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''Urocerus'' is a genus of
''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''.
Species
These species belong to the genus ''Urocerus'': * '' Urocerus albicornis'' (Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587†...
, 1781) g b (white horned horntail)
* ''Urocerus californicus
''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'' (Johan Christian Fabricius, Fabricius, 1781) ...
'' Norton, 1869 g b
* '' Urocerus cressoni'' Norton, 1864 g b (black and red horntail)
* '' Urocerus flavicornis'' Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587†...
, 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
In biological classification, subspecies is ...
'' (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 LinnĂ©) 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
References
Further reading
* * *External links
* Siricidae {{hymenoptera-stub