Selandria melanosterna (Serville, 1823)
(a sawfly)

Interactions where Selandria melanosterna 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 leaf CYPERACEAE cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges Poales Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria melanosterna/Selandria melanosternaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Cyperaceaecotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedgesleaf
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 melanosterna/Selandria melanosternaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncaceaerushes and wood-rushesleaf
larva larva grazes on leaf POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Selandria melanosterna/Selandria melanosternaa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchleaf

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSelandria melanosterna (a sawfly)
GenusSelandria (a genus of sawflies)
TribeSelandriini (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 Selandria melanosterna (a sawfly)

Selandria melanosterna (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 Selandria melanosterna (a sawfly):

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