Macrophya ribis (Schrank, 1781)
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrophya ribis (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)

Identification Works

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

Larva

Chevin, H. 1975 Remarques taxinomiques et biologiques sur les Macrophya [hym. Tenthredinidae] se developpant sur Sambucus [Caprifoliaceae] Vol 11 (2)

Macrophya ribis (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 ribis (a sawfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macrophya ribis (a sawfly)
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