Arge tumsua

Size

adults up to 14 mm(1)

Identification

Cells 2R1 of forewing and R1 of hindwing closed apically by vein R1

Meso- and metatibiae with preapical spines

male antennomere 3 simple

Range

Holarctic, Neotropical to Colombia, & Afrotropical(1)

Season

Spring to mid-summer(1)

Food

Larvae feed on foliage of various shrubs and trees

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. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 115: 83‒205.

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

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, PaleoJon, behmrachel
Last updated 17 December, 2024 - 8:33pm

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