Diprion pini (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)
GenusDiprion (pine sawflies)
SubfamilyDIPRIONINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyDIPRIONIDAE (combhorn 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)
Records of Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn) :
1: Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)
10 Jan 2020 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
pupa, in Purple Moor-grass tussock
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings ajar - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - wings ajar - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - wings ajar - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)
26 Mar 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Cocoon, in old discarded plastic bubble wrap
Image 1: Female - cocoon - after emergence - enlargedImage 2: Female - cocoon - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 5: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 6: Female - ventral view - enlargedImage 7: Female - saw - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Female - saw - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - saw teeth - microscope low magnification - white background
3: Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
22 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Larvae on Pine shoot
Image 1: Larvae - on Pine shootImage 2: Larvae - on Pine shoot - close-up

Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)
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