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โ‡ฑ Diprionidae


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Diprionidae

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Description

The Diprionidae are a small family of conifer-feeding sawflies (thus the common name conifer sawflies, though other Symphyta feed on conifers) restricted to the Northern Hemisphere, with some 140 species in 13 genera worldwide. Larvae are often gregarious, and sometimes there can be major outbreaks, thus these sawflies can be major forest pests at times.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)7907https://www.gbif.org/species/7907
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)139612https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=139612
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Diprionidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalovรก-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
orderHymenopteraLinnaeus 1758
superfamilyTenthredinoideaLatreille 1802
familyDiprionidaeRohwer 1911
Common Nameconifer sawfly
Scientific NameDiprionidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Diprionidaefamilybelongs to Symphytastated without evidenceCarpenter, 1992
Diprionidaefamilybelongs to Tenthredinioideastated with evidenceNel, 2004
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (33%)
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. M. Carpenter. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4:1-655
Common Name(s) Conifer Sawfly, Barrsteklar, Conifer Sawflies
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprionidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Augomonoctenus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Diprion
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
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Eodiprion โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
238.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Gilpinia
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Macrodiprion
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Microdiprion
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Monoctenus
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Neodiprion
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Nesodiprion
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Paleomonoctenus โœ
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
128.4 Ma
Oligocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Prionomeion
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Zadiprion
genus
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1911Diprionidae Rohwer p. 220
1992Diprionidae Carpenter
2004Diprionidae Nel p. 254
2007Diprionidae Sharkey

References

Carpenter F. M. (1992) , Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part R, Arthropoda 4: Superclass Hexapoda 3/4, 1-655
Nel A. (2004) New and poorly known Cenozoic sawflies of France (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinoidea, Pamphilioidea), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2, 253-269
Sharkey M. J. (2007) Phylogeny and classification of Hymenoptera, Zootaxa 1668, 521-548
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Forshage (2010) Symphyta - Utdrag ur egen Hymenoptera-lista (excel-fil 2010-10-05). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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