Siricidae is a animal family in the Animalia kingdom, order Hymenoptera, class Insecta. The family contains 15 accepted species worldwide.
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Sirex juvencus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sirex juvencus is a wood-boring wasp species with clear sexual dimorphism, that …
Urocerus flavicornis Fabricius, 1781
Urocerus flavicornis, the yellow-horned horntail wasp, is a North American nativ…
Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Urocerus gigas, the giant woodwasp, is a harmless sawfly species that bores into…
Tremex fuscicornis (Fabricius, 1787)
Tremex fuscicornis is a horntail wasp native to Europe and Asia, introduced to A…
Sirex noctilio Fabricius, 1773
Sirex noctilio is a Eurasian woodwasp that is a heavily invasive economic pine p…
Tremex columba (Linnaeus, 1763)
Tremex columba, the pigeon tremex horntail, is a horntail species native to Nort…
Urocerus albicornis (Fabricius, 1781)
Urocerus albicornis, the white-horned horntail, is a black-bodied horntail nativ…
Xeris spectrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Xeris spectrum is a unique symbiotic fungi-free siricid horntail widespread acro…
Siricidae animals belong to the Hymenoptera order in the Animalia kingdom. This species creates distinct individual tunnels within the wood, which are often filled with hard-packed, coarse fibrous frass that is difficult to remove from the passages. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Siricidae is classified in the order Hymenoptera, class Insecta, phylum Arthropoda. Urocerus flavicornis was formerly classified as a subspecies of Urocerus gigas, but is currently recognized as a separate, distinct species.
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