Schizocerella Forsius, 1927

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.33.4.08
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14722352
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scientific name	Schizocerella Forsius, 1927
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Type species: Schizocerella axillaris Forsius, 1927 .

Body size 5.0–7.0 mm. Labial palps with 4 segments, maxillary palps with 6 segments. Right mandible with basal tooth. Antennae of males bifurcate. Fore wings with 4 cells Rs; cell R open; vein Sc absent; 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. Cell A of the hind wing widely open. For additional generic characters, see Smith [1971].

The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic (East), Nearctic, Neotropical and Australasian regions. Number of species: World — 5; Palaearctic — 1. In the Palaearctic, the genus is known only from Japan, following synonymization of Aproceroides Togashi, 1997 with Schizocerella [ Blank et al., 2009].