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Order Hymenoptera: sawflies, horntails, Cynipidae


Phytophagous hymenoptera
 

List of families

 

Family

common name family

species

Tenthredinidae

common sawflies

brown headed ash sawfly

dogwood sawfly

dusky birch sawfly

yellowheaded spruce sawfly

larch sawfly

rose slug

pear slug

birch leafminer

willow regall sawfly

Diprionidae

conifer sawflies

redheaded pine sawfly

introduced pine sawfly

white pine sawfly

Pamphiliidae

web spinning/ leaf rolling

pine false webworm

Cimbicidae

cimbicid sawflies

elm sawfly

Siricidae

horntails

horntail

Cephidae

stem sawflies

 

 

Apocrita: Parasitic hymenoptera, bees, wasps, ants

First abdominal segment associated wtih the thorax and separated by a constriction from the rest of the body.

Family

common name family

hosts

Gasteruptiidae

gasteruptiid wasps

solitary wasps and bees

Braconidae

braconid wasps

eggs, larvae, pupae

Ichneumonidae

ichneumonid wasps

larvae, pupae

Mymaridae

mymarid wasps

eggs

Trichogrammatidae

trichogrammatid wasps

eggs

Eulophidae

eulophid wasps

eggs, larvae

Encyrtidae

encyrtid wasps

eggs, larvae, pupae

Pteromalidae

pteromalid wasps

eggs, larvae, pupae

Eucharitidae

eucharitid wasps

ant pupae

Perilampidae

perilampid wasps

eggs on foliage, larvae attack hosts

Eurytomidae

seed chalicids

seeds

Chalicididae

chalcid wasps

Lepidoptera/Diptera pupae, wasps, beetles

Cynipidae

gall wasps

bullet gall

gouty oak gall

mossy rose gall

spiny rose gall

oaks and other plants

Proctotrupidae

proctotrupid wasps

Lepidoptera

Scelionidae

scelionid wasps

eggs

Platygastridae

platygastrid wasps

Cecidomyiidae

Chrysididae

cuckoo wasps

sawflies

Bethylidae

bethylid wasps

beetles or leps in grain

Dryinidae

dryinid wasps

homoptera

Sphecidae

sphecid wasps

caterpillars, spiders

Anthophoride

cuckoo bees/

carpenter bees

pollen, nectar (nests in wood)

Apidae

bunblebees/

honeybees

pollen, nectar

Tiphiidae

tiphiid wasps

Japanese beetle

Mutellidae

velvet ants

larvae of wasps, bees, beetles, or flies

 

Pompilidae

spider wasps

spiders

Scoliidae

scoliid wasps

grubs

Vespidae

vespid wasps

pollen, nectar, other insects and animals

Formicidae

ants

seeds, pollon, nectar, other insects

Borer, Donald J., Charles A.Triplehorn, and Norman F. Johnson. 1989. A introduction to the study of insects, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich CollegePubl, sixth edition, ISBN 0-03-025397-7