Arge nigripes (Retzius, 1783)
(Black Rose Fusehorn)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesArge nigripes (Black Rose Fusehorn)
GenusArge (a genus of sawflies)
SubfamilyARGINAE (fusehorn and twinhorn sawflies)
FamilyARGIDAE (a family of sawflies)
SuperfamilyTENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
SuborderSYMPHYTA (sawflies)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Arge nigripes (Black Rose Fusehorn) :
1: Arge nigripes (Black Rose Fusehorn)
12 May 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on bramble leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - genital capsule - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - genital capsule - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - penis valves - microscope low magnification - white background

Arge nigripes (Black Rose Fusehorn) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arge nigripes (Black Rose Fusehorn)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Arge nigripes (Black Rose Fusehorn)
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