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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) » Sterictiphorinae » Neoptilia

Genus Neoptilia

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Possible cimbex larvae on abutilon - Neoptilia tora Possible cimbex larvae on abutilon - Neoptilia tora Hollyhock Sawfly for Arizona - Neoptilia malvacearum - male Neoptilia tora Smith - Neoptilia tora - female Neoptilia malvacearum (Cockerell) - Neoptilia malvacearum - female Neoptilia malvacearum (Cockerell) - Neoptilia malvacearum - male early instars are green - Neoptilia tora adult - Neoptilia tora
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)
Subfamily Sterictiphorinae
Genus Neoptilia
Explanation of Names
Neoptilia Ashmead 1898
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1), 5 total(2)
Print References
Smith D.R. 1971. Nearctic sawflies of the genera Neoptilia Ashmead, Schizocerella Forsius, Aprosthema Konow, and Sphacophilus Provancher (Hymenoptera: Argidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 97: 537-594. (JSTOR) (2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Nearctic sawflies of the genera Neoptilia Ashmead, Schizocerella Forsius, Aprosthema Konow, and Sphacophilus Provancher...
Smith D.R. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 97: 537-594.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 30 July, 2008 - 6:08pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 August, 2015 - 12:29pm

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