Rhogogaster scalaris (Klug, 1817) NEW QUALIFIER-(after Taeger & Viitasaari, 2015)
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhogogaster scalaris (a sawfly)
GenusRhogogaster (a genus of sawflies)
TribeTenthredinini (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 Rhogogaster scalaris (a sawfly) :
1: Rhogogaster scalaris (a sawfly)
14 May 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female, beaten from birch
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsum - magnifiedImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - terminalia - magnifiedImage 6: Female - terminalia - magnified (2)Image 7: Female - ventral view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 8: Head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 9: Head - lateral view - magnified - dark backgroundImage 10: Head - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 11: Wing - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 13: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Ovipositor (saw) valve - strongly chitinised - magnifiedImage 15: Ovipositor (saw) valve - strongly chitinised - magnified (2)Image 16: Ovipositor (saw) valve - weakly chitinised - magnifiedImage 17: Ovipositor (saw) valve - weakly chitinised - magnified (2)
2: Rhogogaster scalaris (a sawfly)
12 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Dorsal view - wings together (2)Image 4: Ventral view

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

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