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Pergidae

[′pər·jə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
A small family of hymenopteran insects in the superfamily Tenthredinoidea.
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Host specificity of Heteroperreyia hubrichi Malaise (Hymenoptera: Pergidae), a potential biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi).
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) and spitfire grubs Perga dorsalis Leach, 1817 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinoidea: Pergidae) [1].
(Hymenoptera: Tenthredinoidea: Pergidae) (Figure 3(a)), Omaspides tricolorata (Boheman, 1854) [39], and this arrangement is retained in the pupae of Omaspides pallidipennis (Boheman, 1854) (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) [37].
Spontaneous poisoning by larvae of Perreyia flavipes (Pergidae) in sheep.
Biology, distribution and host-range of the sawfly, Lophyrotoma zonalis (Hym., Pergidae), a potential biological control agent for the paperbark tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia.
Other insects recovered from leaves in low numbers included thrips, a sawfly (Pergidae), barklice (Psocidae) and grasshoppers (Orthoptera).
Some species have been recorded as primary parasitoids of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Pergidae) in Australia (Weinstein and Austin, 1995).
Na Australia, as larvas da Lophyrotoma interrupta (Pergidae) causaram mortalidade em bovinos e ovinos (MCKENZIE et al., 1985).
Na regiao Sul do Brasil, existem relatos de intoxicacoes em suinos pela ingestao das larvas de Perreyia lepida pertencente a familia Pergidae (CAMARGO, 1955).
Three insects were selected for further studies in Florida: the leaf-feeding sawfly Heteroperreyia hubrichi Malaise (Hymenoptera: Pergidae), the sapsucking thrips Pseudophilothrips ichini Hood (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), and the defoliating caterpillar E.
A synopsis of the sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) of America south of the United States: Pergidae. Rev.
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