Macrophya rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a sawfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrophya rufipes (a sawfly)
GenusMacrophya (a genus of sawflies)
TribeMacrophyini (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 Macrophya rufipes (a sawfly) :
1: Macrophya rufipes (a sawfly)
27 May 2020 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male and female, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Macrophya rufipes (a sawfly)
27 May 2018 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males, visiting Cow Parsley
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
3: Macrophya rufipes (a sawfly)
27 May 2018 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, around Cow Parsley
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings together - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
4: Macrophya rufipes (a sawfly)
14 Jun 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apart - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

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

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