Cibdela Konow, 1899

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 : 469-471

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.33.4.08
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14722342
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scientific name	Cibdela Konow, 1899
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Cibdela Konow, 1899

Type species: Hylotoma janthina Klug, 1834 .

Body size 8.0–10.0 mm. Head not enlarged behind eyes in dorsal view. Antennae of males simple. Fore wings with 4 cells Rs; cell R closed; vein Sc present; vein 2r–m present; vein B of fore wing joins vein R well before (longer than vein Sc) junction point of vein M; cell 2A closed. All tibiae without preapical spurs. Hind tibiae and spurs simple.

The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic (East), Oriental and Australasian regions.Number of species:World — 14; Palaearctic — 8. C. janthina (Klug, 1834) has been introduced to La Réunion ( France, Indian Ocean) in an attempt at biological control of an invasive species of Rubus (e.g., Bourgeois et al. [2011]; Dumont et al. [2013]; Mathieu et al. [2014]; Florens et al. [2017]).