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]