Dolerus gessneri André, 1880
(a sawfly)

Interactions where Dolerus gessneri 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 frond Restricted Equisetum horsetails Equisetales: Equisetaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Dolerus gessneri/Dolerus gessneria sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum/EquisetumhorsetailsfrondSole

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDolerus gessneri (a sawfly)
GenusDolerus (a genus of sawflies)
TribeDolerini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilySELANDRIINAE (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 Dolerus gessneri (a sawfly)

Dolerus gessneri (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 Dolerus gessneri (a sawfly):

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