Diprion pini (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)

Interactions where Diprion pini 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 grazes on live needle (this year’s) Restricted Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Diprionidae/Diprion pini/Diprion pinicommon pine sawfly, common pine combhornlarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesliveneedle (this year's)Sole
larva larva grazes on live needle (previous year’s) Restricted Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Diprionidae/Diprion pini/Diprion pinicommon pine sawfly, common pine combhornlarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesliveneedle (previous year's)Sole

Interactions where Diprion pini is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Chetogena janitrix a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Chetogena janitrix/Chetogena janitrixa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Diprionidae/Diprion pini/Diprion pinicommon pine sawfly, common pine combhornlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Benson, R.B., 1951Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDiprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)
GenusDiprion (pine sawflies)
SubfamilyDIPRIONINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyDIPRIONIDAE (combhorn 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 Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)

Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Herz, A. & Heitland, W. 2005 Species diversity and niche separation of cocoon parasitoids in different forest types with endemic populations of their host, the Common Pine Sawfly Diprion pini (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae) European Journal of Entomology Vol 102: 217-224.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 16 images of Diprion pini (Common Pine Sawfly, Common Pine Combhorn)
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