''Adamas'' is a genus of
sawflies
Sawflies are wasp-like insects that are in the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plant ...
belonging to the family
Tenthredinidae
Tenthredinidae is the largest family of sawflies, with well over 7,500 species worldwide, divided into 430 genera. Larvae are herbivores and typically feed on the foliage of trees and shrubs, with occasional exceptions that are leaf miners, stem ...
. It is sometimes referred to in the literature under the name ''Dinax'', but this name is a junior homonym of a name validly published in 1848; claims that the 1848 name was not validly published (e.g., ) have been subsequently refuted.
[Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Aalbu, R.L., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Merkl, O. & Davies, A.E. (2021) Review of genus-group names in the family Tenebrionidae (Insecta, Coleoptera). ZooKeys 1050: 1–633. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1050.64217]
Species
* ''
Adamas caudatus''
Nie & Wei, 2004
* ''
Adamas ermak''
Zhelochovtsev, 1968
* ''
Adamas jakowleffi''
(Konow, 1897)
* ''
Adamas lui''
Nie & Wei, 2004
* ''
Adamas parallelus''
Nie & Wei, 2004
* ''
Adamas xui''
Nie & Wei, 2004
References
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Tenthredinidae
Sawfly genera
Taxa named by René Malaise