Abia (sawfly)

Abia
	Abia sericea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Superfamily:	Tenthredinoidea
Family:	Cimbicidae
Genus:	Abia; Leach, 1817
Synonyms
	Zaraea Leach, 1817; Aenoabia Kangas, 1946; Procimbex Hong, 1983;

Abia is a genus of sawflies belonging to the family Cimbicidae. This genus includes several stout sawflies commonly encountered in Europe. Several species in the genus were formerly classified under the genus Zaraea, but this name is now treated as a synonym, as it is not monophyletic.^[1]

Selected species

References

^ Liston, A.D. et al. (2014) Taxonomy, phylogeny and host plants of some Abia sawflies (Hymenoptera, Cimbicidae). Zootaxa 3821, 125–132. ISSN 1175-5334.

*Fauna Europaea

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[1] Liston, A.D. et al. (2014) Taxonomy, phylogeny and host plants of some Abia sawflies (Hymenoptera, Cimbicidae). Zootaxa 3821, 125–132. ISSN 1175-5334.

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