Macrophya ribis (Schrank, 1781)
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Macrophya ribis (a sawfly)
Genus	Macrophya (a genus of sawflies)
Tribe	Macrophyini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
Subfamily	TENTHREDININAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
Family	TENTHREDINIDAE (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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Liston, A.D.	1987	Macrophya parvula Konow. (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) new to Britain	Ent. Gazette 38: 125-128.
Larva
	Chevin, H.	1975	Remarques taxinomiques et biologiques sur les Macrophya [hym. Tenthredinidae] se developpant sur Sambucus [Caprifoliaceae]	Vol 11 (2)

Macrophya ribis (a sawfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Macrophya
(a genus of sawflies)

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

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 Macrophya ribis (a sawfly)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macrophya ribis (a sawfly)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Macrophya ribis is also a member of:

Identification Works

Larva

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