Athalia circularis (Klug, 1815)
(Ringed Tigress)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAthalia circularis (Ringed Tigress)
GenusAthalia (tigress sawflies)
SubfamilyATHALIINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyTENTHREDINIDAE (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 Athalia circularis (Ringed Tigress) :
1: Athalia circularis (Ringed Tigress)
19 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, from 3 small sawflies flying around and visiting late-flowering Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings spread - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - wings spread - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - anterior view - close-up - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Athalia circularis (Ringed Tigress)
30 May 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
1 male, swept off Bugle and Wood Avens, beside stream
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver background

Athalia circularis (Ringed Tigress) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Athalia circularis (Ringed Tigress)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Athalia circularis (Ringed Tigress)
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