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Workbook

Note: This is a “work in progress”. Changes may be made as I discover additional relevant information.

Identification of species in other genera in subfamily Euryinae

The matrix below is designed to aid identification of species in those Euryinae genera not dealt with in other notes pages - Dalia, Diphamorphos, Polyclonus, Warra.

Click on the matrix to download a pdf version. Images from authoritative sources of selected species follow as a further aid.

To view iNaturalist Research Grade observations of a particular species in this group of the subfamily Euryinae, click on the name of that species in the list below. (Species without a link have no RG observations at this time).

Dalia graminis Diphamorphos apicalis Diphamorphos minor Diphamorphos nigrescens Diphamorphos pallicornis Polyclonus atratus Warra anomocera Warra froggatti

Dalia graminis

Diphamorphos minor

Diphamorphos pallicornis

Polyclonus atratus

References:

• Benson, R.B. 1934. A classification of the sawflies of the family Pterygophoridae, with a revision of the Australian members of the subfamily Euryinae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 82: 461-478.

• Benson, R.B. 1935. New Australian sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 10: 211-229.

• Forsius, R. 1927. On some sawflies from the Australian Region (Hymenoptera Tenthredinidae). Records of the South Australian Museum 3: 283-308.

• 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

• Moore, K.M. 1957. Notes on the biology of the sawfly Polyclonus atratus Kirby 1882, (family Pergidae, subfamily Euryinae), and some of its parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1955-56: 74-81.

• Morice, F.D. 1919. 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, pls XI-XV.

• Rohwer, S.A. 1910. Some Australian sawflies. Entomological News 21: 467-474

• Rohwer, S.A. 1918. Notes on and descriptions of some sawflies from the Australian Region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 9) 2: 433-440.

• Rohwer, S.A. 1922. Notes on sawflies of the tribe Euriini, with descriptions of two new species. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 17: 91-94.

• Schmidt, S. & Brown, G. 2005. A new genus and species of Australian pergid sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Pergidae) causing damage on grass (Poaceae). Zootaxa 955: 1-8.

This is a workbook page … a part of our website where we record the observations and references used in making species identifications. The notes will not necessarily be complete. They are a record for our own use, but we are happy to share this information with others.