Zenarge

Zenarge
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Superfamily:	Tenthredinoidea
Family:	Zenargidae Malagón-Aldana, Smith, Shinohara & Vilhelmsen, 2021
Genus:	Zenarge Rohwer, 1918
Species:	Z. turneri
Binomial name
Zenarge turneri Rohwer, 1918

Zenarge turneri, also known as the cypress pine sawfly ^[1] or callitris sawfly, ^[2] is the only recognized species in its family Zenargidae and the genus Zenarge. ^[3] It is found in Australia and is known as a pest in New South Wales due to its predation of Callitris and Cupressus folliage. ^{[1] [4]}

Taxonomy

There are currently 2 recognized subspecies: ^[5]

• Zenarge turneri turneriRohwer, 1918 – Generally larger, partially white hind tibiae
• Zenarge turneri ragusMoore, 1962 – Generally smaller, black hind tibiae

References

1. Taylor, D.; King, J.; Swift, S.; Hopewell, Gary; Debuse, V.; Roberts, S.; Cotter, D. (January 2005). "The Influence of Forest Management on Sawn Timber Recovery and Value in". ResearchGate. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
2. NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (2023). Corang pine (Callitris oblonga subsp. corangensis) 2023 post-fire survey, Corang River. ISBN 978-1-923132-21-4 https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Animals-and-plants/Threatened-species/corang-pine-callitris-oblonga-subsp-corangensis-2023-post-fire-survey-corang-river-230349.pdf
3. Malagón-Aldana, Leonardo A; Smith, David R; Shinohara, Akihiko; Vilhelmsen, Lars (2021-02-23). "From Arge to Zenarge: adult morphology and phylogenetics of argid sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 194 (1): 348. doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab028 . ISSN   0024-4082.
4. Smith, David R. (1992). "A synopsis of the sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of America south of the United States: Argidae". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 39: 9.
5. Moore, K. M. (1962). "Observations on some Australian forest insects. 12. The taxonomy of Zenarge turned Rohwer (1918) (Hymenoptera: Argidae), the cypress pine sawfly. 13. A comparison of the biology of the cypress pine sawfly subspecies" (PDF). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 87: 116–124.