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Nematus ribesii (Scopoli) (Gooseberry Sawfly)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Nematus ribesii? Larva 26 May 2005 Berks England 12
Nematus ribesii? Female imago 26 May 2005 Berks England 4

Suggested Literature

Nematus ribesii may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)
TENTHREDINOIDEA
(a superfamily of sawflies)
TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Nematus ribesii is associated with:

larva Ribes alpinum - Mountain Currant (Grossulariaceae) larva grazes on leaf Benson, R.B., 1958
Photos larva Ribes rubrum - Red Currant (Grossulariaceae) larva grazes on leaf Benson, R.B., 1958
Photos larva Ribes uva-crispa - Gooseberry (Grossulariaceae) larva grazes on leaf Benson, R.B., 1958

There may be more taxa associated with Nematus ribesii listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

Associated with Nematus ribesii:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Bessa selecta - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Questionable Barfoot, S.D., 1957
Belshaw, R., 1993

Nematus ribesii may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)
TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

References

Barfoot, S.D., 1957 Oviposition of Ptychomiya selecta
Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)

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