''Calameuta'' is a genus of
insect
Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...
s belonging to the family
Cephidae
Cephidae is a family of stem sawflies in the order Hymenoptera. There are about 27 genera and more than 160 described species in Cephidae.
Genera
These 27 genera belong to the family Cephidae:
* '' Athetocephus'' Benson, 1935
* '' Australceph ...
.
The genus was first described by
Friedrich Wilhelm Konow
Friedrich Wilhelm Konow (11 July 1842, in Mechow – 18 March 1908, in Teschendorf) was a German priest and amateur entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera especially Tenthredinidae.
Konow was born in Mechow where he attended the school w ...
in 1896.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America.
Species:
* ''
Calameuta antigae''
(Konow, 1894)
* ''
Calameuta aurea''
(Benson, 1935)
* ''
Calameuta clavata''
* ''
Calameuta festiva''
Benson, 1954
* ''
Calameuta filiformis''
(Eversmann, 1847)
* ''
Calameuta filum''
(Gussakovskij, 1935)
* ''
Calameuta grombczewskii''
(Jakowlew, 1891)
* ''
Calameuta haemorrhoidalis''
(Fabricius, 1781)
* ''
Calameuta idolon''
(Rossi, 1794)
* ''
Calameuta middlekauffi''
* ''
Calameuta moreana''
(Pic, 1916)
* ''
Calameuta pallipes''
(Klug, 1803)
* ''
Calameuta punctata''
(Klug, 1803)
* ''
Calameuta tazzekae''
Lacourt, 1991
References
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Cephidae
Sawfly genera
Taxa named by Friedrich Wilhelm Konow