Arge Schrank, 1802 Figs 1–2, 10, 12. Type species: Tenthredo enodis Linné, 1767. Body size 6.5–12.0 mm. Right mandible without basal tooth. Antennae of males simple. Fore wings with 4 cells Rs; cell R closed; vein Sc present; vein 2r–m present; veins B and M join up at same point on vein R; cell 2A closed. Cell A of hind wing closed. Claws simple. Middle and hind tibiae with preapical spurs. The colour is varied, often with a metallic sheen. The genus is widely distributed in the Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental, Neotropical,Afrotropical and Australasian regions. Number of species: World — 396; Palaearctic — 187. Since the publication of the world catalogue of sawflies [Taeger et al., 2010], 46 valid species have been described, of which 17 are noted in the Palaearctic [Koch, Goergen, 2010; Vasilenko, 2010; Wei, Niu, 2010; Koch, 2011, 2013; Koch, Eardley, 2011; Shinohara et al., 2011a, b, 2015; Hara et al., 2012; Hara, Shinohara, 2012 a, b, 2013, 2014; Koch, Liston, 2012a, b; Shinohara, Hara, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018; Wei et al., 2013; Choi et al., 2016; Du et al., 2018; Chen et al., 2020; Hara et al., 2020; Kaplan, Haris, 2021; Wan et al., 2022; Basov, Vasilenko, 2024]. Another 11 species, A. laticincta Wei, 2010; A. renemalaisei Wei, 2010; A. qini Wei, 2010; A. nigroharpa Wei, 2010; A. shenae Wei, 2010; A. xini Wei, 2010; A. longiflagella Wei, 2010; A. fanae Wei, 2010; A. striatitergita Wei, 2010; A. rugosipleura Wei, 2010; and A. stenolutea Wei et Niu, 2010, have been reported as new [Wu et al., 2010] but their descriptions have not been published to date, and they should be treated as nomina nuda.

Published as part of Basov, S. A., 2024, Illustrated key to the Palaearctic genera of the sawfly family Argidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta), with taxonomic notes, pp. 466-476 in Russian Entomological Journal 33 (4) on page 469, DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.33.4.08, http://zenodo.org/record/14722359