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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) » Atomacera

Genus Atomacera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
Hibiscus Sawfly - Atomacera decepta Hibiscus caterpillar - Atomacera decepta black and orange winged one - Atomacera decepta Tethida barda? - Atomacera decepta - male - female Hibiscus Sawfly (Atomacera decepta)? on rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos var. Midnight Marvel) - Atomacera decepta Hibiscus Sawfly - Atomacera decepta Argid Sawfly Larvae - Atomacera debilis Spiked Cat - Atomacera decepta
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 Atomacera
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Atomacera Say 1836
Name refers to the unsegmented flagellum
Numbers
3 spp. in our area(1), 6 total(2)
Remarks
the sole member of the subfam. Atomacerinae
Works Cited
1.Key to genera of Nearctic Argidae (Hymenoptera) with revisions of the genera Atomacera Say and Sterictiphora Billberg
Smith D.R. 1969. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 95: 439-457.
2.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 27 June, 2004 - 6:35pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 29 May, 2014 - 3:13pm

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