Tenthredininae is a subfamily of sawflies within the family Tenthredinidae, the largest sawfly family. It consists of 28 genera, including the type genus Tenthredo.[1][2] It also includes most of the larger and more colourful members of the family.[3]

Tenthredininae
Tenthredo notha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Subfamily: Tenthredininae
Type genus
Tenthredo
Tribes

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Distribution

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The subfamily is distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and holarctic.[4]

Taxonomy

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The subfamily is divided into seven tribes. An eighth tribe, Sioblini, containing Conaspidia and Siobla has been elevated to subfamily status as Sioblinae.[5][3][1][2]

Tribe Beldoneini Wei, 1997

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Tribe Macrophyini Benson, 1946

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Tribe Neocolochelynini Wei & Nie, 1998

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Tribe Perineurini Rohwer, 1911

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Leucopelmonus annulicornis (tribe Perineurini)

Tribe Sciapterygini Benson, 1946

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Tribe Tenthredopsini Benson, 1946

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References

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  1. ^ a b Taeger, Andreas; Blank, Stephan M.; Liston, Andrew (2010). "World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera)". Zootaxa. 2580 (1): 1–1064. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2580.1.1.
  2. ^ a b Luo, Xi; Wei, Meicai; Niu, Gengyun (2019). "Nearly complete mitochondrial genome of Siobla xizangensis Xiao, Huang & Zhou, 1988 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) and phylogenetic analysis". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4 (2): 4102–4103. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1692729.
  3. ^ a b Smith, David R. (1979). Krombein, Karl V; Hurd, Paul V; Smith, David R; Burks, B D (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Vol. 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 108–124. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Benson, Robert B. (1959). "Tribes of the Tenthredininae and a new European genus (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)". Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B. 28 (9–10): 121–127. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1959.tb00147.x.
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