Tenthredinidae

thumb|Xenapates larvae and pupae Tenthredinidae is the largest family of sawflies, with well over 7,500 species worldwide, divided into 430 genera. Larvae are herbivores and typically feed on the foliage of trees and shrubs, with occasional exceptions that are leaf miners, stem borers, or gall makers. The larvae of externally feeding species resemble small caterpillars. As with all hymenopterans, common sawflies undergo complete metamorphosis.

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Tenthredo (from the Greek tenthrēdōn "earth nesting wasp") is a genus of sawflies with more than 700 species of the family Tenthredinidae, subfamily Tenthredininae. It is of Holarctic distribution.

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Nematus is a genus of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. Some of its species, including Nematus leucotrochus, Nematus olfaciens and Nematus ribesii, eat the leaves of fruit bushes and trees, and can be serious pests.

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Hoplocampa is a genus of hymenopteran sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae.

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thumb|Macremphytus testaceus (Allantini) larva on dogwood thumb|Taxonus pallipes (Allantini)

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Blennocampinae is a subfamily of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are more than 100 genera and 600 described species in Blennocampinae. thumb|Halidamia affinis thumb|Tethida barda larvae thumb|Periclista larvae ==Genera== These genera belong to the subfamily Blennocampinae:

Tenthredininae is a subfamily of sawflies within the family Tenthredinidae, the largest sawfly family. It consists of 28 genera, including the type genus Tenthredo. It also includes most of the larger and more colourful members of the family.

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Ametastegia is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are about 16 described species in Ametastegia. thumb|Ametastegia glabrata

Macrophya is a genus of sawfly (order Hymenoptera, family Tenthredinidae).

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Pristiphora is a genus of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae. Some of its species, such as the larch sawfly Pristiphora erichsonii, eat the leaves of economically valuable trees and shrubs, and can be serious pests.

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thumb|Nematus abbotii thumb|Cladius difformis female Nematinae is a subfamily of sawflies belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. It contains over 1250 described species in ~40 genera. Members of this subfamily feed on a wide range of plants (over twenty plant families have been recorded as hosts) and employ a wide range of feeding habits, both internally and externally, on their host plants.

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Tenthredopsis is a genus of common sawflies belonging to the family Tenthredinidae subfamily Tenthrediniinae. These sawflies are present in most of Europe.

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Fenusa is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are about 11 described species in Fenusa.

Pikonema is a genus of sawflies belonging to the family Tenthredinidae.

Heterarthrinae is a subfamily of sawflies under the family Tenthredinidae. It is primarily found in Eurasia and North America, with several species also in Africa and South America.

Dolerus is a genus of sawflies belonging to the family Tenthredinidae.

Eutomostethus is a genus of sawflies belonging to the family Tenthredinidae, subfamily Blennocampinae.

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Pachyprotasis is a genus of common sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae. There are at least 40 described species in Pachyprotasis.

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Hymenoptera first described by Müller in 1776

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Euura is a genus of sawflies of the family Tenthredinidae, subfamily Nematinae. Some of the larvae feed externally on plants and some form plant galls on willows (Salix species). In the case of the gall-forming species, when the female lays her eggs she injects a stimulant and the gall starts to form before the eggs hatch. Most sawfly galls are hard and individual larva tend to inhabit the gall, feeding on the tissue and leave the gall to pupate in the soil. Most of the species are monophages (i.e., specific to one species of willow) although the type species, Euura mucronata, is polyphag

Rhogogaster is a genus of sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae.

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