Cephus spinipes (Panzer, 1800)
(Angled Stem-sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCephus spinipes (Angled Stem-sawfly)
GenusCephus (a genus of stem sawflies)
TribeCephini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyCEPHINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyCEPHIDAE (stem sawflies)
SuperfamilyCEPHOIDEA (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 Cephus spinipes (Angled Stem-sawfly) :
1: Cephus spinipes (Angled Stem-sawfly)
27 May 2020 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping around flush
Image 1: Female - wings spread - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - wings together - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Cephus spinipes (Angled Stem-sawfly)
27 May 2020 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping of hedge bottom, on north side of hedge
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Cephus spinipes (Angled Stem-sawfly)
17 Jun 2016 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off flowering Purging Buckthorn
Image 1: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - abdomen - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - antennae, head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - hind-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Wings - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - fore-parts - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Cephus spinipes (Angled Stem-sawfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cephus spinipes (Angled Stem-sawfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cephus spinipes (Angled Stem-sawfly)
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