The Diprionidae are a small family of

conifer Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...

-feeding sawflies (thus the common name conifer sawflies, though other

Symphyta Sawflies are the insects of 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 plants where they lay ...

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

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s at times. 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. The family has distinctive antennae with about 20 flagellomeres. Males have pectinate antennae and females have serrate antennae. NSertiferInfest

Genera

These 13 genera belong to the family Diprionidae: * '' Augomonoctenus'' Rohwer, 1918 * ''

Diprion ''Diprion'' is a genus of conifer sawflies in the family Diprionidae. There are at least 12 described species in ''Diprion''. Species These species belong to the genus ''Diprion'': * '' Diprion hani'' D.R. Smith & Cho, 2008 – South Korea * ' ...

'' Schrank, 1802 * ''

Gilpinia ''Gilpinia'' is a genus of sawflies belonging to the family Diprionidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species: * ''Gilpinia abieticola'' (Dalla Torre, 1894) * ''Gilpinia catocala ''Gilpinia'' is a genus ...

'' Benson, 1939 * ''

Macrodiprion ''Macrodiprion'' is a genus of sawflies belonging to the family Diprionidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: * '' Macrodiprion nemoralis'' (Enslin, 1917 References Diprionidae Sawfly genera {{Hymenoptera-s ...

'' Enslin, 1914 * ''

Microdiprion ''Microdiprion'' is a genus of sawflies belonging to the family Diprionidae. The species of this genus are found in Europe. Species: * '' Microdiprion fuscipennis'' (Forsius, 1911) * '' Microdiprion pallipes'' (Fallén, 1808) References ...

'' 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

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