Arge Schrank 1802
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Genus Arge Schrank, 1802
Arge Schrank, 1802: 236. Type species: Tenthredo enodis Linné, 1767 [= Arge enodis (Linné, 1767)], by subsequent designation of Rohwer 1911.
Remarks. The species of Arge are distributed in all biogeographical regions, except the Antarctic. The genus comprises 113 valid species for the Afrotropical Region (Taeger et al. 2010), and is the most species-rich sawfly genus of this region. This list by Taeger et al. (2010) is mainly based on the revisions by Pasteels (1953, 1963), who especially concentrated on the fauna of the Belgian Congo and the eastern, adjacent countries (i.e. Rwanda, Uganda). Later 18 species were described, and four species synonymized (Koch & Goergen 2010; Koch 2011; Koch & Eardley 2011; Koch 2012a; Koch & Liston 2012a, b; Koch 2013), thus leading to 127 recognized species. Nevertheless, the taxonomy of the Afrotropical Arge species is partly outdated, incomplete and in some cases incorrect, rendering a revision necessary. So far only the Arge capensis species group that is distributed in southern Africa (Koch & Liston 2012b) and the Arge mirabilipes species group (Koch & Eardley 2011; Koch 2012a) are defined and revised.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Argidae
- Genus
- Arge
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Schrank
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Arge Schrank, 1802 sec. Koch, Pauly, Hora & Boevé, 2015
References
- Schrank, F. von P. (1802) Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Zweyter Band. Zweyte Abtheilung. Johann Wilhelm Krull, Ingolstadt, 412 pp.
- Rohwer, S. A. (1911) A classification of the suborder Chalastogastra of the Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the entomological Society of Washington, 13, 215 - 226.
- Taeger, A., Blank, S. M. & Liston, A. D. (2010) World catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa, 2580, 1 - 1064.
- Pasteels, J. (1953) Prodromes d'une faune des Tenthredinoidea (Hymenoptera) de l'Afrique noire. I. Argidae. Memoires de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 23, 1 - 128.
- Pasteels, J. (1963) Prodrome d'une faune des Tenthredinoidea de l'Afrique noire. IV. 2 e supplement aux Argidae. Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale d'Entomologie de Belgique, 99, 540 - 560.
- Koch, F. & Goergen, G. (2010) Eight new species of Arge from South Africa and Namibia (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae). Lambillionea, 110 (1), 19 - 34.
- Koch, F. & Eardley, C. D. (2011) Revision of the Afrotropical Arge mirabilipes group, with description of two new species and annotations to other Arge species of this region (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae: Arginae). African Invertebrates, 52 (2), 457 - 470. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5733 / afin. 052.0213
- Koch, F. & Liston, A. D. (2012 a) Notes on Afrotropical sawflies of the genus Arge Schrank, 1802, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Argidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 122 (4), 177 - 181.
- Koch, F. (2013) A contribution to Arge (Schrank, 1802) of South Africa, with description of a new species Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Argidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 123 (1), 23 - 31.
- Koch, F. & Liston, A. D. (2012 b) On the Arge capensis species group, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Argidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 122 (6), 261 - 268.