Pontania dolichura (Thomson, 1871)
(a sawfly)

Interactions where Pontania dolichura is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 causes gall of leaf (upperside) UK/IrelandMinor Salix arbuscula Mountain Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/Pontania dolichuraa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix arbuscula/Salix arbusculamountain willowleaf (upperside)Minor
larva larva causes gall of leaf (upperside) UK/IrelandMinor Salix lanata Woolly Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/Pontania dolichuraa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix lanata/Salix lanatawoolly willowleaf (upperside)Minor
larva larva causes gall of leaf (upperside) UK/IrelandMinor Salix lapponum Downy Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/Pontania dolichuraa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix lapponum/Salix lapponumdowny willowleaf (upperside)Minor
larva larva causes gall of leaf (upperside) UK/IrelandMajor Salix myrsinifolia Dark-leaved Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/Pontania dolichuraa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix myrsinifolia/Salix myrsinifoliadark-leaved willowleaf (upperside)Major
larva larva causes gall of leaf (upperside) UK/IrelandMinor Salix myrsinites Whortle-leaved Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/Pontania dolichuraa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix myrsinites/Salix myrsiniteswhortle-leaved willowleaf (upperside)Minor
larva larva causes gall of leaf (upperside) UK/IrelandMajor Salix phylicifolia Tea-leaved Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/Pontania dolichuraa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix phylicifolia/Salix phylicifoliatea-leaved willowleaf (upperside)Major
larva larva causes gall of leaf (upperside) Foreign Salix purpurea Purple Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/Pontania dolichuraa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowleaf (upperside)

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species pro partePontania dolichura (a sawfly)
SpeciesEuura dolichura (a hymenopteran)
GenusEuura (a genus of sawflies)
TribeNematini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyNEMATINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
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 Pontania dolichura (a sawfly)

Pontania dolichura (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 Pontania dolichura (a sawfly):

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