| Sphacophilus | |
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| Sphacophilus apios | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Argidae |
| Subfamily: | Sterictiphorinae |
| Genus: | Sphacophilus Provancher, 1888 |
Sphacophilus is a genus of sawflies in the family Argidae. There are more than 30 described species in Sphacophilus. [1] [2] [3] [4]
These 32 species belong to the genus Sphacophilus:
Sawflies are the insects of the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera alongside ants, bees and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs. The name is associated especially with the Tenthredinoidea, by far the largest superfamily in the suborder, with about 7,000 known species; in the entire suborder, there are 8,000 described species in more than 800 genera. Symphyta is paraphyletic, consisting of several basal groups within the order Hymenoptera, each one rooted inside the previous group, ending with the Apocrita which are not sawflies.
The Orussidae or the parasitic wood wasps represent a small family of sawflies ("Symphyta"). Currently, about 85 extant and four fossil species are known. They take a key position in phylogenetic analyses of Hymenoptera, because they form the sister taxon of the megadiverse apocritan wasps, and the common ancestor of Orussidae + Apocrita invented parasitism for the first time in course of the evolution of the Hymenoptera. They are also the only sawflies with carnivorous larvae.
The Blasticotomidae are a very small family of sawflies, containing only 13 species in 3 genera worldwide, restricted to temperate regions of Eurasia where the larvae are specialized stem borers of ferns.
The Pergidae are a moderate-sized family of sawflies occurring in the Western Hemisphere and the Australasian Region. The Pergidae are, with almost 450 described species, the third-largest family of Symphyta after the Tenthredinidae and the Argidae. Morphologically, most pergids are typically sawfly-like, but the form of the antennae varies considerably in number of segments and from simple to serrate and pectinate or even bipectinate. Sexual dimorphism is common and reflected in differences in type of antennae, colour, and size. Included are some of the few known apterous sawflies, those of the genus Cladomacra occurring in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, and a species with brachypterous females, Clarissa tasbates, in Tasmania.
Arginae is a subfamily of argid sawflies in the family Argidae. There are about 12 genera and more than 400 described species in Arginae.
Acantholyda is a genus of sawflies.
Zenargomyia is a genus of tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae from New South Wales. It is a parasite on the Cypress Pine Sawfly Zenarge turneri.
Shizocera is a genus of sawflies in the family Argidae.
Arge berberidis, common name berberis sawfly, is a species of sawflies belonging to the family Argidae subfamily Arginae.
Eriocampa is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are about ten described species in Eriocampa.
Neoptilia is a genus of argid sawflies in the family Argidae. There are at least two described species in Neoptilia.
Fenusa is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are about 11 described species in Fenusa.
Tethida is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There is one described species in Tethida, T. barda.
Ametastegia is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are about 16 described species in Ametastegia.
Schizocerella pilicornis,, is a species of argid sawfly in the family Argidae.
Schizocerella is a genus of sawflies in the family Argidae. There are at least two described species in Schizocerella.
Sphacophilus cellularis is a species of sawfly in the family Argidae.
Sterictiphorinae is a subfamily of argid sawflies in the family Argidae. There are more than 20 genera in Sterictiphorinae.
Macremphytus is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are at least four described species in Macremphytus.
Diprion is a genus of conifer sawflies in the family Diprionidae. There are at least 12 described species in Diprion.
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