BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Pontania bridgmanii (Cameron) (a sawfly)

Suggested Literature

Pontania bridgmanii may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Pontania bridgmanii is associated with:

larva Salix aurita - Eared Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf Questionable Benson, R.B., 1958
larva Salix caprea - Goat Willow, Sallow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf Benson, R.B., 1958 [dark green, smooth surfaced, flat coffee-bean shaped gall transected by leaf blade, developed more above the leaf than below, larger than on S. cinerea]
larva Salix cinerea - Grey Willow (Salicaceae) larva causes gall of leaf Benson, R.B., 1958 [dark green, smooth surfaced but more or less pubescent, flat coffee-bean shaped gall transected by leaf blade, developed more above the leaf than below. Smaller than on S. caprea]

There may be more taxa associated with Pontania bridgmanii listed at higher taxonomic level

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

Associated with Pontania bridgmanii:

Pontania bridgmanii may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

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

References

Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)