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Pergidae of the World

An online catalogue of sawflies of the family Pergidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera)

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Adult pergid sawflies

Pergagrapta polita on eucalypt flowers. Photo: Anne-Marie McKinnon.
Acanthoperga cameronii on eucalypt. Photo: Anne-Marie McKinnon.
Pergagrapta polita on eucalypt flowers. Photo: Anne-Marie McKinnon.
Pergagrapta polita on eucalypt flowers. Photo: Anne-Marie McKinnon.
Pteryperga galla female. Photo: Anne-Marie McKinnon.
Ovipositing female of Lophyrotoma analis on Rumex. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Female of Lophyrotoma interrupta on eucalypt leaf. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Female of Pergagrapta bicolor on eucalypt leaf. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Ovipositing female of Pergagrapta polita on paperbark leaf (Melaleuca quinquenervia). Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Ovipositing female of Pergagrapta polita on paperbark leaf (Melaleuca quinquenervia). Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Female of Philomastix macleaii guarding her egg batch that is located on the underside of the raspberry leaf (Rubus moluccanus). Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Female of Philomastix macleaii guarding her egg batch that is located on the underside of the raspberry leaf (Rubus moluccanus). Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Female of Pterygophorus cinctus. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Female of Philomastix macleaii. Photo: David C.F. Rentz.
Male of Styracotechys dicelysma. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Male of Decameria vyssus. Photo: Stefan Schmidt.
Male of Lophyrotoma cyanea (Leach). Photo: Steve Marshall
Neoeurys sp. Photo: Steve Marshall
Male of Philomastix xanthophylax Naumann & Groth. Photo: Steve Marshall
Perginae larva (probably Perga or Pergagrapta), showing defence reaction. Photo: Steve Marshall
Acordulecera sp. Photo: Steve Marshall
Pseudoperga guerinii. Photo: Steve Marshall
Female of Styracotechys dicelysma Benson ovipositing into the midrib of a leaf of Austrosteenisia blackii. Photo: Stefan Schmidt
Antiperga antiopa (Morice) male on the petiole of a eucalypt leaf. Photo: Stefan Schmidt
Female of Lophyrotoma zonalis (Rohwer) prepares to deposit eggs on a paperbark leaf (Melaleuca sp.) (Image © free provided by ARS Image Gallery). Image by Jason Stanley
Male of Skelosyzygonia spinipes Malaise (NMNH, Washington, D.C.). Only the male is known of this species. Photo: Stefan Schmidt
Female of Pseudoperga guerinii (Westwood) guarding her young on a eucalypt leaf. Photo: Nathan Schiff
Female of Heteroperreyia hubrichi Malaise. Photo: Stephen D. Hight (USDA Agricultural Research Service).
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