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Woodwasps
Horntail or wood wasp 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 used to pierce the host's bark to allow the eggs to be inserted into the wood (the ovipositor is typically longer and also projects posteriorly, but it is not the source of the name). 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 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphyta
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] |
Sirex
''Sirex'' is a genus of wasps in the family Siricidae, the horntails or wood wasps. They inject eggs with fungal endosymbionts into wood. The fungus is contained in a mycangium which nourishes it with secretions, and in turn it digests wood for the wasp larva. The genus includes economically important pests; ''S. noctilio'', known simply as the 'Sirex woodwasp' is an invasive species, having spread widely across the world from its original range.Sirex Woodwasp – ''Sirex noctilio''. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 2011.Hurley, B. P., et al. (2007) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirex Noctilio Pinus Radiata
''Sirex'' is a genus of wasps in the family Siricidae, the horntails or wood wasps. They inject eggs with fungal endosymbionts into wood. The fungus is contained in a mycangium which nourishes it with secretions, and in turn it digests wood for the wasp larva. The genus includes economically important pests; ''S. noctilio'', known simply as the 'Sirex woodwasp' is an invasive species, having spread widely across the world from its original range.Sirex Woodwasp – ''Sirex noctilio''. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 2011.Hurley, B. P., et al. (2007) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable strategy, evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, strategies range from living inside the host (''endoparasitism''), allowing it to continue growing before emerging as an adult, to Paralysis, paralysing the host and living outside it (''ectoparasitism''). Hosts can include other parasitoids, resulting in hyperparasitism; in the case of oak galls, up to five levels of parasitism are possible. Some parasitoids Behavior-altering parasite, influence their host's behaviour in ways that favour the propagation of the parasitoid. Parasitoids are found in a variety of Taxon, taxa across the insect superorder Endopterygota, whose compl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xoanon (sawfly)
A xoanon (, el, ξόανον; plural: el, ξόανα , from the verb el, ξέειν, , to carve or scrape ood was an Archaic wooden cult image of Ancient Greece. Classical Greeks associated such cult objects, whether aniconic or effigy, with the legendary Daedalus. Many such cult images were preserved into historical times, though none are known to have survived to the modern day, except as copies in stone or marble. In the 2nd century CE, Pausanias described numerous xoana in his ''Description of Greece'', notably the image of Hera in her temple at Samos. "The statue of the Samian Hera, as Aethilos /nowiki>sicThe name ''Aethilos'' in the available text is thought to be a mis-spelling of ''Aethlios''.">sic.html" ;"title="/nowiki>sic">/nowiki>sicThe name ''Aethilos'' in the available text is thought to be a mis-spelling of ''Aethlios''./nowiki> says, was a wooden beam at first, but afterwards, when Prokles was ruler, it was humanized in form". In Pausanias' travels he nev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xeris
''Xeris'' is a genus of horntails found in North America and Eurasia. Achille Costa circumscribed the genus in 1894. Synonyms In 1987, Malkiat S. Saini and Devinder Singh circumscribed a new genus, ''Neoxeris'' upon their description of a new species, which they called ''Neoxeris melanocephala''. In 2012, ''N. melanocephala'' was transferred to ''Xeris'', making ''Neoxeris'' a junior synonym. ''X. melanocephalus'' was later synonymized with ''X. himalayensis''. Description Characteristic features of ''Xeris'' compared to other genera of Siricidae genera include: a hind wing with which lacks a cell cup, a small vertical ridge behind the eye, and a metatibial spur. Distribution ''Xeris'' species are found in North America and Eurasia. In North America, they're found from the boreal forests in Alaska and Canada south through Chiapas in southern Mexico. They are found in temperate and boreal regions of Eurasia as well as mountains of southern Eurasia including Morocco, India, China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urocerus
''Urocerus'' is a genus of horntails in the family Siricidae. There are about eight described species in ''Urocerus''. Species These species belong to the genus ''Urocerus'': * '' Urocerus albicornis'' ( Fabricius, 1781) (white horned horntail) * '' Urocerus californicus'' Norton, 1869 * '' Urocerus cressoni'' Norton, 1864 (black and red horntail) * '' Urocerus flavicornis'' Fabricius, 1781 (yellow-horned horntail wasp) * '' Urocerus franzinii'' C.Pesarini & F.Pesarini, 1977 * ''Urocerus gigas'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (giant woodwasp) * '' Urocerus japonicus'' (Smith, 1874) (Japanese horntail) * '' Urocerus sah'' ( Mocsáry, 1881) g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Further reading * * * External links * Siricidae {{hymenoptera-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tremex
''Tremex'' is a genus of woodwasp in the Siricidae family. It has 33 species with a holarctic distribution. The larvae feed on hardwoods. Selected species ''Tremex alchymista'' (Mocsary, 1886) ''Tremex columba'' (Linnaeus, 1763) ''Tremex fuscicornis'' (Fabricius, 1787) ''Tremex magus ''Tremex magus'' is a species sawfly, native to most of Europe and parts of Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the w ...'' (Fabricius, 1787) References Siricidae {{Sawfly-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teredon (sawfly)
Teredon ( grc, Τερηδών, translit=Terēdṓn) was an ancient port city in southern Mesopotamia. The place could not be localized so far archaeologically, but is believed to be in Kuwait near Basra. The place is mentioned several times by ancient writers. It is said to have been founded by Nebuchadnezzar II, who built a palace with hanging gardens here.nach Eusebius, Chronik, 1, 4, siehÜbersetzung/ref> Teredon is said to have been located at the mouth of the Euphrates in the Persian Gulf and was an important port city in the Empire of the Characene Characene (Ancient Greek: Χαρακηνή), also known as Mesene (Μεσσήνη) or Meshan, was a kingdom founded by the Iranian Hyspaosines located at the head of the Persian Gulf mostly within modern day Iraq. Its capital, Charax Spasinou (Χ .... References {{reflist Ancient Mesopotamia Ancient cities of the Middle East History of Kuwait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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