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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 » Sphacophilus

Genus Sphacophilus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited
Sawflies on virginia creeper - Sphacophilus cellularis - male Oviposit spots and recently emerged larvae - Sphacophilus cellularis Argidae, head & thorax - Sphacophilus apios - female Argidae, another cocoon - Sphacophilus apios Argidae, cocoon #2, question - Sphacophilus apios Id help needed - sawfly larvae ? - Sphacophilus cellularis Obexilum caterpillar - Sphacophilus Wild Potato Vine larva - Sphacophilus cellularis
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 Sphacophilus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Sphacophilus Provancher, 1889
Numbers
22 described spp. total, all in our area, arranged into 3 subgenera(1)(2)
1. Sphacophilus (Ceocolus): 14 spp.
2. Sphacophilus (Litocolus): 6 spp.
3. Sphacophilus (Sphacophilus): 2 spp
Identification
key to spp. in(1) (identification based primarily on genital anatomy)
Range
Canada to Mexico; both members of the nominotypical subgenus are western (WA-CA to ID-CO-NM), Litocolus (6 spp.) are by far more diverse in sw. US, Ceocolus (14 spp.) are widespread(1)
Food
known hosts include members of Convolvulaceae, Fabaceae
Print References
Smith, D.R. 2017. A new Nearctic Sphacophilus Provancher (Hymenoptera : Argidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119(2): 228-232. (BioOne)
Works Cited
1.Nearctic sawflies of the genera Neoptilia Ashmead, Schizocerella Forsius, Aprosthema Konow, and Sphacophilus Provancher...
Smith D.R. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 97: 537-594.
2.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 August, 2009 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 17 December, 2024 - 9:58pm

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