| Tenthredininae | |
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| Tenthredo notha | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Subfamily: | Tenthredininae Latreille, 1802 |
| Type genus | |
| Tenthredo | |
| Tribes | |
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Tenthredininae is a subfamily of sawflies within the family Tenthredinidae, the largest sawfly family. It consists of 28 genera, including the type genus Tenthredo . [1] [2] It also includes most of the larger and more colourful members of the family. [3]
The subfamily is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and holarctic. [4]
The subfamily is divided into seven tribes. An eighth tribe, Sioblini, containing Conaspidia and Siobla has been elevated to subfamily status as Sioblinae. [5] [3] [1] [2]