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''Urocerus'' is a genus of
horntail
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 u ...
s in the family
Siricidae. There are about eight described species in ''Urocerus''.
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Species
These species belong to the genus ''Urocerus'':
* '' Urocerus albicornis'' ( Fabricius, 1781) g b (white horned horntail)
* '' Urocerus californicus'' Norton, 1869 g b
* '' Urocerus cressoni'' Norton, 1864 g b (black and red horntail)
* '' Urocerus flavicornis'' Fabricius, 1781 g b (yellow-horned horntail wasp)
* '' Urocerus franzinii'' C.Pesarini & F.Pesarini, 1977 g
* ''Urocerus gigas
''Urocerus gigas'' (giant woodwasp, banded horntail, greater horntail) is a species of sawfly native to the Palearctic realm and North Africa. Adults are usually between in length.
Subspecies:
*''U. gigas gigas''
*''U. gigas taiganus''
''U. ...
'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) b (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]
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Siricidae
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