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Woodwasps
Horntails or wood wasps are any of the 150 non-social species of the hymenopteran family Siricidae, a type of wood-eating sawfly. The common name "horntail" derives from the stout, spine-like structure at the end of the adult's abdomen which is present in both sexes. The ovipositor in females is typically longer and also projects posteriorly, but it is not the source of the name. Though they are not wasps, they are sometimes called wood wasps as the appearance of some species resembles one due to mimicry. A typical adult horntail is brown, blue, or black with yellow or red parts, and may often reach up to long. The pigeon horntail (''Tremex columba'') can grow up to long (not counting the ovipositor), among the longest of all Hymenoptera. This family was formerly believed to be the sole living representative of the superfamily Siricoidea, a group well represented in Paleogene and Mesozoic times, but the family Anaxyelidae has been linked to this group as well. Siricidae has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirex Noctilio
''Sirex noctilio'', known as the Midnight woodwasp, European woodwasp, European horntail woodwasp, or sirex woodwasp, is a species of horntail, woodwasp, native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa.New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Copyright © 2011. Sirex Woodwasp – ''Sirex noctilio''. http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7248.html Adults vary in length from . This woodwasp is an invasive species in many parts of the world, including Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, and South Africa, where it has become a significant economic pest of pine trees. The wasp can attack a wide variety of pine species, although some species seem to be more susceptible than others, and stressed trees often are attacked. During oviposition, the female wasp lays two eggs with or without a mucoid connective tissue, mucoid substance and a symbiosis, symbiotic fungus for the larvae to feed on once they hatch. The mucoid substance is toxic to trees and aids in tree d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urocerus Gigas
''Urocerus gigas'', the giant woodwasp, banded horntail, or greater horntail, is a species of sawfly native to the Palearctic realm and North Africa but also reside in North America and Kelty since 2004. Though they are not wasps, their appearance resembles one due to mimicry. Adults are usually between in length. Subspecies: *''Urocerus gigas gigas'' *''Urocerus gigas taiganus'' ''Urocerus gigas'' is a wood-boring insect that attacks softwoods of freshly felled logs/unhealthy trees. The species lives in discrete tunnels, frequently filled with hard-packed coarse fibrous frass, hard to dig out from tunnels. The tunnels are large, round and discrete, between in diameter. Both sexes have a chitinous spike emerging from the abdomen, derived from the last segment, which is found in all Horntail, woodwasps. However, unlike in true Wasp, wasps, the projection is harmless and cannot sting. The second, longer and lower projection in females only is the ovipositor. The ovipositor ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sawfly
Sawflies are wasp-like insects that are in the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs. The name is associated especially with the Tenthredinoidea, by far the largest superfamily in the suborder, with about 7,000 known species; in the entire suborder, there are 8,000 described species in more than 800 genera. Symphyta is paraphyletic, consisting of several basal groups within the order Hymenoptera, each one rooted inside the previous group, ending with the Apocrita which are not sawflies. The primary distinction between sawflies and the Apocrita – the ants, bees, and wasps – is that the adults lack a "wasp waist", and instead have a broad connection between the abdomen and the thorax. Some sawflies are Batesian mimics of wasps and bees, and the ovipositor can be mistaken for a stinger. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhyssa Persuasoria
''Rhyssa persuasoria'', also known as the sabre wasp, is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae subfamily Rhyssinae. Members of this subfamily, including those of '' Rhyssa'' and the allied ''Megarhyssa'', are also known collectively as giant ichneumonid wasps or giant ichneumons. Subspecies There are four described subspecies of ''Rhyssa persuasoria'': *''Rhyssa persuasoria himalayensis'' Wilkinson, 1927 *''Rhyssa persuasoria nepalensis'' Kamath & Gupta, 1972 *''Rhyssa persuasoria nigrofacialis'' Meyer, 1922 *''Rhyssa persuasoria persuasoria'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution and habitat This species is present in most of Europe (Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Russia, Czech Republic, European Turkey, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Yugoslavia), in the Australasian realm, in the Near East, in the Nearctic realm, in North Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xoanon (sawfly)
A xoanon (, ; plural: , from the verb , , to carve or scrape ood was a wooden cult image from Archaic Greece. Classical Greeks associated such cult objects, whether aniconic or effigy, with the legendary Daedalus. Many such cult images were preserved into historical times, though none are known to have survived to the modern day, except as copies in stone or marble. In the 2nd century CE, Pausanias described numerous xoana in his ''Description of Greece'', notably the image of Hera in her temple at Samos. "The statue of the Samian Hera, as Aethilos The name ''Aethilos'' in the available text is thought to be a mis-spelling of ''Aethlios''. says, was a wooden beam at first, but afterwards, when Prokles was ruler, it was humanized in form". In Pausanias' travels he never mentions seeing a xoanon of a "mortal man". Types of xoana Some types of archaic xoana may be reflected in archaic marble versions, such as the pillar-like " Hera of Samos" (Louvre Museum), the flat " Hera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xeris
''Xeris'' is a genus of horntails found in North America and Eurasia. Achille Costa circumscribed the genus in 1894. Synonyms In 1987, Malkiat S. Saini and Devinder Singh circumscribed a new genus, ''Neoxeris'' upon their description of a new species, which they called ''Neoxeris melanocephala''. In 2012, ''N. melanocephala'' was transferred to ''Xeris'', making ''Neoxeris'' a junior synonym. ''X. melanocephalus'' was later synonymized with ''X. himalayensis''. Description Characteristic features of ''Xeris'' compared to other genera of Siricidae genera include: a hind wing with which lacks a cell cup, a small vertical ridge behind the eye, and a metatibial spur. Distribution ''Xeris'' species are found in North America and Eurasia. In North America, they're found from the boreal forests in Alaska and Canada south through Chiapas Chiapas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas, is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urocerus
''Urocerus'' is a genus of horntails in the family Siricidae. There are about eight described species in ''Urocerus''. Species These species belong to the genus ''Urocerus'': * '' Urocerus albicornis'' ( Fabricius, 1781) (white horned horntail) * '' Urocerus californicus'' Norton, 1869 * '' Urocerus cressoni'' Norton, 1864 (black and red horntail) * '' Urocerus flavicornis'' Fabricius, 1781 (yellow-horned horntail wasp) * '' Urocerus franzinii'' C.Pesarini & F.Pesarini, 1977 * ''Urocerus gigas'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (giant woodwasp) * '' Urocerus japonicus'' (Smith, 1874) (Japanese horntail) * '' Urocerus sah'' ( Mocsáry, 1881) g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Further reading * * * External links * Siricidae Sawfly genera Taxa named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy {{Sawfly-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tremex
''Tremex'' is a genus of woodwasp in the Siricidae family. It has 33 species with a holarctic distribution. The larvae feed on hardwoods. Selected species '' Tremex alchymista'' (Mocsary, 1886) ''Tremex columba ''Tremex columba'', also known as the pigeon tremex or pigeon horntail, is a species of horntail that is native to eastern and western North America. Appearance and behavior The females are larger than the males, with females growing to 25-3 ...'' (Linnaeus, 1763) '' Tremex fuscicornis'' (Fabricius, 1787) '' Tremex magus'' (Fabricius, 1787) References Siricidae Sawfly genera {{Sawfly-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teredon (sawfly)
Teredon () was an ancient port city in southern Mesopotamia. The place could not be localized so far archaeologically, but is believed to be in Kuwait near Basra. The place is mentioned several times by ancient writers. It is said to have been founded by Nebuchadnezzar II, who built a palace with hanging gardens here.nach Eusebius, Chronik, 1, 4, siehÜbersetzung/ref> Teredon is said to have been located at the mouth of the Euphrates in the Persian Gulf and was an important port city in the Empire of the Characene Characene (Ancient Greek: Χαρακηνή), also known as Mesene (Μεσσήνη) or Meshan, was a kingdom founded by the Iranian Hyspaosines located at the head of the Persian Gulf mostly within modern day Iraq. Its capital, Charax Spasinou (� .... References {{Authority control Ancient Mesopotamia Ancient cities of the Middle East History of Kuwait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
