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Heterarthrinae

Heterarthrine wasps of Africa and Madagascar (Introduced) 

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

Classification

Caliroa Costa, 1859
Fenusa Leach, 1817

Distribution

Worldwide, but most diverse in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Biology

Phytophagous. Larvae feed on leaves of ferns, horsetails, gymnosperms and angiosperms, occasionally they feed on the pith of twigs or on catkins.

References

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. 2011. ECatSym – electronic world catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Program version 3.10, data version 38 (07.12.2011) Digital Entomological Information, Müncheberg.

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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