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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https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.33.4.08

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14722350

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scientific name

Pseudarge Gussakovskij, 1935
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Pseudarge Gussakovskij, 1935

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].

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Argidae

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