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

Genus Urocerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
California Horntail Wasp - Urocerus californicus - female Urocerus Californicus? - Urocerus albicornis horntail - Urocerus albicornis - female Urocerus cressoni? - Urocerus cressoni - female Large wasp-like insect - Urocerus californicus Black Beetle - Urocerus albicornis ID Request of possible wasp - Urocerus cressoni Wood wasp - Urocerus flavicornis - female
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 Siricidae (Horntails)
Subfamily Siricinae
Genus Urocerus
Explanation of Names
Urocerus Geoffroy 1785
Numbers
7 spp. in our area (incl. 2 adventive spp.), 33 total(1)
Range
Holarctic, much more diverse in Asia; across NA(1)
Works Cited
1.Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricoidea) of the Western Hemisphere
Schiff, N.M., Goulet, H., Smith, D.R., Boudreault, C., Wilson, A.D., and Scheffler, B.E. 2012. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification No. 21: 305 pp.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 8 November, 2005 - 2:27pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 22 August, 2012 - 9:39pm

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