Pterygophorinae species identification
Workbook
Note: This is a “work in progress”. Changes may be made as I discover additional relevant information.
Identification of species in subfamily Pterygophorinae
The matrices below are designed to aid identification of all species in the 2 genera that comprise the Pterygophorinae - Lophyrotoma and Pterygophorus. Images from authoritative sources of selected species follow each matrix as a further aid.
Lophyrotoma analis
Lophyrotoma cygna
Lophyrotoma interrupta (including Lophyrotoma nr interrupta)
Lophyrotoma leachii
Lophyrotoma nigripes
Lophyrotoma zonalis
Pterygophorus cinctus
Pterygophorus insignis
Pterygophorus nr. turneri
References:
Benson, R.B. (1938) “On the classification of sawflies (Hymenoptera Symphyta)” Transactions Royal Entomological Society London 87: 353-384
Benson, R.B. (1938) “A revision of the genus Pterygophorus Klug, sensu lato, with the description of two new genera (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)”. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1:610-625
Costa, A. (1864) “Aeguisti fatti durante l'anno 1862”. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Universitá di Napoli 2: 8-138.
Kirby, W.F. (1882) “List of Hymenoptera, with descriptions and figures of the typical specimens in the British Museum”. Vol. I. Tenthredinidae and Siricidae. London: British Museum, xxviii Biodiversity Heritage Library link
Konow, F.W. (1905) “Familie Tenthredinidae”. In Wytsman, P., Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 29
Leach, W.E. (1817) “The zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new, or interesting animals. Vol. 3”. Shoe-Lane, London: R. and A. Taylor. Biodiversity Heritage Library link
Morice, F.D. (1918) “Notes on Australian sawflies, especially the “Authors' Types” and other specimens in the British Museum of Natural History and the Hope Collections of the Oxford University Museum; with diagnostic synopses of the genera and species, and photographs illustrating their structural characters”. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 66: 247-333 Biodiversity Heritage Library link
Rohwer, S.A. (1910) “Some Australian Sawflies” Entomological News 21:467-474
Schmidt, S. & Smith, D.R. (2006) “An annotated systematic world catalogue of the Pergidae (Hymenoptera)” Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 34 (3), 207 pp. link to this catalogue from Pergidae of the World website
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