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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Sterictiphorinae

Subfamily Sterictiphorinae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited
tiny caterpillar on wild cherry - Sterictiphora Sawfly - Zynzus - female Sawflies on virginia creeper - Sphacophilus cellularis - male Sterictiphora serotina - female Argidae, ovipositor - Sphacophilus apios - female sawfly b Schizocerella? Sterictiphorinae?
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
Numbers
48 spp. in 7 genera in our area;(1)(2)(3) 25 genera total(4)
1. Aproceros: 1 sp.
2. Aprosthema: 2 spp.
3. Neoptilia: 2 spp.
4. Schizocerella: 2 spp.
5. Sphacophilus: 22 spp.
6. Sterictiphora: 6 spp.
7. Zynzus: 13 spp.
Identification
Cells 2R1 of forewing (often) and R1 of hindwing open apically (closed by vein R1 in Arginae)
Print References
Martel, Véronique; Olivier Morin, Spencer K. Monckton, Charles S. Eiseman, & Catherine Béliveau. Elm zigzag sawfly, Aproceros leucopoda (Hymenoptera: Argidae), recorded for the first time in North America through community science. The Canadian Entomologist, 154(1). (Full text)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
2.Systematics of two feeding morphs of Schizocerella pilicornis (Hymenoptera: Argidae) and recognition of two species
Hartsough C.D.B., Connor E.F., Smith D.R., Spicer G.S. 2007. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 100: 375-380.
3.Nearctic sawflies of the genera Neoptilia Ashmead, Schizocerella Forsius, Aprosthema Konow, and Sphacophilus Provancher...
Smith D.R. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 97: 537-594.
4.Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)
Contributed by v belov on 29 May, 2014 - 3:19pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 23 December, 2024 - 4:05pm

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