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Sphacophilus nigriceps
Species
Sphacophilus nigriceps
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
No Taxon
(subgenus Ceocolus)
Species
nigriceps
(Sphacophilus nigriceps)
Explanation of Names
Sphacophilus nigriceps
(Konow 1906)
Size
avg. length: ♂ 6.5 mm, ♀ 7.0 mm
(
1
)
Range
c. NA (IL-MB-AB to AR-TX-NM)
(
1
)
Food
known host:
Petalostemum multiflorum
(
1
)
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.
Contributed by
Graham Montgomery
on 26 June, 2011 - 10:28pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 31 May, 2014 - 10:01am