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Tenthredinidae

Classification of afrotropical tenthredinid wasps

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

Under construction

  • Subfamily Allantinae

    • Genus Athalia Leach, 1817

      • Athalia aethiopica Koch, 2006 (Ethiopia)

      • Athalia abyssinica Forsius, 1930 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda)

      • Athalia asbolos Benson, 1961 (Congo)

      • Athalia armata Benson, 1961 (Congo, Uganda)

      • Athalia atripennis Benson, 1962 (Kenya)

      • Athalia brevicornis Benson, 1962 (Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa)

      • Athalia cerberus Benson, 1961 (Congo, Ethiopia)

      • Athalia chirinda Koch, 2006 (Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia clavata Konow, 1907 (Ethiopia, South Africa)

      • Athalia concors Konow, 1908 (Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Yemen)

      • Athalia deckerti Koch, 2005 (Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia dissona Konow, 1908 (Congo, Nyasaland, Sierra Leone, Southern Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia dulcis Benson, 1961 (Congo)

      • Athalia erythraeana Koch, 2007 (Ethiopia)

      • Athalia excisa Koch, 2006 (Kenya, Tanzania)

      • Athalia flavobasalis Koch, 2007 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda)

      • Athalia fuscata Konow, 1907 (Kenya, Southern Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia furvipennis Konow, 1907 (Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nyasaland, South Africa, Uganda)

      • Athalia gessi Koch, 2003 (South Africa)

      • Athalia guillarmodi Benson, 1956 (Lesotho, South Africa)

      • Athalia himantopus (Benson, 1962) (Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia incomta Konow, 1908 (Congo, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia krausi Koch, 2006 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Athalia limpopo Konow, 1908 (Mozambique)

      • Athalia malagassa Saussure, 1908 (Madagascar)

      • Athalia marginipennis Enderlein, 1920 (Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia mashonensis Enslin, 1911 (South Africa)

      • = Athalia mellis Benson, 1962 (South Africa) Synonymy by Koch 2003

      • Athalia melanopoda Enslin, 1912 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ruanda, Uganda)

      • Athalia nigriceps Konow, 1908 (Somalia, Sudan)

      • Athalia nigripes Enslin, 1912 (Congo, Uganda)

      • Athalia obsoleta Klug, 1834 (Ethiopia)

      • Athalia pluto Benson, 1961 (Congo, Kenya, Uganda)

      • Athalia pulla Benson, 1961 (Congo)

      • Athalia pullicoma Konow, 1908 (Kenya, Uganda)

      • Athalia schoutedeni Forsius, 1928 (Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria)

      • Athalia schweinfurthi schweinfurthi Konow, 1933 (Ethiopia, Southern Arabia)

      • Athalia schweinfurthi atripennis Konow, 1891 (Kenya)

      • Athalai scioensis Gribodo, 1879 (Congo, Ethiopia, South Africa, Yemen)

      • Athalia segregis Konow, 1907 (Kenya, Tanzania)

      • Athalia sidamoensis Koch, 2007 (Ethiopia)

      • Athalia sjoestedti Konow, 1907 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ruanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia taitaensis Koch, 2007 (Kenya)

      • Athalia truncata Enslin, 1914 (Comores, Congo, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia turneri Forsius, 1934 (Namibia)

      • Athalia umbrosa Konow, 1907 (Congo, Uganda)

      • Athalia ustipennis Mocsáry, 1909 (Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Ruanda, South Africa, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

      • Athalia vollenhoveni Gribodo, 1879 (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ruanda, Yemen)

      • Athalia xantha Benson, 1962 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Athalia zanzibarica Forsius, 1931 (Kenya, Mozambique, Zanzibar)

    • Genus Anataxates Benson, 1939

      • Anataxates gaullei Konow, 1906 (Benin)

      • Anataxates variator Enslin, 1914 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone)

    • Genus Muncheana Koch, 1998

      • Muncheana mandibularis Koch, 1998 (Kenya, Tanzania)

    • Genus Neacidiophora Enslin, 1911

      • Neacidiophora aethiopica Koch, 1998 (Ethiopia)

      • Neacidiophora africana Enslin, 1911

      • Neacidiophora athaloďdes Konow, 1907 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)

      • = Neacidiophora luteipennis Pasteels, 1950 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Neacidiophora bellicornis Konow, 1907 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda)

      • Neacidiophora bequaerti Enslin, 1914 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda)

      • = Neacidiophora punctifrons Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Neacidiophora brevicornis Pasteels, 1954  (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Neacidiophora brevifalcata Koch, 1998 (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania)

      • Neacidiophora calo Konow, 1907 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Togo, Uganda)

      • = Neacidiophora ietuna Konow, 1907 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Neacidiophora crassicornis Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Neacidiophora flavistigma Koch, 1998 (Malawi)

      • Neacidiophora fuscipennis (Enderlein, 1920)

      • Neacidiophora luteiventris Pasteels, 1954  (Ghana, Guinea)

      • Neacidiophora maxima Enslin, 1914 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

      • Neacidiophora obscurus Forsius, 1931 (Kenya)

      • Neacidiophora quadrifoveata Koch, 1998 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

      • Neacidiophora silacea Koch, 1998 (Kenya, Zimbabwe)

      • Neacidiophora ugandae Forsius, 1927 (Togo, Uganda)

      • Neacidiophora nigra Koch, 2001 (Zambia)

    • Genus Neoxenapates Forsius, 1934

      • Neoxenapates affinis Forsius, 1927 (Malawi, Mozambique)

    • Genus Netroceros Konow, 1907

      • Netroceros rufiventris rufiventris Konow, 1907 (Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Liberia)

      • Netroceros rufiventria luteiventris Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

    • Genus Paranetroceros Koch, 1998

      • Paranetroceros mirabilis (Forsius, 1934) (Malawi)

    • Genus Pseudoneacidiophora Koch, 1998

      • Pseudoneacidiophora bicolor Koch, 1998 (Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda)

      • Pseudoneacidiophora pleuritica (Forsius, 1927) (Ethiopia, Kenya)

    • Genus Xenapates Kirby, 1882

      • Xenapates abyssinica Benson, 1939 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia)

      • Xenapates aequatorialis Koch, 1995 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Xenapates africanus (Cameron, 1876) (Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone)

      • Xenapates armatus Koch, 1995 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Xenapates atratus Koch, 2007 (Togo)

      • Xenapates beateae Koch, 1996 (Namibia)

      • Xenapates bequaerti Enslin, 1913 (Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Xenapates bicolor Pasteels, 1949 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • = Xenapates benoiti Pasteels, 1954

      • Xenapates brevicornis Malaise, 1938 (Ethiopia)

      • Xenapates congoensis Koch, 1995 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Xenapates damaraensis Koch, 1995 (Namibia)

      • Xenapates deconinckae Koch, 1995 (Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Xenapates dorsalis Koch, 1998 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Xenapates eardleyi Koch, 1995 (Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Xenapates ewaldi Koch, 1995 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Xenapates flavipes Koch, 1995 (Zambia)

      • Xenapates flavus Koch, 1995 (Uganda)

      • Xenapates fuscipes Benson, 1939 (Ethiopia)

      • Xenapates gabunensis (Konow, 1896) (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Togo)

      • Xenapates gaullei (Konow, 1896) (Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda)

      • Xenapates goergeni Koch, 2007 (Togo)

      • Xenapates hyalinatus (Forsius, 1934) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe)

      • Xenapates insignitus Koch, 1996 (Tanzania)

      • Xenapates interantennalis Koch, 1995 (Angola)

      • Xenapates nigripes Koch, 1995 (Ethiopia)

      • Xenapates nigripleuris Koch, 1995 (Angola)

      • Xenapates nigritus Koch, 1995 (Ethiopia, Kenya)

      • Xenapates offrenatus (Konow, 1907) (Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo)

      • = Xenapates braunsi (Konow, 1896)

      • Xenapates orientalis Koch, 1995 (Sudan)

      • Xenapates pallipes Pasteels, 1950 (Gabon)

      • Xenapates pectoralis Forsius, 1927 (Mozambique, Zimbabwe)

      • Xenapates scutellaris Forsius, 1927 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria)

      • Xenapates similis Benson, 1939 (Botswana, Cameroon, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

      • Xenapates substrictus Koch, 1995 (Mali)

      • Xenapates tenebricus Koch, 1995 (Sierra Leone)

      • Xenapates tessmanni Enslin, 1913 (Equatorial Guinea)

      • Xenapates togoensis Koch, 2007 (Togo)

      • Xenapates unicus Koch, 1995 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Xenapates variator Enslin, 1913 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Uganda)

      • = Xenapates bifovealis Pasteels, 1949

      • = Anataxates semiluteum Pasteels, 1950

      • Xenapates ventralis Enslin, 1913 (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya)

      • Xenapates virgatus Koch, 1995 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

      • Xenapates weulersseae Koch, 1995 (Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Togo, Uganda)

  • Subfamily Blennocampinae

    • Genus Aethiocampa Pasteels, 1949

      • Aethiocampa aethiopica Enslin, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Uganda)

    • Genus Bicrista Pasteels, 1949

      • Bicrista bicolor Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Codistega Pasteels, 1949

      • Codistega congonensis Forsius, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Distega Konow, 1904

      • Distega abdominalis Forsius 1931 (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ruanda)

      • Distega affinis Forsius, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Distega basilewyski Pasteels, 1955 (Ruanda)

      • Distega bevisi Forsius, 1930 (Namibia, South Africa)

      • Distega fumipennis Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast)

      • Distega inaequalis Pasteels, 1953 (Zambia)

      • Distega luteipes Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Distega micans Forsius, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Distega montium Benson (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Ruanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda )

      • Distega occipitalis Pasteels, 1949 (Rwanda)

      • Distega pallidiventria Forsius (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

      • Distega pectoralis Forsius, 1927 (Benin, Mozambique, Senegal, Zambia)

      • Distega sjoestedti Konow, 1904 (Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea)

      • Distega stenocephala Pasteels, 1952 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Distegella Pasteels, 1951

      • Distegella velutina Pasteels, 1951 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Erythraspides Ashmead, 1898

      • Erythraspides acuticornis Pasteels, 1953 (Zambia)

      • Erythraspides afra Pasteels, 1953 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Eudistega Pasteels, 1949

      • Eudistega formosus Pasteels, 1949

    • Genus Kivua Forsius, 1934

      • Kivua abdominalis Pasteels, 1949 (Uganda)

      • Kivua incrassata Pasteels, 1949

      • Kivua luteiventris Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Kivua punctifrons Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Kivua seydeli Forsius, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Trisodontophyes Enslin, 1911

      • Trisodontophyes aethiopica Koch, 2001 (Ethiopia)

      • Trisodontophyes afra (Konow, 1907) (South Africa, Tanzania)

      • Trisodontophyes angustata Enslin, 1913 (East Africa)

      • Trisodontophyes antennata Koch, 2001 (Tanzania)

      • Trisodontophyes confusa Pasteels, 1951 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • = Trisodontophyes schoutedeni Forsius, 1934 (Synonymy by Koch 2001)

      • Trisodontophyes diversa Koch, 2001 (Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania)

      • Trisodontophyes dubuyssoni Koch, 2001 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

      • Trisodontophyes funebris Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Trisodontophyes inaequalis Koch, 2001 (Cameroon)

      • Trisodontophyes malaisei (Forsius, 1932) (Kenya, Uganda)

      • Trisodontophyes montana Koch, 2001 (Kenya)

      • Trisodontophyes nigroflava Enslin, 1911 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Togo)

      • Trisodontophyes robusta Forsius, 1930 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)

      • Trisodontophyes semisplendens Koch, 2001 (Zimbabwe)

      • Trisodontophyes serrula Koch, 2001 (Malawi)

      • Trisodontophyes singularis Koch, 2001 (South Africa)

      • Trisodontophyes splendens Koch, 2001 (Central African Republic)

      • Trisodontophyes tibialis Enslin, 1913 (Togo)

      • Trisodontophyes triplicata Forsius, 1934 (South Africa)

      • Trisodontophyes tristis Forsius, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Trisodontophyes ugandae Koch, 2001 (Uganda)

    • Genus Tumura Pasteels, 1949

      • Tumura luteiventris Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Pachydistega Pasteels, 1949

      • Pachydistega nigeriae Forsius *** (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Pachydistega rectiserra Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Pachydistega thoracalis Pasteels, 1949 (Senegal)

    • Genus Tesslinia Pasteels, 1951

      • Tesslinia afra Enslin, 1913 (Cameroon)

    • Genus Urocerca Pasteels, 1949

      • Urocera cribrifrons Pasteels, 1949 (Rwanda)

      • Urocerca luteiventris Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

      • Urocera pallipes Pasteels, 1949 (Rwanda)

      • Urocera tenuis Pasteels, 1949 (Rwanda)

  • Subfamily Heterarthinae (Introduced)

    • Genus Caliroa Costa, 1859

      • Caliroa cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758) (Eurasia, introduced to North & South America, South Africa, Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand)

    • Genus Fenusa Leach, 1817

  • Subfamily Nematinae (Introduced)

    • Genus Nematus Panzer, ***

      • Nematus oligospilus Förster, 1854 (Argentina, Chile, South Africa, Lesotho, New Zealand)

  • Subfamily Selandriinae

    • Genus Dulophanes Konow, 1907

      • Dulophanes abdominalis Enslin, (Burundi, Ruanda)

      • Dulophanes antennatus Enslin, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Zambia)

      • Dulophanes atratus Enslin, 1913 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda)

      • Dulophanes atratus Enslin, (Burundi, Ruanda)

      • Dulophanes distinguendus (Pasteels, 1949) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dulophanes flavipes Enslin, (Ruanda)

      • Dulophanes flaviventris Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dulophanes globiceps Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dulophanes gowdeyi Forsius, 1927 (Uganda)

      • Dulophanes major Enslin, (Burundi, Zambia)

      • Dulophanes natalensis Forsius, 1927 (South Africa)

      • Dulophanes nitens Pasteels, 1949 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dulophanes pauliani (Malaise, 1943) (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dulophanes pedicellatus Pasteels, 1949 (Rwanda)

      • Dulophanes tenuis (Pasteels, 1949) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar)

      • Dulophanes transversalis (Pasteels, 1950) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

      • Dulophanes verticalis (Pasteels, 1950) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

    • Genus Dunophanella Forsius, 1934

      • Dunophanella gracilicornis Pasteels, 1949 (Burundi)

      • Dunophanella gracilis Forsius, 1934 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon)

    • Genus Ludophanes Pasteels, 1949

      • Ludophanes nigritus Pasteels, 1949 (Rwanda)

References

Goulet, H. 1993. Superfamilies Cephoidea, Megalodontoidea, Orussoidea, Siricoidea, Tenthredinoidea and Xyeloidea (pp. 101-129). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Koch, F. 2005. The sawflies of the BIOTA-Southern Africa Project with description of a new species of Arge (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin - Zoologische Reihe 81: 193-199.

Koch, F. 2007. The Symphyta of the Afrotropical Region. Genus Athalia Leach, 1817, Athalia himantopus-group (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Allantinae). Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 97: 81-106.

Koch, F. 2007. Three new species and three new records of Xenopates from Togo (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae). African Invertebrates 48: 111-119.

Koch, F. 2010. A hitherto unknown species of Triarge from South Africa with a modified key to the genus. – Mitteilungen Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 100: 99-102.

Pasteels, J. 1949. Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinoidea). Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte (1933-1935) 60: l-105.

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Pasteels, J. 1951. Sur quelques Tenthrediniodea africains. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 87: 195-205.

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Pasteels, J. 1953. Prodromes d'une fauna des Tenthredinoidea (Hymenoptera) de l'Afrique noir. I. Argidae Mém. Soc. Entomologique de Belgique 26:1-128

Pasteels, J.  1955.  Contributions ŕ l'etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953).  Hymenoptera Argidae, Tenthredinidae et Gasteruptiidae.  Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge 40: 370-75.

Pasteels, J. 1963. Prodrome d'une faune des Tenthredinoidea de l'Afrique noire. IV. —2e supplement aux Argidae. Bull. Ann. Soc. R. Ent. Belgique 99: 540-560.

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