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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) » Cimbex

Genus Cimbex

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Sawfly - Cimbex americanus Elm Sawfly larva - Cimbex americanus Cimbex americana - Cimbex americanus Cimbex americana - Cimbex americanus Wasp species - Cimbex americanus wasp suspect - Cimbex americanus - male Id help needed - fly - Cimbex americanus Grape Vine Borer? - Cimbex americanus - 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 Cimbicidae (Cimbicid Sawflies)
Genus Cimbex
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cimbex is masculine and requires masculine adjectival species epithets, e.g., americanus (instead of americana). Discussions on inaturalist.org and BugGuide.
Explanation of Names
Cimbex Olivier 1790
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 23 November, 2005 - 11:45am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 31 August, 2020 - 1:56am

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