ARGIDAE Konow, 1890
(a family of sawflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
Species 1 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Subfamily 7 subtaxa 82 images 3 ident. refs
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyARGIDAE (a family of sawflies)
SuperfamilyTENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
SuborderSYMPHYTA (sawflies)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hackston, M. 2016 Family Argidae, key to British species https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/

ARGIDAE (a family of sawflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ARGIDAE (a family of sawflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ARGIDAE (a family of sawflies)
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