Hoplocampa pectoralis Thomson, 1871
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHoplocampa pectoralis (a sawfly)
GenusHoplocampa (a genus of sawflies)
TribeHoplocampini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyNEMATINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyTENTHREDINIDAE (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)
Records of Hoplocampa pectoralis (a sawfly) :
1: Hoplocampa pectoralis (a sawfly)
23 Aug 2015 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting a pale-flowered cultivated Eupatorium
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head, antennae and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - genitalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - terminalia - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Hoplocampa pectoralis (a sawfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hoplocampa pectoralis (a sawfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hoplocampa pectoralis (a sawfly)

A sawfly found throughout Briitain and Ireland. Larvae in developing fruits of Crataegus. Flight period: V-VI.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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