Nematinae is a subfamily of sawflies belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. It contains over 1250 described species in ~40 genera. Members of this subfamily feed on a wide range of plants (over twenty plant families have been recorded as hosts) and employ a wide range of feeding habits, both internally and externally, on their host plants.
Most groups of insects tend to have maximum numbers of species in the tropics and decrease towards the poles. The Nematinae reverse this trend, with the highest number probably occurring in the boreal forest zone. The reason is not fully understood but could be because of the abundance of species of willow (Salix species) in the region. In 2014, species feeding on willow, in the genera Eupontania, Phyllocolpa, Pontania and Tubpontania, were placed in the genus Euura, reflecting advances in the understanding of their phylogeny.
Genera Genera include:
Adelomos Ross, 1935 Anhoplocampa Wei, 1998 Anoplonyx Marlatt, 1896 Armenocampus Zinovjev, 2000 Caulocampus Rohwer, 1912 Cladius Illiger, 1807 Craterocercus Rohwer, 1911 Dinematus Lacourt, 2006 Dineura Dahlbom, 1835 Endophytus Hering, 1934 Euura Newman, 1837 Fagineura Vikberg & Zinovjev, 2000 Fallocampus Wong, 1977 Hemichroa Stephens, 1835 Hoplocampa Hartig, 1837 Katsujia Togashi, 1964 Kerita Ross, 1937 Megadineura Malaise, 1931 Mesoneura Hartig, 1837 Monocellicampa Wei, 1998 Moricella Rohwer, 1916 Nematinus Rohwer, 1911 Nematus Panzer, 1801 (willow sawflies) Neodineura Taeger, 1989 Nescianeura Lacourt, 2006 Pachynematus Konow, 1890 Platycampus Schiødte, 1839 Pristiphora Latreille, 1810 Pseudodineura Konow, 1885 Renonerva Wei & Nie, 1998 Stauronematus Benson, 1953 Susana Rohwer & Middleton, 1932 Zhuangzhoua Liu, Niu & Wei 2017 † Driocampus Zhang & Zhang, 1990 † Emprionopsis Zhang Junfeng, Sun Bo & Zhang Xiyu, 1994 † Eohemichroa Zhelochovtzev & Rasnitsyn, 1973 † Florissantinus Zhelochovtzev & Rasnitsyn, 1973 † Leptocampus Zhang Junfeng, Sun Bo & Zhang Xiyu, 1994 † Phthonocampus Zhang Junfeng, Sun Bo & Zhang Xiyu, 1994
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