Tenthredo brevicornis (Konow, 1886)
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTenthredo brevicornis (a sawfly)
GenusTenthredo (a genus of sawflies)
TribeTenthredinini (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 Tenthredo brevicornis (a sawfly) :
1: Tenthredo brevicornis (a sawfly)
1 Sep 2015 OSGR: SE86 54° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Female, visiting Wild Angelica
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ovipositor (saw) - lateral view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Tenthredo brevicornis (a sawfly)
30 Jun 2015 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - hypopygium - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Tenthredo brevicornis (a sawfly)
21 Jun 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Hogweed umbels
Image 1: Female - abdomen and terminalia - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - hypopygium - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - saw - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
4: Tenthredo brevicornis (a sawfly)
7 Jun 2015 OSGR: ST81 50° 60’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
5: Tenthredo brevicornis (a sawfly)
17 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU37 51° 30’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
eating Syrphid at hogweed flower
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - pale background

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

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