''Cimbex'' is a genus of

sawflies Sawflies are the insects of 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 ...

in the family

Cimbicidae Cimbicidae 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 prominent apical clubs or kn ...

Selected species

* '' Cimbex americanus'' Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly * ''

Cimbex connatus ''Cimbex connatus'', also known by its common name large alder sawfly is a species from the genus ''Cimbex ''Cimbex'' is a genus of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae. Selected species * '' Cimbex americanus'' Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly * '' ...

'' ( Schrank, 1776) * '' Cimbex fagi'' Zaddach, 1863 * ''

Cimbex femoratus ''Cimbex femoratus'', the birch sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Cimbicidae. Varieties *''Cimbex femoratus var. griffinii'' Leach, 1817 *''Cimbex femoratus var. pallens'' Lepeletier, 1823 *''Cimbex femoratus var. silvarum'' Fabrici ...

'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...

, 1758) – Birch sawfly * ''

Cimbex luteus ''Cimbex'' is a genus of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae. Selected species * '' Cimbex americanus'' Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly * ''Cimbex connatus'' ( Schrank, 1776) * '' Cimbex fagi'' Zaddach, 1863 * ''Cimbex femoratus'' ( Linnaeus, 1758) ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1761) * ''

Cimbex pacificus ''Cimbex'' is a genus of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae. Selected species * '' Cimbex americanus'' Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly * ''Cimbex connatus'' ( Schrank, 1776) * '' Cimbex fagi'' Zaddach, 1863 * ''Cimbex femoratus'' ( Linnaeus, 1758) ...

Cresson ''Cresson'' is the wikt:cresson, 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, Pennsylvania, a United States borough * Cressona, ...

, 1880 * ''

Cimbex quadrimaculatus ''Cimbex quadrimaculatus'' is a species of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae. Taxonomy ''Cimbex quadrimaculatus'' was formerly classified in the genus ''Palaeocimbex'' along with four other species and was the type species of the subgenus ''Deu ...

'' ( O. F. Müller, 1766) * ''

Cimbex rubidus ''Cimbex'' is a genus of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae. Selected species * '' Cimbex americanus'' Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly * ''Cimbex connatus'' ( Schrank, 1776) * '' Cimbex fagi'' Zaddach, 1863 * ''Cimbex femoratus'' ( Linnaeus, 1758) ...

'' Cresson, 1880 * ''

Cimbex semidea ''Cimbex'' is a genus of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae. Selected species * '' Cimbex americanus'' Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly * ''Cimbex connatus'' ( Schrank, 1776) * '' Cimbex fagi'' Zaddach, 1863 * ''Cimbex femoratus'' ( Linnaeus, 1758) ...

'' Cresson, 1880

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record from the

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " ...

to the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first 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 means "less recent" ...

(from about 37.2 to recent). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in United States, Japan, and China.

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Tenthredinoidea Sawfly genera Taxa named by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier {{sawfly-stub