Macrophya Dahlbom, 1835
(a genus of sawflies)

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Species sensu lato 3 ident. refs
Species 3 ident. refs
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Species 17 images
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Species 15 images
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Species 11 images 1 ident. refs
Species 2 ident. refs
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Species 16 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMacrophya (a genus of sawflies)
TribeMacrophyini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyTENTHREDININAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Benson, R.B. 1952 *** Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b) ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Liston, A.D. 1987 Macrophya parvula Konow. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) new to Britain Ent. Gazette 38: 125-128.

Macrophya (a genus 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 Macrophya (a genus of sawflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 21 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macrophya (a genus of sawflies)
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