Arge Schrank, 1802

Basov, S. A., 2024, Illustrated key to the Palaearctic genera of the sawfly family Argidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta), with taxonomic notes, Russian Entomological Journal 33 (4), pp. 466-476 : 469

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Type species: Tenthredo enodis Linné, 1767 .

Body size 6.5–12.0 mm. Right mandible without basal tooth. Antennae of males simple. Fore wings with 4 cells Rs; cell R closed; vein Sc present; vein 2r–m present; veins B and M join up at same point on vein R; cell 2A closed. Cell A of hind wing closed. Claws simple. Middle and hind tibiae with preapical spurs. The colour is varied, often with a metallic sheen.

The genus is widely distributed in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, Neotropical,Afrotropical and Australasian regions. Number of species: World — 396; Palaearctic — 187. Since the publication of the world catalogue of sawflies [ Taeger et al., 2010], 46 valid species have been described, of which 17 are noted in the Palaearctic [ Koch, Goergen, 2010; Vasilenko, 2010; Wei, Niu, 2010; Koch, 2011, 2013; Koch, Eardley, 2011; Shinohara et al., 2011a, b, 2015; Hara et al., 2012; Hara, Shinohara, 2012 a, b, 2013, 2014; Koch, Liston, 2012a, b; Shinohara, Hara, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018; Wei et al., 2013; Choi et al., 2016; Du et al., 2018; Chen et al., 2020; Hara et al., 2020; Kaplan, Haris, 2021; Wan et al., 2022; Basov, Vasilenko, 2024]. Another 11 species, A. laticincta Wei, 2010 ; A. renemalaisei Wei, 2010 ; A. qini Wei, 2010 ; A. nigroharpa Wei, 2010 ; A. shenae Wei, 2010 ; A. xini Wei, 2010 ; A. longiflagella Wei, 2010 ; A. fanae Wei, 2010 ; A. striatitergita Wei, 2010 ; A. rugosipleura Wei, 2010 ; and A. stenolutea Wei et Niu, 2010 , have been reported as new [ Wu et al., 2010] but their descriptions have not been published to date, and they should be treated as nomina nuda.

References

Basov S. A., Vasilenko S. V. 2024. Circumscription and diagnosis of the Arge ochropus species - group (Hymenoptera: Argidae), with a description of Arge gussakovskiji sp. nov. from the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan // Zoosystematica Rossica. Vol. 33. No. 1. P. 65 - 74.

Chen Y. P., Wu R. X., Wei M. C. 2020. Two new species of Arge Schrank (Hymenoptera: Argidae) from China // Entomotaxonomia. Vol. 42. No. 1. P. 50 - 56.

Choi J. - K., Lee S. B., Wei M. C., Lee J. W. 2016. Three new species of the genus Arge (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae) from South Korea with key to species of the subfamily Arginae // Journal of Asia - Pacific Biodiversity. Vol. 9. No. 2. P. 183 - 193.

Du S., Niu G., Nyman T., Wei M. C. 2018. Characterization of the mitochondrial genome of Arge bella Wei & Du sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Argidae) // PeerJ. Vol. 6. Art. e 6131.

Hara H., Shinohara A. 2012 a. Arge aruncus n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) feeding on Aruncus dioicus in Japan // Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A, Zoology. Vol. 38. No. 2. P. 75 - 87.

Hara H., Shinohara A. 2014. The Arge jonasi species group (Hymenoptera, Argidae) // Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Series A, Zoology. Vol. 40. No. 2. P. 79 - 104.

Hara H., Ibuki S., Shinohara A. 2020. Arge ibukii sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) feeding on Ulmus davidiana var. japonica from Japan // Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A. Vol. 46. P. 25 - 33.

Kaplan E., Haris A. 2021. New species of Arge Schrank, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Argidae) from Turkey // Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. Vol. 67. No. 4. P. 341 - 347.

Koch F., Goergen G. E. 2010. Eight new species of Arge from South Africa and Namibia (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae) // Lambillionea. Vol. 110. P. 19 - 34.

Koch F., Eardley C. 2011. Revision of the Afrotropical Arge mirabilipes group, with description of two new species and annotations to other Arge species of this region (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Argidae: Arginae) // African Invertebrates. Vol. 52. No. 2. P. 1 - 14.

Koch F., Liston A. D. 2012 a. Notes on Afrotropical sawflies of Arge Schrank, 1802, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Argidae) // Entomologische Zeitschrift. Vol. 122. No. 4. P. 177 - 181.

Lengesova N. A., Mishchenko A. V. 2013. [Biology, ecology and molecular characterization of Aproceros leucopoda (Takeuchi, 1939) (Hymenoptera: Argidae), pest of elms in the Middle Volga Region] // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. Vol. 9. No. 1. P. 163 - 168 [in Russian].

Shinohara A., Ibuki S., Hara H. 2011 a. Arge meliosmae n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) feeding on Meliosma myriantha in Japan // Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A. Vol. 37. P. 99 - 112.

Shinohara A., Hara H. 2012. Arge cerasus n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) Feeding on Cerasus spp. in Japan // Japanese journal of systematic entomology. Vol. 18. No. 2. P. 389 - 403.

Taeger A., Blank S. M., Liston A. D. 2010. World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) // Zootaxa. Vol. 2580. P. 1 - 1064.

Vasilenko S. V. 2010. [A new species of the genus Arge Schrank, 1802 (Hymenoptera, Argidae) from West Siberia] // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol. 9. No. 4. P. 681 - 682 [in Russian].

Wan S., Wu D., Niu G., Liu T., Wei M. C. 2022. Arge aurora Wei sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Argidae) from China with a key to East Asian species of Arge nipponensis group // Entomological Research. Vol. 52. No. 1. P. 33 - 43.

Wei M., Niu G. 2010. [Hymenoptera: Argidae, Cimbicidae, Tenthredinidae] // H. Xu, X. Ye (eds.). [Insects of Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve]. Beijing: China Forestry Press. P. 337 - 362 [in Chinese].

Wei M., Liu X., Niu G., Xue J. - Z. 2013. [Tenthredinoidea] // S. Zhou, P. Zhou (eds.). Insects of Guangxi Daming Mountain. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press. P. 264 - 282 [in Chinese].

Wu X. - Y., Xin X., Zhang X. - Z. 2010. [The Investigation and Taxonomical Research of the Sawflies Species from Gansu Province. III [recte: IV]. A list of the genera and species (Hymenoptera: Argidae).] // Journal of Gansu Forestry Science and Technology. Vol. 35. No. 1. P. 15 - 19 [in Chinese].

Figures

Fig. 1. Venation of wings of Arge ustulata (Linné, 1758). Cells (in red): R — radial; 1Rs, 2Rs, 3Rs, 4Rs — 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th subradial; Sc– subcostal; B — basal; 1M, 2M, 3M — 1st, 2nd, 3rd medial; 1Cu, 2Cu — 1st, 2nd cubital; 1A — apical anal; 2A+3A — basal anal. Veins (in black): C — costal; Sc– subcostal; R — radial; Rs — subradial; M — medial; B — basal; Cu — cubital; 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A — 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th anal; 1r–m, 2r–m, 3r–m — 1st, 2nd, 3rd radio–medial; 1m–cu, 2m–cu — 1st, 2nd medial– cubital; cu–a — cubital–anal. Рис. 1. Жилкование крыльев Arge ustulata (Linné, 1758). Ячейки (красным цветом): R — радиальнаЯ; 1Rs, 2Rs, 3Rs, 4Rs — 1–Я, 2–Я, 3–Я, 4–Я субрадиальные; Sc — субкостальнаЯ; B — баЗальнаЯ; 1M, 2M, 3M — 1–Я, 2–Я, 3–Я медиальные; 1Cu, 2Cu — 1–Я, 2–Я кубитальные; 1A — апикальнаЯ анальнаЯ; 2A+3A — баЗальнаЯ анальнаЯ. Жилки (черным цветом): C — костальнаЯ; Sc — субкостальнаЯ; R — радиальнаЯ; Rs — субрадиальнаЯ; M — медиальнаЯ; B — баЗальнаЯ; Cu — кубитальнаЯ; 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A — 1–Я, 2–Я, 3–Я, 4–Я анальные; 1r–m, 2r–m, 3r–m — 1–Я, 2–Я, 3–Я радиально–медиальные; 1m–cu, 2m–cu — 1–Я, 2–Я медиально–кубитальные; cu–a — кубитально–анальнаЯ.

Figs 2–15. Argidae, details of morphology: 2, 10, 12 — Arge ustulata (Linné, 1758); 3, 11 — Aproceros leucopoda Takeuchi, 1939; 4, 8, 14 — Kokujewia ectrapela Konow, 1902; 5 — Spinarge metallica (Klug, 1834); 6 — Aprosthema melanurum (Klug, 1814); 7, 9 — Pseudarge rubicunda Gussakovskij, 1935; 13 — Sterictiphora geminata (Gmelin, 1790); 15 — Asiarge regeli Gussakovskij, 1935. 2–4 — veins R and Rs of fore wing, dorsally; 5–6 — male antenna, dorsally; 7–8 — hind tibia, ventrally; 9–11 — cells 1A and 2A of fore wing, dorsally; 12–13 — vein R+M of fore wing, dorsally; 14–15 — head, laterally. Рис. 2–15. Argidae, детали морфологии: 2, 10, 12 — Arge ustulata (Linné, 1758); 3, 11 — Aproceros leucopoda Takeuchi, 1939; 4, 8, 14 — Kokujewia ectrapela Konow, 1902; 5 — Spinarge metallica (Klug, 1834); 6 — Aprosthema melanurum (Klug, 1814); 7, 9 — Pseudarge rubicunda Gussakovskij, 1935; 13 — Sterictiphora geminata (Gmelin, 1790); 15 — Asiarge regeli Gussakovskij, 1935. 2–4 — жилки R и Rs переднего крыла, дорсально; 5–6 — антенна самца, дорсально; 7–8 — Задние голени, вентрально; 9–11 — Ячейки 1А и 2А переднего крыла, дорсально; 12–13 — жилка R+M переднего крыла, дорсально; 14–15 — голова, латерально.