Pamphiliidae
Acantholyda nemoralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Superfamily: Pamphilioidea
Family: Pamphiliidae
Cameron, 1890
Diversity
~200 species in 8 genera

Pamphiliidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Pamphilidae) is a small family within Symphyta, containing some 200 species from the temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. The larvae feed on plants (often conifers), using silk to build webs or tents, or to roll leaves into tubes in which they feed, thus earning them the common names leaf-rolling sawflies or web-spinning sawflies. Some species are gregarious and the larvae live in large groups. Fossils of Pamphiliidae have been dated to the Jurassic period.[1]

They are distinguished from the closely related Megalodontesidae by their simple, filiform antennae.

Taxonomy

The family is currently divided into three subfamilies based on phylogenetic analysis of both extant and extinct species.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hymenoptera of the world : an identification guide to families. Goulet, Henri., Huber, John T. (John Theodore), Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch. Ottawa, Ont.: Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research. 1993. ISBN 0-660-14933-8. OCLC 28024976.((cite book)): CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Wang, M.; Rasnitsyn, A.P.; Li, H.; Shih, C.; Sharkey, M.J.; Ren, D. (2015). "Phylogenetic analyses elucidate the inter‐relationships of Pamphilioidea (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)". Cladistics. 32 (3): 239–260. doi:10.1111/cla.12129. PMID 34736302. S2CID 59397749.
  3. ^ Wang, M.; Shih, C.; Ren, D.; Rasnitsyn, A.P. (2014). "A new fossil genus in Pamphiliidae (Hymenoptera) from China". Alcheringa. 38 (3): 391–397. doi:10.1080/03115518.2014.884366. S2CID 128749776.
  4. ^ Jouault, C.; Wei, M.C.; Niu, G.Y.; Nel, A. (2022). "Revision of the Oligocene pamphiliid genus and species Tapholyda caplani (Cockerell, 1933)". Palaeoentomology. 5 (2): 173–182. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.2.11.
  5. ^ Archibald, S.B.; Rasnitsyn, A.P. (2015). "New early Eocene Siricomorpha (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pamphiliidae, Siricidae, Cephidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 148 (2): 209–228. doi:10.4039/tce.2015.55. S2CID 85743832.

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