Pseudarge Gussakovskij, 1935

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 : 472

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Figs 7, 9 View Figs 2–15 .

Type species: Pseudarge rubicunda Gussakovskij, 1935 .

Body size 8.0–11.5 mm. Supraclypeal area of face conspicuously, roundly protruding in lateral view. 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 open; cell 3Rs shorter than in height. Cell A of hind wing closed. Middle and hind tibiae with preapical spurs. For additional generic characters, see Koch and Goergen [2008].

The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. Number of species: World — 7; Palaearctic — 4. Recently, the males of two species have been described for the first time [ Basov, 2023] and a new species from the Crimean Peninsula described [ Basov, 2025].

References

Basov S. A. 2023. First data on males of the sawfly genus Pseudarge Gussakovskij, 1935 (Hymenoptera, Argidae) from Middle Asia // Entomological Review. Vol. 103. No. 9. P. 1021 - 1028.

Basov S. A. 2025. New data on the genus Pseudarge Gussakovskij, 1935 (Hymenoptera: Argidae) with description of a new species from the Crimean Peninsula // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. In press.

Gussakovskij V. V. 1935. [Chalastogastra (pt. 1)] // Fauna SSSR. Nov. ser. Nasekomye Pereponchatokrylye. Vol. 2. No. 2. Moscow-Leningrad: AN SSSR Publ. 453 p. [In Russian, with French summary]

Figures

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.