Metallus pumilus (Klug, 1816)
(a sawfly)

Interactions where Metallus pumilus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva mines leaf Rubus fruticosus agg. brambles, blackberries Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Metallus pumilus/Metallus pumilusa sawflylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus fruticosus agg./Rubus fruticosus agg.brambles, blackberriesleaf
larva larva mines wild or cultivated leaf Rubus idaeus Raspberry Rosales: Rosaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Metallus pumilus/Metallus pumilusa sawflylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Rubus idaeus/Rubus idaeusraspberrywild or cultivatedleaf

Metallus pumilus (a sawfly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Metallus pumilus (a sawfly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMetallus pumilus (a sawfly)
GenusMetallus (a genus of sawflies)
FamilyTENTHREDINIDAE (a family of sawflies)
SuperfamilyTENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
SuborderSYMPHYTA (sawflies)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Metallus pumilus (a sawfly)

Metallus pumilus (a sawfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Metallus pumilus (a sawfly):

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