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Family	Tenthredinidae
Sub Family
Description	a family of sawflies
Background to Family	The largest sawfly family, containing more than 400 species, which are treated under sub-families. Many species are parthenogenetic, and there are numerous economic pests.

No. taxa in DBIF	404
No. interactions	1294
% interactions with British data	68%
No. records	1848
% taxa with British data	98%
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	1987

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	Benson, R.B.(1952) Handbk Ident. Br. Insects VI:2B 51-137:101
Source	Lorenz, H. & Kraus, M. (1957) Die larvalsystematik der blattwespen. Abhandlungen zur larvalsystematik der insekten 1 1-339:118

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