Empria sexpunctata (Serville, 1823)
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEmpria sexpunctata (a sawfly)
GenusEmpria (a genus of sawflies)
TribeEmpriini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyALLANTINAE (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 Empria sexpunctata (a sawfly) :
1: Empria sexpunctata (a sawfly)
7 Jun 2015 OSGR: ST81 50° 60’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male
Image 1: Male - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Empria sexpunctata (a sawfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Empria sexpunctata (a sawfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Empria sexpunctata (a sawfly)

A sawfly whose larvae feed on Geum rivale. It is widespread but not common in Britain, and from Cavan and Wicklow in Ireland. Flight period V-VI.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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