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Hemichroa australis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Family:	Tenthredinidae
Genus:	Hemichroa
Species:	H. australis
Binomial name
Hemichroa australis (Serville, 1823)
Synonyms
Tenthredo alni Linnaeus, 1767 Hemichroa alni Tenthredo australis Serville, 1823 Tenthredo luctuosa nomen oblitum Hill, 1773

Hemichroa australis is a species of sawflies in the family Tenthredinidae.

Description

Hemichroa australis can reach a length of about 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in). Head and thorax are bright red, while the mesopleuron and the abdomen are shiny black.

This sawfly is similar to Hemichroa crocea, which has a bright orange abdomen and legs.

Larvae feed on alder (Alnus species) and birch (Betula species).

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe.

References

1. Atlas, NBN. "Hemichroa australis - NBN Atlas - NBN Atlas". data.nbn.org.uk.
2. Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz.
3. "INSECTES14-51". aramel.free.fr.
4. "Hemichroa australis (Serville, 1823) (a sawfly)". www.bioinfo.org.uk.
5. "Fauna Europaea". www.faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014.

External links

• The sawflies (Symphyta) of Britain and Ireland
• Bembix
• Mattelart

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