AuthorBenson, R.B.
Year1952
TitleHymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
SeriesHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteCovers all UK species known at the time
SourceHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
IllustrationsLine drawings in text
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Dichotomous key to sawflies of the family Tenthredinidiae except subfamily Nematinae (part c). This contains most of the brightly coloured species seen at flowers. A supplement in part C contains corrections.

Can be downloaded from the Royal Entomological Society’s website.

Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

There’s a list of additional species added since Benson’s keys in Adam Wright’s AIDGAP key (p536-7)

*Tenthredopsis* and *Macrophya* have since been revised and new species added.

Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationPinned specimens, females preferably set with saw everted
Identification difficultyStraightforward
Website urlwww.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentSYMPHYTAsawfliesAnimalia: Hymenoptera
For identificationSupersededMacrophyaa genus of sawfliesAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae
For identificationSupersededTenthredopsisa genus of sawfliesAnimalia: Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae
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