Tenthredinoidea
Superfamily of insects
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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.
| Tenthredinoidea Temporal range: | |
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| Tenthredo mesomela | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Superfamily: | Tenthredinoidea Latreille, 1803 |
| Type genus | |
| Tenthredo Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Families | |
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Argidae Konow, 1890 | |
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]
Taxonomy
Families
- Argidae Konow, 1890 (58 genera, 897 spp.)
- Blasticotomidae Thomson, 1871 (3 genera, 13 spp.)
- Cimbicidae W. Kirby, 1837 (16 genera, 182 spp.)
- Diprionidae Rohwer, 1910 (11 genera, 136 spp.)
- Pergidae Rohwer, 1911 (60 genera, 442 spp.)
- Tenthredinidae Latreille, 1803 (430 genera, 7,500 spp.)
- Zenargidae Rohwer, 1918[1] (1 genus, 1 sp.)
