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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae)

Family Cimbicidae - Cimbicid Sawflies

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Food · Works Cited
Cimbex americana - Cimbex americanus - male Cimbex americana Leach - Cimbex americanus - female Cimbicidae, lateral fly? - Trichiosoma triangulum Cimbex - Cimbex americanus Trichiosoma? - Trichiosoma triangulum Cimbex americana - Cimbex americanus sawfly - Cimbex americanus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)
Family Cimbicidae (Cimbicid Sawflies)
Explanation of Names
Cimbicidae Kirby 1837
Numbers
12 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1), >200 spp. in 22 genera worldwide(2)
Size
15-25 mm
Identification
Adults robust, resemble bumble bees. Base of abdomen broadly joined to thorax (no wasp waist). Antennae have seven or fewer segments, slightly clubbed.
Larvae eruciform (caterpillar-shaped, i.e., cylindrical, with well-developed head and legs).
Food
Larvae typically feed on foliage of trees and shrubs; hosts include: Cimbex --Elm (Ulmus), Zaraea --Honeysuckle (Lonicera), Trichiosoma --Cherry (Prunus)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Blank et al. (2012) ECatSym: Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Program version 4.0 beta
Contributed by Joel Kits on 21 March, 2005 - 11:50pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 21 August, 2023 - 3:37pm

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