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Species Halidamia affinis

Eutomostethus luteiventris? - Halidamia affinis

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 Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)

Subfamily Blennocampinae

Tribe Waldheimiini

Genus Halidamia

Species affinis (Halidamia affinis)

Explanation of Names

Halidamia affinis (Fallén 1807)

Size

avg. BL: ♂ 5.0 mm, ♀ 6.5 mm(1)

Range

Native to Europe, introduced to ne. US, spread through much of the US

Food

larvae on Galium(2)(1)

Life Cycle

entirely parthenogenetic in the northern part of its range(1)

Internet References

Species page(2)

Works Cited

1.	Nearctic sawflies. I. Blennocampinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) D.R. Smith. 1969. Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1397. 179 pp.

2.	NatureSpot: recording the wildlife of Leicestershire and Rutland

Contributed by v belov on 14 February, 2010 - 3:13pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 27 November, 2013 - 4:17pm

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