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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies (Pamphiliidae) » Cephalciinae » Acantholyda » Acantholyda ruficeps
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Side view - Acantholyda ruficeps
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Side view - Acantholyda ruficeps
Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 12, 2009
Size: 13 mm (approx.)

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Sitting on a picnic table - Acantholyda ruficeps Side view - Acantholyda ruficeps Head - Acantholyda ruficeps Thorax - Acantholyda ruficeps
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 14 July, 2009 - 2:03pm
Last updated 31 August, 2009 - 5:49pm

Moved
Moved from Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies.
… John F. Carr, 31 August, 2009 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

Acantholyda ruficeps (Harrington)
Quite a rare species; only 4 specimens in the collection for comparison. Hosts are pines.
… Dave Smith, 31 August, 2009 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

Pamphiliidae
Either Cephalcia or Acantholyda. One would think a pretty thing like this would be easy but nothing comes to mind. I'll check the collection this week.
… Dave Smith, 30 August, 2009 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
What is useful for ID?
What features tend to be useful to identify sawflies to genus or species?
… John F. Carr, 30 August, 2009 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
sawfly id
Depends on the group. Most characters are wing venation, antennae, tarsal claws, female sawsheath, female ovipositor, male genitalia, but there are others. For genera of these pamphiliids, I mainly need to see the tarsal claws and whether or not there is a preapical spine on the foretibia. Can't always see these in photos, but sometimes the color is distinctive enough to place it, like this one.
… Dave Smith, 31 August, 2009 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

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