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Caliroa Costa

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea; Family: Tenthredinidae; Subfamily: Heterarthrinae)

Caliroa Costa, 1859. Type species: Caliroa sebetia Costa, 1859 [Caliroa cothurnata (Serville, 1823)], by monotypy.

Classification

  Caliroa blanki Koch & Smith, 2011
Caliroa cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758) (Introduced) 

Distribution

Throughout temperate Eurasia. Introduced to North and South America, South Africa, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand.

Biology

Phytophagous. Larvae feed on leaves of Rosaceae, especially cultivated Pyrus (Pears) and Prunus (Plums), also cherries and apples. Pupate in soil beneath host plant.

Reference

Goulet, H. 1993. Superfamilies Cephoidea, Megalodontoidea, Orussoidea, Siricoidea, Tenthredinoidea and Xyeloidea (pp. 101-129). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Kaiser, C. & Sheard, A.G. 2001. Integrated pest and disease management (IPDM) of apples and pears in KwaZulu-Natal. KZN Agri Report No. NA-2001-06.

Koch, F. & Smith, D.R. 2011. A new species of Caliroa (Hymenoptera:
Tenthredinidae) from South Africa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, Washington 113 (4): 442-450.

Koch F, Goergen G & van Noort S. 2015. The sawflies of Namibia and the western parts of South Africa (Symphyta, Hymenoptera). ABC Taxa 15: 1-262.

Picker, M., Griffiths, C & Weaving, A. 2002. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.

Prinsloo, G.L. 1985. Suborder Symphyta. In: Scholtz, C.H. & Holm, E. (Eds). Insects of Southern Africa. Butterworth, Durban: 395-399.

Taeger, A., Blank, S.M. & Liston, A.D. 2010. World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2580: 1-1064.

van Noort, S. & Picker, M. 2011. Wasps, Bees, Ants. Class Insecta, Order Hymenoptera. Pp 140-146. In:  Picker, M. & Griffiths, C. (eds.) Alien & Invasive Animals. A South African perspective. Struik Nature.

Credits

Photographs © Charles Griffiths (University of Cape Town)


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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