Arge Schrank 1802
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Arge Schrank, 1802
Figs 1–2, 10, 12.
Type species: Tenthredo enodis Linné, 1767.
Body size 6.5–12.0 mm. Right mandible without basal tooth. Antennae of males simple. Fore wings with 4 cells Rs; cell R closed; vein Sc present; vein 2r–m present; veins B and M join up at same point on vein R; cell 2A closed. Cell A of hind wing closed. Claws simple. Middle and hind tibiae with preapical spurs. The colour is varied, often with a metallic sheen.
The genus is widely distributed in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, Neotropical,Afrotropical and Australasian regions. Number of species: World — 396; Palaearctic — 187. Since the publication of the world catalogue of sawflies [Taeger et al., 2010], 46 valid species have been described, of which 17 are noted in the Palaearctic [Koch, Goergen, 2010; Vasilenko, 2010; Wei, Niu, 2010; Koch, 2011, 2013; Koch, Eardley, 2011; Shinohara et al., 2011a, b, 2015; Hara et al., 2012; Hara, Shinohara, 2012 a, b, 2013, 2014; Koch, Liston, 2012a, b; Shinohara, Hara, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018; Wei et al., 2013; Choi et al., 2016; Du et al., 2018; Chen et al., 2020; Hara et al., 2020; Kaplan, Haris, 2021; Wan et al., 2022; Basov, Vasilenko, 2024]. Another 11 species, A. laticincta Wei, 2010; A. renemalaisei Wei, 2010; A. qini Wei, 2010; A. nigroharpa Wei, 2010; A. shenae Wei, 2010; A. xini Wei, 2010; A. longiflagella Wei, 2010; A. fanae Wei, 2010; A. striatitergita Wei, 2010; A. rugosipleura Wei, 2010; and A. stenolutea Wei et Niu, 2010, have been reported as new [Wu et al., 2010] but their descriptions have not been published to date, and they should be treated as nomina nuda.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Schrank
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Argidae
- Genus
- Arge
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Arge Schrank, 1802 sec. Basov, 2024
References
- Taeger A., Blank S. M., Liston A. D. 2010. World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) // Zootaxa. Vol. 2580. P. 1 - 1064.
- Koch F., Goergen G. E. 2010. Eight new species of Arge from South Africa and Namibia (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae) // Lambillionea. Vol. 110. P. 19 - 34.
- Vasilenko S. V. 2010. [A new species of the genus Arge Schrank, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Argidae) from West Siberia] // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol. 9. No. 4. P. 681 - 682 [in Russian].
- Wei M., Niu G. 2010. [Hymenoptera: Argidae, Cimbicidae, Tenthredinidae] // H. Xu, X. Ye (eds.). [Insects of Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve]. Beijing: China Forestry Press. P. 337 - 362 [in Chinese].
- Koch F., Eardley C. 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. Vol. 52. No. 2. P. 1 - 14.
- Shinohara A., Ibuki S., Hara H. 2011 a. Arge meliosmae n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) feeding on Meliosma myriantha in Japan // Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A. Vol. 37. P. 99 - 112.
- Hara H., Shinohara A. 2012 a. Arge aruncus n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) feeding on Aruncus dioicus in Japan // Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A, Zoology. Vol. 38. No. 2. P. 75 - 87.
- Lengesova N. A., Mishchenko A. V. 2013. [Biology, ecology and molecular characterization of Aproceros leucopoda (Takeuchi, 1939) (Hymenoptera: Argidae), pest of elms in the Middle Volga Region] // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. Vol. 9. No. 1. P. 163 - 168 [in Russian].
- Hara H., Shinohara A. 2014. The Arge jonasi species group (Hymenoptera, Argidae) // Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A, Zoology. Vol. 40. No. 2. P. 79 - 104.
- Koch F., Liston A. D. 2012 a. Notes on Afrotropical sawflies of Arge Schrank, 1802, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Argidae) // Entomologische Zeitschrift. Vol. 122. No. 4. P. 177 - 181.
- Shinohara A., Hara H. 2012. Arge cerasus n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) Feeding on Cerasus spp. in Japan // Japanese journal of systematic entomology. Vol. 18. No. 2. P. 389 - 403.
- Wei M., Liu X., Niu G., Xue J. - Z. 2013. [Tenthredinoidea] // S. Zhou, P. Zhou (eds.). Insects of Guangxi Daming Mountain. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press. P. 264 - 282 [in Chinese].
- Choi J. - K., Lee S. B., Wei M. C., Lee J. W. 2016. Three new species of the genus Arge (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae) from South Korea with key to species of the subfamily Arginae // Journal of Asia - Pacific Biodiversity. Vol. 9. No. 2. P. 183 - 193.
- Du S., Niu G., Nyman T., Wei M. C. 2018. Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of Arge bella Wei & Du sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Argidae) // PeerJ. Vol. 6. Art. e 6131.
- Chen Y. P., Wu R. X., Wei M. C. 2020. Two new species of Arge Schrank (Hymenoptera: Argidae) from China // Entomotaxonomia. Vol. 42. No. 1. P. 50 - 56.
- Hara H., Ibuki S., Shinohara A. 2020. Arge ibukii sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) feeding on Ulmus davidiana var. japonica from Japan // Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A. Vol. 46. P. 25 - 33.
- Kaplan E., Haris A. 2021. New species of Arge Schrank, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Argidae) from Turkey // Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Vol. 67. No. 4. P. 341 - 347.
- Wan S., Wu D., Niu G., Liu T., Wei M. C. 2022. Arge aurora Wei sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) from China with a key to East Asian species of Arge nipponensis group // Entomological Research. Vol. 52. No. 1. P. 33 - 43.
- Basov S. A., Vasilenko S. V. 2024. Circumscription and diagnosis of the Arge ochropus species - group (Hymenoptera: Argidae), with a description of Arge gussakovskiji sp. nov. from the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan // Zoosystematica Rossica. Vol. 33. No. 1. P. 65 - 74.
- Wu X. - Y., Xin X., Zhang X. - Z. 2010. [The Investigation and Taxonomical Research of the Sawflies Species from Gansu Province. III [recte: IV]. A list of the genera and species (Hymenoptera: Argidae).] // Journal of Gansu Forestry Science and Technology. Vol. 35. No. 1. P. 15 - 19 [in Chinese].