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Genus Xiphydria

Small horntail-like wasp - Xiphydria tibialis Xiphydria maculata Insect - Xiphydria maculata unknown ichneumon - Xiphydria mellipes - female unknown ichneumon - Xiphydria mellipes Xiphydriid - Xiphydria Xiphydria tibialis? - Xiphydria tibialis - female Ichneumon or Braconid? - Xiphydria maculata
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 Xiphydriidae (Xiphydriid Wood Wasps)
Genus Xiphydria
Explanation of Names
Xiphydria Latreille, 1802
Numbers
9 spp. in our area,(1) ~40 total
Identification
Our species are keyed by Smith (1976).(2)
Remarks
Several wasps from the Evaniidae family are parasitic on this genus: Aulacus burquei, A. digitalis, A. lovei, and A. pallipes.(3)

Aulacus burquei
Works Cited
1.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
2.The Xiphydriid Woodwasps of North America (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae)
David R. Smith . 1976. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 102, No. 2, pp. 101-131 .
3.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 14 March, 2006 - 4:19pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Marci Hess, PaleoJon
Last updated 5 September, 2023 - 9:42am

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