''Pamphilius'' is a genus of leaf-rolling sawflies within the

Symphyta Sawflies are the insects of the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay ...

belonging to the family

Pamphiliidae Pamphiliidae (sometimes incorrectly spelled Pamphilidae) is a small wasp family within Symphyta, containing some 200 species from the temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. The larvae feed on plants (often conifers), using silk to buil ...

Description

Species of this genus can reach a length of . Body is usually black with yellowish spots on the head. Legs are yellow and wings are transparent. Tarsal claws have one apical and subapical tooth.

Mandibles In anatomy, the mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the human facial skeleton. It forms the lower jaw and holds the lower tooth, teeth in place. The mandible sits beneath the maxilla. It is the only movabl ...

are large and sickle-shaped. Adults can be found from May until June. Larvae may be solitary or form a colony, mainly feeding on deciduous trees. Main host plants are

Rosaceae Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera. The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are ''Alchemilla'' (270), ''Sorbus ...

and

Betulaceae Betulaceae, the birch family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, hazel-hornbeam, and hop-hornbeams numbering a total of 167 species. They are mostly natives of the t ...

, others are

Salicaceae The Salicaceae is the willow family of flowering plants. The traditional family (Salicaceae ''sensu stricto'') included the willows, poplar, aspen, and cottonwoods. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly ...

Aceraceae Aceraceae were recognized as a family of flowering plants also called the maple family. They contain two to four genera, depending upon the circumscription, of some 120 species of trees and shrubs. A common characteristic is that the leaves are ...

Caprifoliaceae The Caprifoliaceae or honeysuckle family is a clade of dicotyledonous flowering plants consisting of about 860 species, in 33, to 42 genera, with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. Centres of diversity are found in eastern North America and ea ...

Fagaceae The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species occur as evergre ...

Cornaceae The Cornaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales. The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, ''Alangium'' and ''Cornus''. They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, alt ...

and

Juglandaceae The Juglandaceae are a plant family known as the walnut family. They are trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales. Members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia. The nine or ten genera in the family have ...

Distribution

Species of this genus can be found in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

and in

Eurasia Eurasia (, ) is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia. Primarily in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres, it spans from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula in the west to the Japanese archipelago a ...

Habitat

These species prefer hedge rows.

List of species

This genus includes about 115 species. * '' Pamphilius albopictus'' (C. G. Thomson, 1871) * '' Pamphilius alnicola'' Ermolenko, 1973 * '' Pamphilius alnivorus'' Shinohara, 2005 * '' Pamphilius archiducalis'' Konow, 1897 * '' Pamphilius armeniacus'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius aucupariae'' Vikberg, 1971 * '' Pamphilius aurantiacus'' (Giraud, 1857) * '' Pamphilius balteatus'' (Fallén, 1808) * '' Pamphilius basilaris'' Shinohara, 1982 * '' Pamphilius benesi'' Shinohara, 1985 * '' Pamphilius betulae'' (Linné, 1758) * '' Pamphilius borisi'' Beneš, 1972 * '' Pamphilius brevicornis'' Hellén, 1948 * '' Pamphilius burquei'' (Provancher, 1878) * '' Pamphilius caucasicus'' Gussakovskij, 1935 * '' Pamphilius cilix'' Konow, 1897 * '' Pamphilius confusus'' Shinohara, 2005 * '' Pamphilius convexus'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius coreanus'' Takeuchi, 1938 * '' Pamphilius croceus'' Shinohara, 1986 * '' Pamphilius daisenus'' Takeuchi, 1938 * '' Pamphilius faustus'' (Klug, 1808) * '' Pamphilius flavipectus'' Shinohara, 2005 * '' Pamphilius foveatus'' Shinohara, Dong & Naito, 1998 * '' Pamphilius fumipennis'' (Curtis, 1831) * '' Pamphilius gracilis'' Shinohara, 1985 * '' Pamphilius gyllenhali'' (Dahlbom, 1835) * '' Pamphilius heecheonparki'' Shinohara, 1998 * '' Pamphilius hilaris'' (Eversmann, 1847) * '' Pamphilius himalayanus'' Shinohara & Singh, 1989 * '' Pamphilius histrio'' Latreille, 1812 * '' Pamphilius hortorum'' (Klug, 1808) * '' Pamphilius ignymontiensis'' Lacourt, 1973 * '' Pamphilius inanitus'' (Villers, 1789) * '' Pamphilius infuscatus'' Middlekauff, 1964 * '' Pamphilius ishikawai'' Shinohara, 1979 * '' Pamphilius itoi'' Shinohara, 1985 * '' Pamphilius japonicus'' Shinohara, 1985 * '' Pamphilius jucundus'' (Eversmann, 1847) * '' Pamphilius kamikochensis'' Takeuchi, 1930 * '' Pamphilius kashmirensis'' Beneš, 1971 * '' Pamphilius kimi'' Shinohara, 1997 * '' Pamphilius komonensis'' Takeuchi, 1930 * '' Pamphilius kontuniemii'' Shinohara, 2003 * '' Pamphilius kyutekparki'' Shinohara, 1991 * '' Pamphilius lanatus'' Beneš, 1982 * '' Pamphilius latifrons'' (Fallén, 1808) * '' Pamphilius leleji'' Shinohara & Taeger, 2007 * '' Pamphilius leucocephalus'' Takeuchi, 1938 * '' Pamphilius lobatus'' Maa, 1950 * '' Pamphilius marginatus'' (Lepeletier, 1823) * '' Pamphilius masao'' Shinohara, 2005 * '' Pamphilius maximus'' Shinohara, 1995 * '' Pamphilius middlekauffi'' Shinohara & D. R. Smith, 1983 * '' Pamphilius minor'' Shinohara & Xiao, 2006 * '' Pamphilius montanus'' Shinohara, 1985 * '' Pamphilius nakagawai'' Takeuchi, 1930 * '' Pamphilius naokoae'' Shinohara, 1999 * '' Pamphilius nemoralis'' (Linné, 1758) * '' Pamphilius nigrifemoratus'' Shinohara & Taeger, 1990 * '' Pamphilius nigropilosus'' Shinohara, Naito & Huang, 1988 * '' Pamphilius nitidiceps'' Shinohara, 1998 * '' Pamphilius norimbergensis'' Enslin, 1917 * '' Pamphilius ochreatus'' (Say, 1836) * '' Pamphilius ochreipes'' (Cresson, 1880) * '' Pamphilius ochrostigma'' Shinohara, 2001 * '' Pamphilius ocreatus'' (Say, 1836) * '' Pamphilius opacus'' Shinohara, 1999 * '' Pamphilius pacificus'' (Norton, 1869) * '' Pamphilius palachei'' (Ashmead, 1902) * '' Pamphilius palliceps'' Shinohara & Xiao, 2006 * '' Pamphilius pallidimacula'' (Norton, 1869) * '' Pamphilius pallidipes'' (Zetterstedt, 1838) * '' Pamphilius pallidus'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius pallimacula'' (Norton, 1869) * '' Pamphilius pallipes'' (Zetterstedt, 1838) * '' Pamphilius persicum'' MacGillivray, 1907 * '' Pamphilius phyllisae'' Middlekauff, 1964 * '' Pamphilius pictifrons'' Gussakovskij, 1935 * '' Pamphilius planifrons'' Beneš, 1976 * '' Pamphilius politiceps'' Shinohara & Yuan, 2004 * '' Pamphilius pugnax'' Konow, 1897 * '' Pamphilius pullatus'' (Cresson, 1880) * '' Pamphilius rhoae'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius rileyi'' (Cresson, 1880) * '' Pamphilius sapporensis'' (Matsumura, 1912) * '' Pamphilius semicinctus'' (Norton, 1862) * '' Pamphilius shengi'' Wei, 1999 * '' Pamphilius silvaticus'' (Linné, 1758) * '' Pamphilius sinensis'' Shinohara, Dong & Naito, 1998 * '' Pamphilius smithii'' W. F. Kirby, 1882 * '' Pamphilius stramineipes'' (Hartig, 1837) * '' Pamphilius sulphureipes'' W. F. Kirby, 1882 * '' Pamphilius sylvanus'' (Stephens, 1835) * '' Pamphilius sylvarum'' (Stephens, 1835) * '' Pamphilius takeuchii'' Beneš, 1972 * '' Pamphilius thorwaldi'' Kontuniemi, 1946 * '' Pamphilius tibetanus'' Shinohara, Naito & Huang, 1988 * '' Pamphilius togashii'' Beneš, 1976 ot 1977* '' Pamphilius tricolor'' Beneš, 1974 * '' Pamphilius turkomanus'' Shinohara, 1991 * '' Pamphilius uniformis'' Shinohara & Zhou, 2006 * '' Pamphilius uniunguis'' Middlekauff, 1964 * '' Pamphilius ussuriensis'' Shinohara, 1988 * '' Pamphilius vafer'' (Linné, 1767) * '' Pamphilius varius'' (Lepeletier, 1823) * '' Pamphilius venustus'' (F. Smith, 1874) * '' Pamphilius vernalis'' Middlekauff, 1964 * '' Pamphilius virescens'' Malaise, 1931 * '' Pamphilius viridipes'' Achterberg & Aartsen, 1986 * '' Pamphilius viridulus'' Shinohara, 2001 * '' Pamphilius volatilis'' (F. Smith, 1874) * '' Pamphilius zhelochovtsevi'' Beneš, 1974 * '' Pamphilius zhongi'' Wei, 2002 * '' Pamphilius zinovjevi'' Shinohara, 1988

References

* Shinohara A. ''Leaf-rolling sawflies of the Pamphilius vafer complex (Hymenoptera, Pamphiliidae)'' // Natn. Sci. Mus. Monograph. 2005. N. 27. P. 1–116.
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