Biology:Cimbex americanus

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Short description: Species of sawfly

Cimbex americanus
Adult Elm Sawfly St Louis County Mn.jpg
An adult Elm sawfly
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Cimbicidae
Genus: Cimbex
Species:
C. americanus
Binomial name
Cimbex americanus
Leach, 1817
Synonyms
  • Cimbex americana Leach, 1817

Cimbex americanus, the elm sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Cimbicidae.[1][2][3] This is a very large species of Hymenoptera, with adults measuring 3 cm and larvae reaching 5 cm long. If captured, adults may buzz and use their powerful spiny legs defensively. However, like other sawflies, this species does not possess a sting.[4] The fly Opheltes glaucopterus is a parasite of the prepupae stage of this sawfly.[5]

Taxonomy

This species was originally described as Cimbex americana by William Elford Leach, who treated the genus as feminine. However, Cimbex comes from a masculine Greek noun,[6] and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature thus requires masculine species.[7] Thus, its correct name is Cimbex americanus.[8]

References

  1. "Cimbex americana Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=152768. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  2. "Cimbex americana". https://www.gbif.org/species/1249710. Retrieved 2019-09-24. 
  3. Hymenoptera of the world : an identification guide to families. Goulet, Henri., Huber, John T. (John Theodore), Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch.. Ottawa, Ont.: Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research. 1993. ISBN 0-660-14933-8. OCLC 28024976. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28024976. 
  4. Liston, Andrew (1979). "On Phoridae (Diptera) from Sawfly Cocoons (Hym Symphyta)". The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 91: 303. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Liston-2/publication/270214238_On_Phoridae_Diptera_from_Sawfly_cocoons_Hym_Symphyta/links/54a275420cf267bdb902e62c/On-Phoridae-Diptera-from-Sawfly-cocoons-Hym-Symphyta.pdf. Retrieved 26 November 2022. 
  5. Schrevel, Cornelis (1826). Cornelii Schrevelii Lexicon Manuale Græco-Latinum Et Latino-Græcum (21 ed.). London: Sumptibus C. & J. Rivington. p. 353. https://books.google.com/books?id=66Yc0mdMyfYC&dq=%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B7%CE%BE&pg=PP355. 
  6. ICZN Code Art. 30
  7. Taeger, A.; Liston, A.D.; Prous, M.; Groll, E.K.; Gehroldt, T.; Blank, S.M. (2018). "ECatSym – Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera)". Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI), Müncheberg. https://sdei.de/ecatsym/. Retrieved 2021-05-13. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14452953 entry