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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © 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.     © 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