Aproceros

Aproceros
Aproceros leucopoda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Family:	Argidae
Subfamily:	Sterictiphorinae
Genus:	Aproceros Malaise, 1931

Aproceros is a genus of insects in the family Argidae. Species of this genus are native to eastern Asia with one species, the elm zigzag sawfly (Aproceros leucopoda), that has been introduced to Europe and North America. ^[1]

Species

There are 10 recognized species within the genus Aproceros: ^[2]

• Aproceros pallidicornis (Mocsáry, 1909) – Aprosthema pallidicornis (original designation)

• Formally known as Aproceros umbricolaMalaise, 1931 ^[3]

• Aproceros leucopoda Takeuchi, 1939 – elm zigzag sawfly
• Aproceros hakusanus Togashi, 1962
• Aproceros okutanii Togashi, 1968
• Aproceros sikkimensis Saini & Thind, 1992
• Aproceros scutellis Wei, 1998
• Aproceros distinctus Wei, 1998
• Aproceros maculatus Wei, 1998
• Aproceros antennatus Togashi, 1998
• Aproceros mikagei Togashi, 2003

References

1. "Aproceros | Sawfly GenUS". idtools.org. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
2. Baine, Quinlyn; Looney, Chris; Monckton, Spencer K.; Smith, David R.; Schiff, Nathan M.; Goulet, Henri; Redford, Amanda J. "Aproceros". Sawfly GenUS. USDA APHIS PPQ Identification Technology Program (ITP) and Washington State Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
3. Blank, S.M.; Taeger, A.; Liston, A.D.; Smith, D.R.; Rasnitsyn, A.P.; Shinohara, A.; Heidemaa, M.; Viitasaari, M. (2009). "Studies Toward a World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta: Hymenoptera)". Zootaxa. 2254: 1–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2254.1.1.