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0139 Hym Arg, Arge ochropus larvae
© Roger Key
Family
 
Argidae
Sub Family
 
Description
 
a family of sawflies
Background to Family
 
The slow, robust adults can be found feeding on the flowers of Apiaceae. Larvae feed on the foliage of herbs and broadleaved trees, and they are relatively specific to host families. Aprosthema occurs on certain leguminous herbs (Fabaceae); and Arge and Sterictiphora on a range of birches, willows and woody rosaceous plants. The accidentally introduced Arge berberidis is a pest of cultivated Berberis.

 

 

0140 Hym Arg, Arge nigripes
© Roger Key
No. taxa in DBIF
 
16
No. interactions
 
30
% interactions with British data
 
67%
No. records
 
45
% taxa with British data
 
94%
Notes
 
Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings. Comment by Guy Knight, after brief inspection of data for Symphyta, Feb 2007: 'at least two-thirds of the species [need] some editing to the nomenclature or plant associations...there have been many taxonomic changes and additions to the fauna since the 1978 checklist'.; ;
Notes on Sources
 
Most recent source
 
1978

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.

 
Source
 
Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:246
Source
 
Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:251
Source
 
Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:243
Source
 
Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:248
Source
 
Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:244
Source
 
Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:245
Source
 
Benson, R.B.(1951) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects VI:2A 1-49:31
Source
 
Benson, R.B.(1951) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects VI:2A 1-49:32
Source
 
Klausnitzer, B. (1978) Pflanzenschadlinge, Hauptflugler 9 1-212:47
Source
 
Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:241
Source
 
Benson, R.B.(1951) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects VI:2A 1-49:33
Source
 
Benson, R.B.(1951) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects VI:2A 1-49:34
Source
 
Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:249
Source
 
Klausnitzer, B. (1978) Pflanzenschadlinge, Hauptflugler 9 1-212:49
Source
 
Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:247
Source
 
Chambers, V.H.(1960) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 96 209-212:209

 

 

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