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Genus Neurotoma

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Campsite visitor - Neurotoma edwardi Possible Neurotoma fasciata - Neurotoma inconspicua Possible Neurotoma fasciata - Neurotoma inconspicua Sawfly larvae, 7 days later - Neurotoma edwardi Caterpillar? - Neurotoma edwardi Cherry Webspinning Sawflies - Neurotoma edwardi Cherry Webspinning Sawfly (Neurotoma edwardi) - Neurotoma edwardi Pennsylvania Caterpillar for ID - Neurotoma edwardi

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 Pamphiliidae (Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies)
Subfamily Pamphiliinae
Genus Neurotoma

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neurotoma Konow, 1897
Congylocorsia Konow, 1897

Numbers

There are 22 described species worldwide restricted to the Northern Hemisphere. Five species occur in North America, including the introduced N. edwardi. (Taeger et al. 2010)

Identification

A key to North American species of Neurotoma is included in Middlekauff 1958. (1)

Works Cited

1.The North American sawflies of the genera Acantholyda, Cephalcia, and Neurotoma (Hymenoptera: Pamphiliidae)
Middlekauff W.W. 1958. University of California Publications in Entomology 14: 51-174.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 7 July, 2006 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 23 July, 2024 - 9:40am

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