Argidae

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

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

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)
  • Media related to Argidae at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Argidae at Wikispecies


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