Xiphydriidae

picture info	Xiphydriidae Xiphydriidae are a family of wood wasps that includes around 150 species. They are located all over the world including North and South America, Australia, Europe, and others. Xiphydriidae larvae are wood borers in dead trees or branches of a range of trees. They are characterized as having long and skinny necks with dome-shaped heads. The oldest fossils of the group are from the mid Cretaceous. Genera These 29 genera belong to the family Xiphydriidae: * '' Alloxiphia'' Wei, 2002 * '' Austrocyrta'' Riek, 1955 * '' Austroxiphyda'' Jennings, Macdonald, Schiff & Parslow, 2021 * '' Brachyxiphus'' Philippi, 1871 * '' Calexiphyda'' Smith, 2008 * '' Carinoxiphia'' Wei, 1999 * '' Derecyrta'' Smith, 1860 * '' Eoxiphia'' Maa, 1949 * '' Euxiphydria'' Semenov-Tian-Shanskii & Gussakovskii, 1935 * '' Genaxiphia'' Maa, 1949 * '' Gryponeura'' Benson, 1954 * '' Heteroxiphia'' Saini & Singh, 1987 * '' Hyperxiphia'' Maa, 1949 * '' Indoxiphia'' Maa, 1949 * '' Lataxiphyda'' Smith, 2008 * '' Lissoxiphy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Xiphydria ''Xiphydria'' is a genus of wood wasps belonging to the family Xiphydriidae. Species of this genus are found in Europe, Japan and North America. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Xiphydria'': * ''Xiphydria albopicta'' Shinohara & Kameda, 2019 * ''Xiphydria annulitibia'' Takeuchi, 1936 * ''Xiphydria betulae'' (Enslin, 1911) * ''Xiphydria camelus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Xiphydria duniana'' Gourlay, 1927 * ''Xiphydria irrorata'' F.Pesarini, 1995 * ''Xiphydria kanba'' Shinohara, Hara & Smith, 2020 * ''Xiphydria kastsheevi'' Ermolenko, 1979 * ''Xiphydria konishii'' Shinohara, Hara & Smith, 2020 * ''Xiphydria laeviceps'' Smith, 1860 * ''Xiphydria longicollis'' (Geoffroy, 1785) * ''Xiphydria megapolitana'' (Brauns, 1884) * ''Xiphydria melanoptera'' Shinohara, Hara & Smith, 2020 * ''Xiphydria mellipes'' Harris 1841 * ''Xiphydria nagasei'' Shinohara, 2019 * ''Xiphydria ogasawarai'' Matsumura, 1927 * ''Xiphydria palaeanarctica'' Shinohara, 2019 * ''Xiphydria pict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Wood Wasp Sawflies are the insects of the suborder Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera, alongside ants, bees, and wasps. The common name comes from the saw-like appearance of the ovipositor, which the females use to cut into the plants where they lay their eggs. The name is associated especially with the Tenthredinoidea, by far the largest superfamily in the suborder, with about 7,000 known species; in the entire suborder, there are 8,000 described species in more than 800 genera. Symphyta is paraphyletic, consisting of several basal groups within the order Hymenoptera, each one rooted inside the previous group, ending with the Apocrita which are not sawflies. The primary distinction between sawflies and the Apocrita – the ants, bees, and wasps – is that the adults lack a "wasp waist", and instead have a broad connection between the abdomen and the thorax. Some sawflies are Batesian mimics of wasps and bees, and the ovipositor can be mistaken for a stinger. Sawflies vary in leng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Burmese Amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The amber is of significant palaeontological interest due to the diversity of flora and fauna contained as inclusions, particularly arthropods including insects and arachnids but also birds, lizards, snakes, frogs and fragmentary dinosaur remains. The amber has been known and commercially exploited since the first century AD, and has been known to science since the mid-nineteenth century. Research on the deposit has attracted controversy due to its alleged role in funding internal conflict in Myanmar and hazardous working conditions in the mines where it is collected. Geological context, depositional environment and age The amber is found within the Hukawng Basin, a large Cretaceous-Cenozoic sedimentary basin within northern Myanmar. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]