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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Heterarthrinae » Fenusini » Metallus » Metallus lanceolatus

Species Metallus lanceolatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
leaf mine - Metallus lanceolatus Metallus lanceolatus Unid Leafminer DWWgc1 - Metallus lanceolatus blotch mine of Geum macrophyllum - Metallus lanceolatus Leaf mines - Metallus lanceolatus White avens leaf miner - Metallus lanceolatus Leaf mine - Metallus lanceolatus Leaf mine - Metallus lanceolatus
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 Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Subfamily Heterarthrinae
Tribe Fenusini
Genus Metallus
Species lanceolatus (Metallus lanceolatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Metallus bensoni Smith 1971, Metallus gei (Brischke 1883)
Explanation of Names
Metallus lanceolatus (Thomson 1870)
Size
♀ 3.5‒4.5 mm(1)(2)
Range
native to Europe(2), adventive in our area and now found across n. NA (BC‒NS to OR‒IA‒MD)(3)
Food
Larvae mine in leaves of avens (Geum, Rosaceae)(4)
Life Cycle
Leaf mine in Avens larva adult
Remarks
earliest NA record: BC 1936(1)
Internet References
Species pages: Ellis (2007) (Europe)(4) | Edmunds (2007) (UK)(5) | Pitkin et al. (2007-) (UK)(6)
Works Cited
1.Nearctic sawflies. III. Heterarthrinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
D.R. Smith. 1971. Agricultural Research Service, USDA Technical Bulletin No. 1420. 84 pp.
2.Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Part 6.
Zhelokhovtsev A.N., Tobias V.I., Kozlov M.A. 1993. Keys to the Fauna of the USSR 158: 1-432.
3.Nearctic Species of Metallus Forbes (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae): biology and distribution
Eiseman C.S., Smith D.R. 2017. Proc. Ent Soc. Wash. 119: 551‒565.
4.Ellis W.N. (2007-) Leafminers of Europe
5.British leafminers
6.Pitkin B., Ellis W., Plant C., Edmunds R. (2007-) The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 20 June, 2012 - 10:53am
Additional contributions by v belov, marcie oconnor, behmrachel
Last updated 25 December, 2023 - 7:04pm

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