Family Xyelidae

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Internet References

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

Nearctica lists 30 species in 5 genera.

Identification

The antennae and palps are leg-like in structure.

Remarks

A very small family at present but well represented in the fossil record since the Triassic.

Internet References

Wikipedia

Journal of Paleontology Fossil eggs of Xyelidae[/url]

Contributed by tom murray on 21 May, 2005 - 8:28pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 30 October, 2008 - 2:27pm

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