Cephus pygmeus

Cephus pygmeus. Upper figure, larva; lower, female imago. Britain. (After Curtis.)

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Symphyta
Superfamilia: Cephoidea

Familia: Cephidae
Subfamilia: Cephinae
Genus: Cephus
Species: Cephus pygmeus
Name

Cephus pygmeus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonymy

Sirex pygmaeus Linnaeus, 1767: 929
Tenthredo polygona Gmelin, 1790: 2670
Banchus viridator Fabricius, 1804: 127
Cephus subcylindricus Gravenhorst, 1807: 274
Cephus leskii Lepeletier, 1823: 20
Cephus flavisternum Costa, 1882: 198
Cephus clypealis Costa, 1894: 250
Cephus pygmaeus [sic!] var. palaestinus Pic, 1918: 2
Cephus tanaiticus Dovnar-Zapolskij, 1926: 131

References
Primary references

Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum. Carolum Reichard, Brunsviga. 439 pp. BHL. Reference page.
Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars V. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 2225-3020. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page.
Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1807. Vergleichende Uebersicht des Linnéischen und einiger neueren zoologischen Systeme, nebst dem eingeschal-teten Verzeichnisse der zoologischen Sammlung des Verfassers und den Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, die in derselben vorhanden sind. Göttingen: Heinrich Dieterich. iii + xx + 476 pp. Google BooksOpen access Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Taeger, A., Blank, S.M. & Liston, A.D. 2010. World catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2580: 1–1064. Preview (PDF). DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2580.1.1 Paywall. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Cephus pygmeus. [accessed on 28 June 2020]