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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Stem Sawflies (Cephidae) » Cephini » Cephus » European Wheat Stem Sawfly (Cephus pygmaeus)
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Cephidae? - Cephus pygmaeus
Copyright © 2014 Ashley Bradford

Cephidae? - Cephus pygmaeus
Andelot Farm, Worton, Kent County, Maryland, USA
June 7, 2014
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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 17 June, 2014 - 4:36pm
Last updated 19 March, 2023 - 12:41am

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… Jonathan Hoskins, 19 March, 2023 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

Species distinction
The identity of this individual has been questioned by Steven Mlodinow on another observation.

A couple potential discrepancies may be noted:
• the stigma seems to be margined with yellow
• the fore and middle femora aren't entirely black as in Middlekauff's key
… Jonathan Hoskins, 19 March, 2023 - 12:02am login or register to post comments

new one for the guide --thanks!
Moved from Stem Sawflies.
… v belov, 20 June, 2014 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh!
No wonder I couldn't find it in the Guide. Thanks to you both!
… Ashley Bradford, 23 June, 2014 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Cephidae
Cephus pygmaeus (Linnaeus), European wheat stem sawfly
… Dave Smith, 17 June, 2014 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… v belov, 17 June, 2014 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

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