Tenthredinoidea (original) (raw)

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Superfamily of insects

TenthredinoideaTemporal range: Cretaceous-Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tenthredo mesomela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Superfamily: TenthredinoideaLatreille, 1803
Type genus
_Tenthredo_Linnaeus, 1758
Families
Argidae Konow, 1890 Blasticotomidae Thomson, 1871 Cimbicidae W. Kirby, 1837 Diprionidae Rohwer, 1910 † Electrotomidae Rasnitsyn, 1977 Pergidae Rohwer, 1911 Tenthredinidae Latreille, 1803 † Xyelotomidae Rasnitsyn, 1968 Zenargidae Rohwer, 1918[1]

The Tenthredinoidea are the dominant superfamily of sawflies within the Symphyta, containing some 8,400 species worldwide, primarily in the family Tenthredinidae. All known larvae are phytophagous, and a number are considered pests.

The included extant families share the distinctive features of a medially narrowed pronotum, paired protibial spurs, and the loss of the transverse mesonotal groove. The superfamily also includes two extinct families.[2] Meicai and Haiyan (1998) identified 66 extant tribes and 17 subfamilies.[3]

  1. ^ a b Malagón-Aldana et al 2021.
  2. ^ Aguiar et al 2013.
  3. ^ Meicai & Haiyan 1998.