Genus Trichiosoma

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Zaraea or Cimbex or Trichiosoma? - Trichiosoma triangulum

Cimbicid Sawfly - Trichiosoma triangulum

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 Trichiosoma

Explanation of Names

Author: Leach 1817

Numbers

4 North American species.

Range

T. triangulum is widespread. The other species are western: T. aleutianum is found in Alaska's Aleutian Islands; T. arcticum in Canada's Northwest Territories (Fort Simpson; MacKenzie River); and T. lanuginosum in California. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico By Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 23 January, 2006 - 2:43pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 11 November, 2009 - 11:20am

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