''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the

Symphyta 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 plants ...

belonging to the family

Pamphiliidae Pamphiliidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Pamphilidae) is a small family within Symphyta, containing some 200 species from the temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. The larvae feed on plants (often conifers), using silk to build webs o ...

Description

Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wings are transparent. Tarsal claws have one apical and subapical tooth.

Mandibles In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin ''mandibula'', 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla). The jawbone i ...

are large and sickle-shaped. Adults can be found from May until June. Larvae may be solitary or form a colony, mainly feeding on deciduous trees. Main host plants are

Rosaceae Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus '' Rosa''. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but som ...

and

Betulaceae Betulaceae, the birch family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, hazel-hornbeam, and hop-hornbeams, numbering a total of 167 species. They are mostly natives of ...

, others are

Salicaceae The Salicaceae are the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae ''sensu stricto'') includes the willows, poplars. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly expanded the circumsc ...

Aceraceae Aceraceae were recognized as a family of flowering plants also called the maple family. They contain two to four genera, depending upon the circumscription, of some 120 species of trees and shrubs. A common characteristic is that the leaves are ...

Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species in 33 to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and easte ...

Fagaceae The Fagaceae (; ) are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with around 1,000 or more species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species ...

Cornaceae The Cornaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales. The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, '' Alangium'' and '' Cornus''. They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, ...

and

Juglandaceae The Juglandaceae are a plant family known as the walnut family. They are trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales. Members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia. The nine or ten genera in the family have ...

Distribution

Species of this genus can be found in

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and in

Eurasia Eurasia ( , ) is a continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. According to some geographers, Physical geography, physiographically, Eurasia is a single supercontinent. The concept of Europe and Asia as distinct continents d ...

Habitat

These species prefer hedge rows.

List of species

This genus includes about 115 species. * '' Pamphilius albopictus'' (C. G. Thomson, 1871) * '' Pamphilius alnicola'' Ermolenko, 1973 * '' Pamphilius alnivorus'' Shinohara, 2005 * '' Pamphilius archiducalis'' Konow, 1897 * ''

Pamphilius armeniacus ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius aucupariae'' Vikberg, 1971 * '' Pamphilius aurantiacus'' (Giraud, 1857) * '' Pamphilius balteatus'' (Fallén, 1808) * ''

Pamphilius basilaris ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' Shinohara, 1982 * ''

Pamphilius benesi ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' Shinohara, 1985 * ''

Pamphilius betulae ''Pamphilius betulae'' is a Palearctic species of sawfly. Benson, R.B., 1952. ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects'' is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomologica ...

'' (Linné, 1758) * ''

Pamphilius borisi ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and w ...

'' Beneš, 1972 * ''

Pamphilius brevicornis ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' Hellén, 1948 * ''

Pamphilius burquei ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' (Provancher, 1878) * ''

Pamphilius caucasicus ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' Gussakovskij, 1935 * ''

Pamphilius cilix ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' Konow, 1897 * ''

Pamphilius confusus ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' Shinohara, 2005 * ''

Pamphilius convexus ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius coreanus'' Takeuchi, 1938 * '' Pamphilius croceus'' Shinohara, 1986 * '' Pamphilius daisenus'' Takeuchi, 1938 * '' Pamphilius faustus'' (Klug, 1808) * '' Pamphilius flavipectus'' Shinohara, 2005 * '' Pamphilius foveatus'' Shinohara, Dong & Naito, 1998 * '' Pamphilius fumipennis'' (Curtis, 1831) * '' Pamphilius gracilis'' Shinohara, 1985 * '' Pamphilius gyllenhali'' (Dahlbom, 1835) * '' Pamphilius heecheonparki'' Shinohara, 1998 * '' Pamphilius hilaris'' (Eversmann, 1847) * '' Pamphilius himalayanus'' Shinohara & Singh, 1989 * '' Pamphilius histrio'' Latreille, 1812 * '' Pamphilius hortorum'' (Klug, 1808) * ''

Pamphilius ignymontiensis ''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the Symphyta belonging to the family Pamphiliidae. Description Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wi ...

'' Lacourt, 1973 * '' Pamphilius inanitus'' (Villers, 1789) * '' Pamphilius infuscatus'' Middlekauff, 1964 * '' Pamphilius ishikawai'' Shinohara, 1979 * '' Pamphilius itoi'' Shinohara, 1985 * '' Pamphilius japonicus'' Shinohara, 1985 * '' Pamphilius jucundus'' (Eversmann, 1847) * '' Pamphilius kamikochensis'' Takeuchi, 1930 * '' Pamphilius kashmirensis'' Beneš, 1971 * '' Pamphilius kimi'' Shinohara, 1997 * '' Pamphilius komonensis'' Takeuchi, 1930 * '' Pamphilius kontuniemii'' Shinohara, 2003 * '' Pamphilius kyutekparki'' Shinohara, 1991 * '' Pamphilius lanatus'' Beneš, 1982 * '' Pamphilius latifrons'' (Fallén, 1808) * '' Pamphilius leleji'' Shinohara & Taeger, 2007 * '' Pamphilius leucocephalus'' Takeuchi, 1938 * '' Pamphilius lobatus'' Maa, 1950 * '' Pamphilius marginatus'' (Lepeletier, 1823) * '' Pamphilius masao'' Shinohara, 2005 * '' Pamphilius maximus'' Shinohara, 1995 * '' Pamphilius middlekauffi'' Shinohara & D. R. Smith, 1983 * '' Pamphilius minor'' Shinohara & Xiao, 2006 * '' Pamphilius montanus'' Shinohara, 1985 * '' Pamphilius nakagawai'' Takeuchi, 1930 * '' Pamphilius naokoae'' Shinohara, 1999 * '' Pamphilius nemoralis'' (Linné, 1758) * '' Pamphilius nigrifemoratus'' Shinohara & Taeger, 1990 * '' Pamphilius nigropilosus'' Shinohara, Naito & Huang, 1988 * '' Pamphilius nitidiceps'' Shinohara, 1998 * '' Pamphilius norimbergensis'' Enslin, 1917 * '' Pamphilius ochreatus'' (Say, 1836) * '' Pamphilius ochreipes'' (Cresson, 1880) * '' Pamphilius ochrostigma'' Shinohara, 2001 * '' Pamphilius ocreatus'' (Say, 1836) * '' Pamphilius opacus'' Shinohara, 1999 * '' Pamphilius pacificus'' (Norton, 1869) * '' Pamphilius palachei'' (Ashmead, 1902) * '' Pamphilius palliceps'' Shinohara & Xiao, 2006 * '' Pamphilius pallidimacula'' (Norton, 1869) * '' Pamphilius pallidipes'' (Zetterstedt, 1838) * '' Pamphilius pallidus'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius pallimacula'' (Norton, 1869) * '' Pamphilius pallipes'' (Zetterstedt, 1838) * '' Pamphilius persicum'' MacGillivray, 1907 * '' Pamphilius phyllisae'' Middlekauff, 1964 * '' Pamphilius pictifrons'' Gussakovskij, 1935 * '' Pamphilius planifrons'' Beneš, 1976 * '' Pamphilius politiceps'' Shinohara & Yuan, 2004 * '' Pamphilius pugnax'' Konow, 1897 * '' Pamphilius pullatus'' (Cresson, 1880) * '' Pamphilius rhoae'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius rileyi'' (Cresson, 1880) * '' Pamphilius sapporensis'' (Matsumura, 1912) * '' Pamphilius semicinctus'' (Norton, 1862) * '' Pamphilius shengi'' Wei, 1999 * '' Pamphilius silvaticus'' (Linné, 1758) * '' Pamphilius sinensis'' Shinohara, Dong & Naito, 1998 * '' Pamphilius smithii'' W. F. Kirby, 1882 * '' Pamphilius stramineipes'' (Hartig, 1837) * '' Pamphilius sulphureipes'' W. F. Kirby, 1882 * '' Pamphilius sylvanus'' (Stephens, 1835) * '' Pamphilius sylvarum'' (Stephens, 1835) * ''

Pamphilius sylvaticus ''Pamphilius sylvaticus'' is a Palearctic species of sawfly. Benson, R.B., 1952. ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects ''Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects'' is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomologi ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Pamphilius takeuchii'' Beneš, 1972 * '' Pamphilius thorwaldi'' Kontuniemi, 1946 * '' Pamphilius tibetanus'' Shinohara, Naito & Huang, 1988 * '' Pamphilius togashii'' Beneš, 1976 ot 1977* '' Pamphilius tricolor'' Beneš, 1974 * '' Pamphilius turkomanus'' Shinohara, 1991 * '' Pamphilius uniformis'' Shinohara & Zhou, 2006 * '' Pamphilius uniunguis'' Middlekauff, 1964 * '' Pamphilius ussuriensis'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius vafer'' (Linné, 1767) * '' Pamphilius varius'' (Lepeletier, 1823) * '' Pamphilius venustus'' (F. Smith, 1874) * '' Pamphilius vernalis'' Middlekauff, 1964 * '' Pamphilius virescens'' Malaise, 1931 * '' Pamphilius viridipes'' Achterberg & Aartsen, 1986 * '' Pamphilius viridulus'' Shinohara, 2001 * '' Pamphilius volatilis'' (F. Smith, 1874) * '' Pamphilius zhelochovtsevi'' Beneš, 1974 * '' Pamphilius zhongi'' Wei, 2002 * '' Pamphilius zinovjevi'' Shinohara, 1988

References

* Shinohara A. ''Leaf-rolling sawflies of the Pamphilius vafer complex (Hymenoptera, Pamphiliidae)'' // Natn. Sci. Mus. Monograph. 2005. N. 27. P. 1–116.
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