The Diprionidae are a small family of conifer-feeding sawflies (thus the common name conifer sawflies, though other Symphyta also feed on conifers) restricted to the Northern Hemisphere, with some 140 species in 13 genera. Larvae are often gregarious, and sometimes there can be major outbreaks, thus these sawflies can be major forest pests at times.[1] These sawflies have the ability to compromise the health and ecological balance of forests. When the temperatures begin to rise, the sawflies become strengthened pests to these conifers. In doing so, they cause damage to a certain extent.[2]
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| Monoctenus juniperi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Superfamily: | Tenthredinoidea |
| Family: | Diprionidae |
The family has distinctive antennae with about 20 flagellomeres. Males have pectinate antennae and females have serrate antennae.[3]
Genera edit
These 13 genera belong to the family Diprionidae:
- Augomonoctenus Rohwer, 1918
- Diprion Schrank, 1802
- Gilpinia Benson, 1939
- Macrodiprion Enslin, 1914
- Microdiprion Enslin, 1914
- Monoctenus Dahlbom, 1835
- Neodiprion Rohwer, 1918
- Nesodiprion Rohwer, 1910
- Prionomeion Benson, 1939
- Rhipidoctenus Benson, 1954
- Zadiprion Rohwer, 1918
- † Eodiprion Schedl, 2007
- † Paleomonoctenus Nel, 2004
References edit
- ^ Taeger, A.; Liston, A.D.; Prous, M.; Groll, E.K.; et al. (2018). "ECatSym – Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera)". Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI), Müncheberg. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ Aguilera-Molina, Víctor M. (July 6, 2019). "Climate change and forest plagues: assessing current and future impacts of diprionid sawflies on the pine forests of north-western Mexico". PeerJ. 7: 17. doi:10.7717/peerj.7220. PMC 6640623. PMID 31341729.
- ^ 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.
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External links edit
- Neodiprion spp. on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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