Arge pagana ssp stephensii (Leach, 1817)
(Rose Sawfly - British (Pale-winged) Subspecies)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesArge pagana ssp stephensii (Rose Sawfly - British (Pale-winged) Subspecies)
SpeciesArge pagana (Common Rose Fusehorn)
GenusArge (a genus of sawflies)
SubfamilyARGINAE (fusehorn and twinhorn sawflies)
FamilyARGIDAE (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 Arge pagana ssp stephensii (Rose Sawfly - British (Pale-winged) Subspecies) :
1: Arge pagana ssp stephensii (Rose Sawfly - British (Pale-winged) Subspecies)
11 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, ovipositiing into Dog Rose stem
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver background (2)Image 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Arge pagana ssp stephensii (Rose Sawfly - British (Pale-winged) Subspecies)
18 Jul 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings together - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Arge pagana ssp stephensii (Rose Sawfly - British (Pale-winged) Subspecies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arge pagana ssp stephensii (Rose Sawfly - British (Pale-winged) Subspecies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Arge pagana ssp stephensii (Rose Sawfly - British (Pale-winged) Subspecies)

A black thorax/yellow abdomen sawfly subspecies which is apparently endemic to England. It is locally common south of the Severn-Humber line.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1951Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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