Platycampus luridiventris (Fallén, 1808)
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatycampus luridiventris (a sawfly)
TribeDineurini (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 Platycampus luridiventris (a sawfly) :
1: Platycampus luridiventris (a sawfly)
27 Sep 2007 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
strongly flattened larva on underside of Alder leaf
Image 1: Cocoon - lateral view - highly magnifiedImage 2: Cocoon - highly magnifiedImage 3: Larva - dorsal view - in situ - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Larva - dorsal view - in situ - highly enlargedImage 5: Larva - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Platycampus luridiventris (a sawfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Platycampus luridiventris (a sawfly)
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