Tenthredinoidea

Tenthredinoidea; Temporal range: Cretaceous-Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Tenthredo mesomela
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Superfamily:	Tenthredinoidea; Latreille, 1803
Type genus
	Tenthredo; Linnaeus, 1758
Families
	Argidae Konow, 1890; Blasticotomidae Thomson, 1871; Cimbicidae W. Kirby, 1837; Diprionidae Rohwer, 1910; † Electrotomidae Rasnitsyn, 1977; Pergidae Rohwer, 1911; Tenthredinidae Latreille, 1803; † Xyelotomidae Rasnitsyn, 1968; Zenargidae Rohwer, 1918

The Tenthredinoidea are the dominant superfamily of sawflies within the Symphyta, containing some 8,400 species worldwide, primarily in the family Tenthredinidae. All known larvae are phytophagous, and a number are considered pests.

The included extant families share the distinctive features of a medially narrowed pronotum, paired protibial spurs, and the loss of the transverse mesonotal groove. The superfamily also includes two extinct families.^[2] Meicai and Haiyan (1998) identified 66 extant tribes and 17 subfamilies.^[3]

^ Malagón-Aldana et al 2021.
^ Aguiar et al 2013.
^ Meicai & Haiyan 1998.

[FOOTNOTEMalagón-Aldana_et_al2021-1] Malagón-Aldana et al 2021.

[FOOTNOTEAguiar_et_al2013-2] Aguiar et al 2013.

[FOOTNOTEMeicaiHaiyan1998-3] Meicai & Haiyan 1998.

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Tenthredinoidea Temporal range: Cretaceous-Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Tenthredo mesomela
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Superfamily:	Tenthredinoidea Latreille, 1803
Type genus
Tenthredo Linnaeus, 1758
Families
Argidae Konow, 1890 Blasticotomidae Thomson, 1871 Cimbicidae W. Kirby, 1837 Diprionidae Rohwer, 1910 † Electrotomidae Rasnitsyn, 1977 Pergidae Rohwer, 1911 Tenthredinidae Latreille, 1803 † Xyelotomidae Rasnitsyn, 1968 Zenargidae Rohwer, 1918^[1]