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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Horntails (Siricidae) » Tremex » Pigeon Tremex (Tremex columba)

Species Tremex columba - Pigeon Tremex

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)
Family Siricidae (Horntails)
Genus Tremex
Species columba (Pigeon Tremex)
Other Common Names
Pigeon Horntail
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Sirex columba Linnaeus 1763
Explanation of Names
columba, Latin for 'pigeon/dove'
Size
Adults usually over 25 mm, larvae up to ~40 mm
Range
NS-FL west to UT-CA; Mexico(1); very common
Food
hosts include beech, elm, hickory, maple, oak, poplar, apple, pear, sycamore, and hackberry(1)
Life Cycle
Females lay eggs in diseased, decaying or cut wood.
Remarks
"Pigeon Tremex" is the ESA approved common name for Tremex columba.
Internet References
Linnaeus's original description (in Latin)
Works Cited
1.Guide to the Siricid Woodwasps of North America
By N.M. Schiff, S.A. Valley, J.R. LaBonte, & D.R. Smith
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 8 November, 2005 - 2:20pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 31 October, 2011 - 8:46pm

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