Family Xyelidae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

unknown - Macroxyela ferruginea - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)

Family Xyelidae

Numbers

ca. 30 species in 5 genera north of Mexico(1)

Identification

antennomere 3 long, with slender, multi-segmented terminal filament(1)

Food

larave feed chiefly on male pine cones, new pine shoots, and tree leaves(1)

Remarks

A very small relict family well represented in the fossil record since the Triassic

Internet References

Wikipedia

Fossil xyelid eggs (Pott et al., 2008)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by tom murray on 21 May, 2005 - 8:28pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 8 February, 2010 - 5:07pm

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