Selandria serva (Fabricius, 1793)
(a sawfly)

Interactions where Selandria serva 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 grazes on leaf			CYPERACEAE	cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges	Poales	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/	Cyperaceae	cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			JUNCACEAE	rushes and wood-rushes	Poales	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/	Juncaceae	rushes and wood-rushes			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			POACEAE	grasses, couch	Poales	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch			leaf
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Alopecurus	foxtail grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus/	Alopecurus	foxtail grasses			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Dactylis	cock’s-foot grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Dactylis/	Dactylis	cock's-foot grasses			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Lolium	rye-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Lolium/	Lolium	rye-grasses			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Phalaris	Canary grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phalaris/	Phalaris	Canary grasses			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Phleum	cat’s-tails	Poales: Poaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Phleum/	Phleum	cat's-tails			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Poa	meadow-grasses	Poales: Poaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa/	Poa	meadow-grasses			leaf		Major
larva		larva grazes on leaf			Triticum	wheats	Poales: Poaceae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria serva/	Selandria serva	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum/	Triticum	wheats			leaf		Major

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

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 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:

Species	Selandria serva (a sawfly)
Genus	Selandria (a genus of sawflies)
Family	TENTHREDINIDAE (a family of sawflies)
Superfamily	TENTHREDINOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
Suborder	SYMPHYTA (sawflies)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Selandria serva is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Selandria serva (a sawfly)

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

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

TENTHREDINOIDEA
(a superfamily of sawflies)

SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

TENTHREDINIDAE
(a family of sawflies)

TENTHREDINOIDEA
(a superfamily of sawflies)

SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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