''Cimbex'' is a genus of
sawflies
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 plant ...
in the family
Cimbicidae
Cimbicidae, the Clubhorn Sawfly, is a family of sawflies in the order Hymenoptera. There are more than 20 genera and 200 described species in Cimbicidae. Larvae are solitary herbivores.
The family is distinctive in having antennae with promine ...
.
Selected species
* ''
Cimbex americanus''
Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly
* ''
Cimbex connatus'' (
Schrank, 1776)
* ''
Cimbex fagi''
Zaddach, 1863
* ''
Cimbex femoratus'' (
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758) – Birch sawfly
* ''
Cimbex luteus'' (Linnaeus, 1761)
* ''
Cimbex pacificus''
Cresson ''Cresson'' is the French word for ''watercress''. It may refer to:
; Places
* Battle of Cresson, a small battle fought on May 1, 1187, in what now is Israel, near Nazareth
* Cresson, Kansas, a United States ghost town
* Cresson, Pennsylvania, a ...
, 1880
* ''
Cimbex quadrimaculatus'' (
O. F. Müller, 1766)
* ''
Cimbex rubidus'' Cresson, 1880
* ''
Cimbex semidea'' Cresson, 1880
Fossil record
This genus is known in the fossil record from the
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
to the
Miocene
The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...
(from about 37.2 to recent). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in United States, Japan, and China.
References
External links
BiolibFauna Europaea
Tenthredinoidea
Sawfly genera
Taxa named by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier
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