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thumb|Xenapates larvae and pupae Tenthredinidae is the largest family of sawflies, with well over 7,500 species worldwide, divided into 430 genera. Larvae are herbivores and typically feed on the foliage of trees and shrubs, with occasional exceptions that are leaf miners, stem borers, or gall makers. The larvae of externally feeding species resemble small caterpillars. As with all hymenopterans, common sawflies undergo complete metamorphosis.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyTenthredinidae
Observations recorded660,272

Подсемейство Selandriinae Heptamelus Haliday, 1855 Pseudoheptamelus Conde, 1932 Hemitaxonus Ashmead, 1898 Strongylogaster Dahlbom, 1835 Strombocerina Malaise, 1942 Aneugmenus Hartig, 1837 Birka Malaise, 1944 Nesoselandria Rohwer, 1910 Selandria Leach, 1817 Brachythops Haliday, 1839 Loderus Konow, 1890 Dolerus Jurine, 1807 Подсемейство Tenthredininae Perineura Hartig, 1837 Aglaostigma Kirby, 1882 Ussurinus Malaise, 1931 Tenthredopsis A. Costa, 1859 Eurogaster Zirngiebl, 1953 Rhogogaster Konow, 1884 Tenthredo Linnaeus, 1758 Ischyroceraea Kiaer, 1898 Pachyprotasis Hartig, 1837 Macrophya Dahlbom, 1835 Siobla Cameron, 1877 Tyloceridius Malaise, 1945 Подсемейство Allantinae Eriocampa Hartig, 1837 Athalia Leach, 1817 Monostegia O. Costa, 1859 Monosoma MacGillivray, 1908 Empria Lepeletier, 1828 Ametastegia A. Costa, 1882 Taxonus Hartig, 1837 Allantus Panzer, 1801 Apethymus Benson, 1939 Подсемейство Blennocampinae Hoplocampoides Enslin, 1913 Tomostethus Konow, 1886 Phymatocera Dahlbom, 1835 Paracharactus MacGillivray, 1908 Rhadinoceraea Konow, 1886 Monophadnus Hartig, 1837 Stethomostus Benson, 1939 Eutomostethus Enslin, 1914 Blennocampa Hartig, 1837 Ardis Konow, 1886 Monardis Benson, 1952 C

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
9,442
With media
220
Family
Tenthredinidae
Collections
MHNCA, YPM
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Tenthredinoidea
Image
Tenthredopsis sordida female.jpg
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Commons category
Tenthredinidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Tenthredinidae
topic's main category
Category:Tenthredinidae
taxon common name
bladvepser
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Life cycle of ''[[Cladius difformis]]''
  • Taxonomy
  • Subfamilies and genera
  • Phylogeny
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

thumb|Xenapates larvae and pupae Tenthredinidae is the largest family of sawflies, with well over 7,500 species worldwide, divided into 430 genera. Larvae are herbivores and typically feed on the foliage of trees and shrubs, with occasional exceptions that are leaf miners, stem borers, or gall makers. The larvae of externally feeding species resemble small caterpillars. As with all hymenopterans, common sawflies undergo complete metamorphosis.

The family has no easily seen diagnostic features, though the combination of five to nine antennal flagellomeres plus a clear separation of the first abdominal tergum from the metapleuron can reliably separate them. These sawflies are often black or brown, and 3 to 20 mm long. Like other sawflies, they lack the slender "wasp-waist", or petiole, between the thorax and abdomen, characteristic of many hymenopterans. The mesosoma and the metasoma are instead broadly joined. The Tenthredinidae are also often somewhat dorsoventrally flattened, which will distinguish them at least from the slender cephids (which, together with the common sawflies, comprise many of the Nearctic species of Symphyta).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tenthredinidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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