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Argidae

Classification and checklist of Afrotropical argid sawflies

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Tenthredinoidea;  Family: Argidae)

  • Subfamily Arginae
    • Genus Arge Schrank, 1802
      • Arge acuticornis Pasteels, 1953 (South Africa)
      • Arge aesculapii Forsius, 1923 (Botswana, South Africa)
      • Arge africana (Enslin, 1911) (Cameroon)
      • Arge algoensis Enslin, 1911 (South Africa)
      • Arge andromeda W.F. Kirby, 1882 (South Africa)
      • Arge angulifera Pasteels, 1953 (South Africa)
      • Arge annulipes (Klug, 1834) (South Africa)
      • Arge apicalis Mocsary
      • Arge barkeri Forsius, 1930 (South Africa)
      • Arge bensoni Pasteels, 1953 (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
      • Arge bequaerti Enslin, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge bicolorata Klug, 1814 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone)
      • Arge bipartita Pasteels, 1953 (Tanzania)
      • Arge bisignata Konow, 1907 (South Africa)
      • Arge braunsi Konow, 1907  (South Africa)
      • Arge burgeoni Forsius, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge cafra Pasteels, 1953 (South Africa)
      • Arge calypso Pasteels, 1953 (Zimbabwe)
      • Arge capensis (Klug, 1814) (South Africa)
      • Arge chariensis Pasteels, 1953 (South Africa)
      • Arge chrysostoma Pasteels, 1963
      • Arge clarior Enslin, 1914 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge cochraneae Koch & Goergen, 2010 (South Africa)
      • Arge congoensis Enslin, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge congrua Konow, 1907 (Cameroon)
      • Arge davidi Koch & Liston, 2012 (South Africa)
      • Arge deckerti Koch, 2005 (Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
      • Arge decima Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge decipiens Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge dirce (W.F. Kirby, 1882) (Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe)
      • Arge dorsalis Koch & Liston, 2012 (South Africa)
      • Arge dubitata Pasteels, 1953 (Mozambique, Zambia)
      • Arge elandsbayensis Koch & Goergen, 2010 (South Africa)
      • Arge elektra Pasteels, 1953 (Zimbabwe)
      • Arge elisurbis Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe)
      • Arge erythraeana Forsius, 1933 (Eritrea)
      • Arge fenestralis Forsius, 1927 (Nigeria)
      • Arge flavifrons Mocsary, 1909 (Eritrea)
      • Arge forceps Pasteels, 1955
      • Arge forsii Benson & Malaise, 1934 (South Africa)
      • Arge furvipes Konow, 1907 (South Africa)
      • Arge ghesquierei Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge goellnerae Koch & Goergen, 2008 (Ethiopia)
      • Arge hansi Forsius, 1930 (South Africa)
      • Arge hereroensis Koch & Goergen, 2010 (Namibia)
      • Arge imbecilla Konow, 1910 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania)
      • Arge incerta Forsius, 1931 (South Africa)
      • Arge infuscatipennis Forsius, 1927 (Sierra Leone)
      • Arge intermedia Pasteels, 1963 (South Africa)
      • Arge iota Pasteels, 1953 (Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa)
      • Arge kappa Pasteels, 1953 (Zambia)
      • Arge katangana (Forsius, 1928) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi)
      • Arge kawandana Pasteels, 1963
      • Arge krabbefonteinensis Koch & Goergen, 2010 (South Africa)
      • Arge kungveldensis Koch & Eardley, 2011 (Namibia)
      • Arge laeta du Buysson, 1897 (South Africa)
      • Arge laevicornis Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge langebergensis Koch & Goergen, 2010 (South Africa)
      • Arge leleupi Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge livida (Klug, 1834) (Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria)
      • Arge maculata Pasteels, 1953 (Zimbabwe)
      • Arge maculipes Pasteels, 1953 (South Africa)
      • Arge mareei Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)
      • Arge marlieri Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge marshalli Forsius, 1927 (Kenya) = Arge micheli ? check synonymy
      • Arge massajae Gribodo, 1879 (Eritrea, Ethiopia)
      • Arge melanopyga Pasteels, 1953 (Mozambique, South Africa)
      • Arge meyi Koch, 2006 (Namibia)
      • Arge micheli du Buysson, 1900 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
      • Arge microps Pasteels, 1953 (Ivory Coast)
      • Arge mirabilipes Pasteels, 1955 (South Africa)
      • Arge mirabilis Forsius, 1931 (Malawi)
      • Arge mixta Pasteels, 1953 (Guinea)
      • Arge mocsaryi Rohwer, 1920
      • Arge montana Koch & Goergen, 2010 (South Africa)
      • Arge namaensis Koch & Goergen, 2010 (South Africa)
      • Arge natalensis Pasteels, 1953 (South Africa)
      • Arge nausicaa Enslin, 1911 (South Africa)
      • Arge neavei Forsius, 1927 (Malawi)
      • Arge nitida Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge nona Pasteels, 1953 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge nyassae (Enslin, 1911) (Malawi)
      • Arge obscuripennis Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge octava Pasteels, 1953 (Rwanda, Tanzania)
      • Arge orientalis Pasteels, 1953 (Kenya)
      • Arge pallidula Pasteels, 1963
      • Arge pasteelsi Blank, Liston & Taeger, 2009 = Arge nigrescens Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo) Homonym.
      • Arge pervasa Pasteels, 1953 (Malawi)
      • Arge petacacia Konow, 1904 (South Africa)
      • Arge plagiata Forsius, 1927 (Malawi)
      • Arge poecilosoma Enslin, 1911 (South Africa)
      • Arge posterior Pasteels, 1963 (Zimbabwe)
      • Arge prima Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)
      • Arge quarta Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge quinta Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge rotschildi Konow, 1907 (Kenya)
      • Arge roweniae Pasteels, 1955
      • Arge rufocyanea (Enslin, 1911) (South Africa)
      • Arge schoutedeni Forsius, 1934 (Malawi)
      • Arge schultessi Konow, 1899 (Mozambique)
      • Arge secunda Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge septima Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge serrata Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia)
      • Arge sixta Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge sjoestedti Konow, 1907 (Namibia, South Africa)
      • Arge somaliensis, Pasteels
      • Arge speciosa (Klug, 1834) (South Africa)
      • Arge spei (Enslin, 1911) (South Africa)
      • Arge stictica Klug, 1834 (unknown)
      • Arge stuhlmanni (Kohl, 1893) (Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
      • Arge sugillata Klug, 1834 (South Africa)
      • Arge sugilloides Pasteels, 1953 (South Africa)
      • Arge swartbergensis Koch & Liston, 2012 (South Africa)
      • Arge taeniata (Klug, 1834) (South Africa)
      • Arge taitaensis Koch & Eardley, 2011 (Kenya)
      • Arge tarsalis Pasteels, 1953 (Malawi)
      • Arge tertia Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge transvaalensis Cameron, 1911 (South Africa)
      • Arge ugandana Pasteels, 1953 (Uganda, Zimbabwe)
      • Arge uncina Konow, 1904 (Kenya, Uganda)
      • Arge upembae Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
      • Arge urania (Kirby, 1882) (South Africa)
      • Arge vannoorti Koch & Liston, 2012 (South Africa)
      • Arge ventralis Koch & Liston, 2012 (South Africa)
      • Arge villiersi Pasteels, 1953 (Benin)
      • Arge whiteheadi Koch & Goergen, 2010 (South Africa)
      • Arge xanthomela (Klug, 1834) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Zimbabwe)
      • Arge zambeza Pasteels, 1953 (Mozambique, Malawi)
      • Arge zona Enslin, 1911 (South Africa)
    • Genus Triarge Forsius, 1931
  • Subfamily Athermantinae

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