Biology:Cimbex

Short description: Genus of sawflies

Cimbex Temporal range: Eocene – Miocene 37.2–Recent Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cimbex connatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Superfamily:	Tenthredinoidea
Family:	Cimbicidae
Genus:	Cimbex Olivier, 1790
Synonyms
Crabro Geoffroy, 1762 (suppressed) Clavellarius Olivier, 1789 (suppressed) Clavellaria Lamarck, 1801 (suppressed) Palaeocimbex Semenov, 1935 Deuterocimbex Semenov, 1935 Neocimbex Malaise, 1937 Allocimbex Zirngiebl, 1953

Cimbex is a genus of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae.

Selected species

• Cimbex americanus Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly
• Cimbex connatus (Schrank, 1776)
• Cimbex fagi Zaddach, 1863
• Cimbex femoratus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Birch sawfly
• Cimbex luteus (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Cimbex pacificus Cresson, 1880
• Cimbex quadrimaculatus (O. F. Müller, 1766)
• Cimbex rubidus Cresson, 1880
• Cimbex semidea Cresson, 1880

Fossil record

Fossil of Cimbex species

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Eocene to the Miocene (from about 37.2 to recent). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in United States, Japan, and China.

External links

• Biolib
• Fauna Europaea

Wikidata ☰ Q4036220 entry