Macrophya montana (Scopoli, 1763)
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrophya montana (a sawfly)
GenusMacrophya (a genus of sawflies)
TribeMacrophyini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyTENTHREDININAE (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 Macrophya montana (a sawfly) :
1: Macrophya montana (a sawfly)
14 Jun 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Mating pair, on Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver background
2: Macrophya montana (a sawfly)
24 May 2016 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, on White Deadnettle
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
3: Macrophya montana (a sawfly)
21 Jun 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Female, swept off Hogweed umbels
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and antennae - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Macrophya montana (a sawfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macrophya montana (a sawfly)

This sawfly is locally comrnon S. of the Wash/Severn line in England, but extends N. to Roxburgh, Berwick and Lanark in Scotland and even to the Orkneys. The larvae feed on Rubus caesius etc. Flight period: V-VI in S. but VIII-IX in Orkneys.

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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