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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae) » Cimbex

Genus Cimbex

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Would like to know what it is? - Cimbex americana Rusty Willow Sawfly - Cimbex rubida - female yellow beetle larva - Cimbex americana Is this a wasp? - Cimbex americana Elm Sawfly - Cimbex americana caterpillar - Cimbex americana caterpillar - Cimbex americana Is this some kind of wasp? - Cimbex americana - male
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 Cimbicidae (Cimbicid Sawflies)
Genus Cimbex
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Olivier 1790.
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 4 species in genus: americana, pacifica, rubida, and semidea
Internet References
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection lists just C. americana for the state, with 6 pinned.
Insects of Cedar Creek--Cimbex americana
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 23 November, 2005 - 11:45am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 14 July, 2006 - 10:24am

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