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Argidae
Arge humeralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea
Family: Argidae
Konow, 1890
Subfamilies

Arginae
Atomacerinae
Erigleninae
Sterictiphorinae

Genera

Shizocera

Argidae is a large family of sawflies, containing some 800 species worldwide, primarily in tropical regions. The larvae are phytophagous, and commonly can be found feeding (and often pupating) in groups, though very few attain pest status. Notable infestation of this family are recent outbreaks of Shizocera sp. feeding on the leaves of the Mo tree Manglietia conifera (Magnoliaceae) which have occurred in pure stands of the tree in the northern temperate region of Vietnam.[1]

Large rose sawfly, a horticultural pest

The family is distinguished from all other Symphyta by the reduction of the antenna to three segments, flagellomeres; the last one is elongated often shaped like a tuning fork in males.

References

  1. ^ K. S. S. Nair (2012). Tropical Forest Insect Pests: Ecology, Impact, and Management, Cambridge University Press
  • Media related to Argidae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Argidae at Wikispecies


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