Phylloecus niger (M. Harris, 1779)
(Black Bramble Stem-sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhylloecus niger (Black Bramble Stem-sawfly)
GenusPhylloecus (a genus of stem sawflies)
TribeHartigiini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyCEPHINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyCEPHIDAE (stem sawflies)
SuperfamilyCEPHOIDEA (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 Phylloecus niger (Black Bramble Stem-sawfly) :
1: Phylloecus niger (Black Bramble Stem-sawfly)
18 May 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, around fallen wood
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - head and antennal bases - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

Phylloecus niger (Black Bramble Stem-sawfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phylloecus niger (Black Bramble Stem-sawfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phylloecus niger (Black Bramble Stem-sawfly)
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