Argidae

Family of sawflies

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[1]

Arginae
Sterictiphorinae

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.

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. ^ Malagón-Aldana, L.A.; Smith, D.R.; Shinohara, A.; Vilhelmsen, L. (2021). "From Arge to Zenarge: adult morphology and phylogenetics of argid sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193 (3): 880–938. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa170. (Erratum: doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab028)

External links

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  • Data related to Argidae at Wikispecies
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Tenthredinoidea
  • Argidae (argid sawflies)
  • Blasticotomidae (fern sawflies)
  • Cimbicidae (cimbicid sawflies)
  • Diprionidae (conifer sawflies)
  • Pergidae (pergid sawflies)
  • Tenthredinidae (common sawflies)
Xyeloidea
Pamphilioidea
Siricoidea
  • Anaxyelidae (cedar wood wasps)
  • Siricidae (horntails)
Xiphydrioidea
  • Xiphydriidae (wood wasps)
Cephoidea
  • Cephidae (stem sawflies)
Orussoidea
  • Orussidae (parasitic wood wasps)
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Ichneumonoidea
  • Braconidae (braconids)
  • Ichneumonidae (ichneumon wasps)
Ceraphronoidea
Proctotrupomorpha
Platygastroidea
Cynipoidea
Proctotrupoidea (s.str.)
Diaprioidea
Mymarommatoidea
Chalcidoidea
(chalcid wasps)
Evanioidea
Stephanoidea
Megalyroidea
Trigonaloidea
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Chrysidoidea
Vespoidea
  • Rhopalosomatidae (rhopalosomatid wasps)
  • Vespidae (paper wasps, potter wasps, pollen wasps, yellowjackets, hornets)
Tiphioidea
Thynnoidea
  • Chyphotidae
  • Thynnidae (flower wasps)
  • Sierolomorphidae (sierolomorphid wasps)
Pompiloidea
  • Mutillidae (velvet ants)
  • Myrmosidae
  • Pompilidae (spider wasps)
  • Sapygidae (sapygid, or club-horned wasps)
Scolioidea
  • Scoliidae (scoliid wasps)
Formicoidea
  • Formicidae (ants)
Apoidea
Spheciformes
(sphecoid wasps)
Anthophila
(bees)
Taxon identifiers
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