Urocerus

Genus of sawflies

Urocerus
Urocerus flavicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Siricidae
Subfamily: Siricinae
Genus: Urocerus
Geoffroy, 1762
Urocerus gigas

Urocerus is a genus of horntails in the family Siricidae. There are about eight described species in Urocerus.[1][2][3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Urocerus:

  • Urocerus albicornis (Fabricius, 1781) g b (white horned horntail)
  • Urocerus californicus Norton, 1869 g b
  • Urocerus cressoni Norton, 1864 g b (black and red horntail)
  • Urocerus flavicornis Fabricius, 1781 g b (yellow-horned horntail wasp)
  • Urocerus franzinii C.Pesarini & F.Pesarini, 1977 g
  • Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) b (giant woodwasp)
  • Urocerus japonicus (Smith, 1874)[4] (Japanese horntail)
  • Urocerus sah (Mocsáry, 1881) g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Urocerus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. ^ a b "Urocerus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  3. ^ "Urocerus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  4. ^ "Urocerus japonicus (Smith, 1874)". Taxon profile. BioLib. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  5. ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  6. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-11.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  • Schiff, N.M.; Goulet, H.; Smith, D.R.; Boudreault, C.; et al. (2012). "Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricoidea) of the Western Hemisphere". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification (21).

External links

  • Media related to Urocerus at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Urocerus


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