Neurotoma saltuum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Social Pear Spinner)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeurotoma saltuum (Social Pear Spinner)
SubfamilyPAMPHILIINAE (a subfamily of sawflies)
FamilyPAMPHILIIDAE (spinner sawflies)
SuperfamilyPAMPHILIOIDEA (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 Neurotoma saltuum (Social Pear Spinner) :
1: Neurotoma saltuum (Social Pear Spinner)
16 Jul 2006 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Communal larvae in webs on Hawthorn
Image 1: Larvae - in web - close-upImage 2: Larvae - in web - close-up (2)Image 3: Larvae - in web - close-up (3)Image 4: Larvae - in web - close-up (4)Image 5: Larvae - in web - close-up (5)Image 6: Webs on HawthornImage 7: Webs on Hawthorn (2)Image 8: Larva - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Larvae - in web - close-up - enlargedImage 10: Larvae - in web - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 11: Larva - in web - close-up - enlarged

Neurotoma saltuum (Social Pear Spinner) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Neurotoma saltuum (Social Pear Spinner)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Neurotoma saltuum (Social Pear Spinner)
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