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Abia Leach

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

Abia Leach, 1817. Type species:Tenthredo sericea Linné, 1767.
Zaraea Leach, 1817: 113.
Abia (Parabia) Semenov, 1891: 174.

Orientabia Malaise, 1934: 36.
Allabia Semenov & Gussakovskij, 1937 (synonymy by Vilhelmsen & Shinohara, 2020)
Abia (Aenoabia) Kangas, 1946: 88.
Zaraea (Auroabia) Kangas, 1946: 89.
Procimbex Hong, 1984: 7.

Classification

 

Abia akebii (Takeuchi, 1931) Palaearctic

Abia alutacea (Malaise, 1939) Oriental

Abia americana (Cresson, 1880) Nearctic

Abia aurulenta Sichel, 1856 Palaearctic

Abia berezowskii Semenov, 1896 Palaearctic

Abia candens Konow, 1887 Palaearctic
 

Abia coreana Takeuchi, 1927 Palaearctic

Abia fasciata (Linnaeus, 1758) Palaearctic

Abia formosa Takeuchi, 1927 Oriental

Abia fulgens Zaddach, 1863 Palaearctic

Abia gribodoi Konow, 1895 Palaearctic

Abia imperialis Kirby, 1882 Oriental

Abia infernalis (Semenov, 1896) Palaearctic
 

Abia inflata (Norton, 1861) Nearctic

Abia iridescens Marlatt, 1898 Oriental

Abia japonica Cameron, 1887 Palaearctic

Abia kennicotti Norton, 1867 Nearctic

Abia kozhevnikovi Zhelochovtsev, 1924 Palaearctic

Abia lewisii Cameron, 1887 Palaearctic

Abia lonicerae (Linnaeus, 1758) Nearctic

Abia marginata Mocsáry, 1909 Palaearctic

Abia melanocera Cameron, 1899 Palaearctic

Abia metallica Mocsáry, 1909 Palaearctic

Abia mutica Thomson, 1871 Palaearctic

Abia nitens (Linnaeus, 1758) Palaearctic

Abia niui Wei & Deng, 1999 Oriental

Abia pulcherrima Mallach, 1930 Oriental

Abia relativa Rohwer, 1910 Palaearctic

Abia sachalinensis Takeuchi, 1931 Palaearctic

Abia sericea (Linné, 1767) Palaearctic

Abia triangularis (Takeuchi, 1931) Palaearctic

Abia zhelochovtzevi (Gussakovskij, 1947) Palaearctic

Distribution

Oriental, Nearctic and Palaearctic.

Biology

Phytophagous. Larvae feed mainly on shrubs and herbs. Larvae occur at low density, feeding externally and construct cocoons either on the foodplant or in the soil.

References

Archibald SB, Rasnitsyn AP. 2023. Cimbicidae (Hymenoptera, "Symphyta") in the Paleogene: revision, the new subfamily Cenocimbicinae, and new taxa from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands. Zootaxa. 5278 (1): 1–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.1.

Blank, S.M., Taeger, A., Liston, A.D., Smith, D.R., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shinohara, A., Heidemaa, M. & Viitasaari, M. 2009. Studies toward a World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2254: 1–96.

Enderlein G. 1919. Symphytologica II. Zur Kenntnis der Tenthredininen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde Berlin 1919 (9): 347-374.

Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologica systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae, C.G. Proft 2: 104-132.

Förster, A. 1854. Neue Blattwespen. Verhandlungen des naturhistorischen Vereines der preußischen Rheinlande und Westfalens, Neue Folge, Bonn 1: 265-350.

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.

Kirby, W.F. 1882. List of Hymenoptera with description and figures of the typical specimens in the British Museum. Tenthredinidae and Siricidae. Trustees, London 1: 1-450.

Klug, F. 1814. Die Blattwespen nach ihren Gattungen und Arten zusammengestellt. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der gesamten Naturkunde, Berlin 6[1812](4): 276-310.

Klug, F. 1818. Die Blattwespen nach ihren Gattungen und Arten zusammengestellt. Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin Magazin für die neuesten Entdeckungen in der gesamten Naturkunde, Berlin 8[1814](4): 273-307.

Klug, F. 1834. Uebersicht der Tenthredinetae der Sammlung. Jahrbücher der Insectenkunde mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Sammlung des Königl. Museum in Berlin herausgegeben 1: 223-253.

Kohl, F.F. 1892. Neue Hymenopterenformen. Annalen des k.k. Naturhistorischen Hofmeseums 7: 197-234, pI. XIII-XV.

Mocsáry, A. 1909. Chalastogastra nova in collectione Musei nationalis Hungarici. Annales historico-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, Budapest 7: 1-39.

Schrank, F., von Paula. 1802. Fauna Boica. Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Ingolstadt 2: 1–412.

Taeger, A. & Blank, S.M. 2011. ECatSym – electronic world catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Program version 3.10, data version 38 (07.12.2011) Digital Entomological Information, Müncheberg.

Taeger, A., Blank, S.M. & Liston, A.D. 2010. World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2580: 1-1064.

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