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Species Sphacophilus nigriceps

Spacophilus nigriceps - Sphacophilus nigriceps - male
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)