Macrophya punctumalbum (Linnaeus, 1767)
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrophya punctumalbum (a sawfly)
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)
Records of Macrophya punctumalbum (a sawfly) :
1: Macrophya punctumalbum (a sawfly)
5 May 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
on Privet
Image 1: Female - anterior view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Female - dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 5: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 6: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 8: Female - lateral view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Female - lateral view - in situ - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Female - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 11: Wings - highly enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Liston, A.D. 1987 Macrophya parvula Konow. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) new to Britain Ent. Gazette 38: 125-128.

Macrophya punctumalbum (a sawfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Macrophya punctumalbum (a sawfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macrophya punctumalbum (a sawfly)
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