Family PERGIDAE
Compiler and date details
23 July 2012 - Danielle N. Stringer & John T. Jennings, Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, and the School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
1 July 2008 - After Schmidt, S. (2006) and Schmidt, S. & Smith, D.R. (2006)
Introduction
Pergids are the most common Australian sawflies with about 140 species. The adults range from small (c. 3 mm) to large wasps (30 mm). The Pergidae are divided into a number of subfamiles, including the Perginae (58 spp.) and Phylacteophagainae (5 spp.). The former subfamily includes Perga spp. whose larvae (commonly known as spitfires) are conspicuous defoliators of Eucalyptus and Angophora and the latter includes Phylacteophaga spp. (leaf-blister sawflies).
Data are taken from Schmidt, S. (2006) Checklist of the Pergidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Australasia. pp. 627–634 in Blank, S.M. Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (eds) Recent Sawfl y Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Keltern : Goecke & Evers and Schmidt, S. & Smith, D.R. (2006) An Annotated Systematic World Catalogue of the Pergidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 34(3): 1–207.
Comprehensive literature citations and lists of food plant species are provided by Schmidt & Smith (2006).
General References
Schmidt, S. & Walter, G.H. 2014. Young clades in an old family: Major evolutionary transitions and diversification of the eucalypt-feeding pergid sawflies in Australia (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Pergidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED |