Sawfly? - Filacus pluricinctellus

Moved

Moved from Filacus.

… Alice Abela, 13 February, 2016 - 11:05pm

additional comments

For a species id, I need to see a clear picture of the dorsum of the abdomen (without wings folded over); color of hind coxa; and the hind tibial spurs. This should be enough.
It does belong in the tribe Macrophyini, if it is necessary to separate the subfamily into tribes. There are only about 10 genera of the subfamily in N. America.

… Dave Smith, 16 February, 2011 - 7:47pm

I think I found another one...

Check out

, I tried to get both dorsal and ventral shots.

… Alice Abela, 8 February, 2016 - 11:17pm

Page created

I created a page for pluricinctellus. Move whichever belong there to that page.

… John F. Carr, 13 February, 2016 - 7:54pm

Filacus

The first picture is a female, the other three are a male. This is Filacus pluricinctellus (Rohwer). Adults of this species have been collected from Amsinckia and also reared from larvae feeding on this host. I can't tell if this is the same as the one in the first picture sent, but these 4 pictures are F. pluricinctellus.

… Dave Smith, 13 February, 2016 - 7:34pm

Tribe already existed

We already had a page for the tribe, so I put the genus under its tribe.

… John F. Carr, 16 February, 2011 - 7:56pm

Moved

Moved from Tenthredininae.

… John F. Carr, 16 February, 2011 - 6:19pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 February, 2011 - 6:18pm

Tenthredinidae, Tenthredininae

Filacus sp. There are four species in California. I cannot see the necessary characters in the photo to key it to species. Larvae of one is known to feed on Amsinkia, and adults of two or three have been collected from Amsinkia flowers.

… Dave Smith, 16 February, 2011 - 4:38pm

Looks like a new genus for BG

I'll gladly make a page for it if you'll tell me how it should be placed (i.e., directly under Tenthredininae, or in one of the tribes). Needless to say, I'm not up on my sawfly taxonomy. :)

EDIT: Never mind... I see that John has this one under control. :)

… Ken Wolgemuth, 16 February, 2011 - 6:20pm

Macrophyini?

I put this in Macrophyini. Please correct me if it belongs elsewhere.

… John F. Carr, 16 February, 2011 - 6:19pm

Thanks!

Thanks for the ID. What features do you need to see to make a species ID? I can try to get additional photos if I'm out there again / look through the ones I have of this individual.
-Alice

… Alice Abela, 16 February, 2011 - 5:03pm

yes

I suspect it's Tenthredininae

… John S. Ascher, 16 February, 2011 - 9:39am