ARGIDAE Konow, 1890
(a family of sawflies)

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Aproceros leucopoda Zig-zag Elm Sawfly		Species			1 ident. refs
ARGINAE fusehorn and twinhorn sawflies		Subfamily	7 subtaxa	82 images	3 ident. refs
STERICTIPHORINAE a subfamily of hymenopterans		Subfamily	2 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
	Aprosthema a genus of sawflies	Genus	2 subtaxa		2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	ARGIDAE (a family of sawflies)
Superfamily	TENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
Suborder	SYMPHYTA (sawflies)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

ARGIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hackston, M.	2016	Family Argidae, key to British species	https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeyshymenoptera/

ARGIDAE (a family of sawflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TENTHREDINOIDEA
(a superfamily of sawflies)

SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ARGIDAE (a family of sawflies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ARGIDAE (a family of sawflies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

ARGIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)