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Selandriinae

Selandriine wasps of Africa and Madagascar 

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

Classification

Dulophanes Konow, 1907

Dunophanella Forsius, 1934

 

Ludophanes Pasteels, 1949

Distribution

Cosmopolitan, mainly in Northern Hemisphere.

Diversity

About 1000 species in 70 genera and 9 tribes.

Biology

Phytophagous. Larvae feed on mosses, ferns and monocots.

References

Forsius, R. 1927. On some new or little known African Tenthredinoidea. I. Notulae Entomologicae 7: 43–50.

Forsius, R. 1928. Notes on new or little known African Tenthredinoidea. IV. Notulae Entomologicae, Helsingfors 8: 40-42.
Forsius, R. 1928. Sur quelques Mouches à scie du Congo Belge et pays
limitrophes (Hym., Tenthr.). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, Bruxelles 16: 233-241.
Forsius, R. 1928. On some Tenthredinoidea collected by Dr. J. Bequaert in Central Africa. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, Bruxelles 16: 326-334.
Forsius, R. 1930. On Some South African Tenthredinoidea from The Durban Museum, Natal. Annals of the Durban Museum 3 (3): 67–76.
Forsius, R. 1930. Bemerkungen über afrikanische Tenthredinoiden. Notulae Entomologicae, Helsingfors 10(3-4): 65-68.

Forsius R. 1931. Notes on a Collection of Ethiopian Oryssoidea and Tenthredinoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10th series, 8 (43):136.

Forsius, R. 1934. On some Tenthredinoidea from the Belgian Congo Museum at Tervueren. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, Bruxelles 25: 389-406.

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.

Isaka, Y. & Sato, T. 2014. Molecular phylogenetic and divergence time estimation analyses of the sawfly subfamily Selandriinae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Entomological Science doi: 10.1111/ens.12080

Konow, F.W. 1907. Neue Argides. (Hym.). Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, Teschendorf bei Stargard i. Mecklenburg 7 (4): 306–309.

Pasteels, J. 1949. Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinoidea). Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G. F. de Witte (1933-1935), Bruxelles 60: 1-104.
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.

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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