Allantinae

Allantinae is a subfamily of sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae, and the largest subfamily of that family, with about 110 genera. The subfamily is considered to consist of five to six tribes, and are medium to large sawflies.

Allantinae
Allantus species
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Family:	Tenthredinidae
Subfamily:	Allantinae Rohwer, 1911
Tribes
Adamasini Allantini Athaliini Caliroini Empriini Eriocampini

Macremphytus testaceus (Allantini) larva on dogwood

Taxonus pallipes (Allantini)

Economic importance

Host plants include strawberries, raspberries, roses, violets, dogwood, and loosestrife. Larvae often pupate in fruit or wood.

Monostegia abdominalis has larvae that feed on Primulaceae, and was introduced into Canada in about 1965 and is a major pest of Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia terrestris).

Taxonomy

Tribes (type genera) select genera;

• Adamasini (Adamas Malaise, 1945)
• Allantini Rohwer, 1911 (Allantus Panzer 1801) Emphytopsis Wie & Nie, 1998
• Athaliini
• Caliroini Benson, 1938 (Caliroa Costa, 1859)
• Empriini Rohwer, 1911 (Empria Lepeletier & Serville 1828) Monostegia Costa, 1859
• Eriocampini Rohwer, 1911 (Eriocampa Hartig 1837)

Bibliography

• Liston, Andrew; Knight, Guy; Sheppard, David; Broad, Gavin; Livermore, Laurence (29 August 2014). "Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, 'Symphyta'". Biodiversity Data Journal. 2 (2): e1168. doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168. PMC 4152835. PMID 25197241.
• Price, Peter W. (April 1970). "A loosestrife sawfly, Monostegia abdominalis (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 102 (4): 491–495. doi:10.4039/Ent102491-4. S2CID 85214806.
• Smith, David R (June 1979). Nearctic sawflies IV. Allantinae: Adults and larvae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) (Technical Bulletin 1595). Washington: US Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

Further reading

• Asaro, Christopher (2008). "Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta)". In Capinera, John L. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Entomology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 3250–3252. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1.
• Blank, S.M.; Groll, E.K.; Liston, A.D.; Prous, M.; Taeger, A. (2012). "ECatSym - Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Program version 4.0 beta, data version 39". Müncheberg: Digital Entomological Information.
• Blank, S.M.; Taeger, A. (1998). "Comments on the taxonomy of Symphyta (Hymenoptera)". In Taeger, A.; Blank, S.M. (eds.). Pflanzenwespen Deutschlands (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Kommentierte Bestandsaufname. Keltern: Goecke & Evers. pp. 141–174.
• Boevé, Jean-Luc (2008). "Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)". In Capinera, John L. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Entomology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 3252–3257. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1.
• Goulet, Henri; Huber, John T., eds. (1993). Hymenoptera of the world: An identification guide to families (PDF). Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. ISBN 0-660-14933-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
• Skvarla, Michael; Smith, David; Fisher, Danielle; Dowling, Ashley (9 May 2016). "Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. II. Sawflies (Insecta: Hymenoptera: " Symphyta ")". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (4): e8830. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e8830. PMC 4867044. PMID 27222635.
• Smith, David R (1979). "Suborder Symphyta". In Krombein, Karl V; Hurd, Paul V; Smith, David R; Burks, B D (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 3–137.
• Smith, David R (March 2003). "A Synopsis of the Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of America South of the United States: Tenthredinidae (Nematinae, Heterarthrinae, Tenthredininae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 129 (1): 1–45. JSTOR 25078795.

External links

• Bugguide: Allantinae