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Genus Cimbex

Hymenoptera or mimic?  Ontario Canada - Cimbex americanus Elm Sawfly - Cimbex americanus - male   - Cimbex americanus Orange Caterpillar - Cimbex americanus Catepiller Under river birch  - Cimbex americanus Elm Sawfly - Cimbex americanus unknkown bug, ID please - Cimbex americanus Elm Sawfly Caterpillar - 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)
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)