Siricidae
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Horntails or wood wasps are any of the 150 non-social species of the hymenopteran family Siricidae, a type of wood-eating sawfly. The common name "horntail" derives from the stout, spine-like structure at the end of the adult's abdomen which is present in both sexes. The ovipositor in females is typically longer and also projects posteriorly, but it is not the source of the name. Though they are not wasps, they are sometimes called wood wasps as the appearance of some species resembles one due to mimicry. A typical adult horntail is brown, blue, or black with yellow or red parts, and may often
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilySiricidae
Die Holzwespen (Siricidae) sind eine Familie der Hautflügler (Hymenoptera) und gehören innerhalb dieser zu den Pflanzenwespen. Zusammen mit den Echten Blattwespen gelten die Holzwespen als primitive Vertreter der Hautflügler. Die Familie ist weltweit mit etwa 100 Arten verbreitet, wobei der Verbreitungsschwerpunkt in Wäldern der nördlichen gemäßigten Breiten liegt. In Europa sind 21 Arten bekannt, davon finden sich 8 auch in Mitteleuropa. Holzwespen können nicht stechen.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 383
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Siricidae
- Collections
- UAM, UMNH, ASU, MNA
- Recorded in
- United States
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Horntails or wood wasps are any of the 150 non-social species of the hymenopteran family Siricidae, a type of wood-eating sawfly. The common name "horntail" derives from the stout, spine-like structure at the end of the adult's abdomen which is present in both sexes. The ovipositor in females is typically longer and also projects posteriorly, but it is not the source of the name. Though they are not wasps, they are sometimes called wood wasps as the appearance of some species resembles one due to mimicry. A typical adult horntail is brown, blue, or black with yellow or red parts, and may often reach up to long. The pigeon horntail (Tremex columba) can grow up to long (not counting the ovipositor), among the longest of all Hymenoptera.
This family was formerly believed to be the sole living representative of the superfamily Siricoidea, a group well represented in Paleogene and Mesozoic times, but the family Anaxyelidae has been linked to this group as well. Siricidae has two subfamilies, Siricinae and Tremecinae. Siricinae infest needle-leaved trees and Tremecinae infest broad-leaved trees. There are ten living genera placed in the family, and an additional three genera described from fossils.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siricidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.