Siricoidea
Siricoidea Temporal range:
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Giant horntail (Urocerus gigas) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
(unranked): | Unicalcarida
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Superfamily: | Siricoidea |
The superfamily Siricoidea is an archaic group of the order
sawflies. The group is well represented in early Tertiary and Mesozoic times, but a number of living taxa remain, including the family Anaxyelidae, which has recently been linked to this group (it was previously placed in its own superfamily, Anaxyeloidea).[1] The female ovipositor
is typically long and projects posteriorly, and is used to drill into wood.
Families
- Anaxyelidae (cedar wood wasps)
- Siricidae(horntails)
- Xiphydriidae (wood wasps, sometimes treated as a separate superfamily, Xiphydrioidea)
- † Daohugoidae
- † Protosiricidae
- † Pseudosiricidae
- † Sinosiricidae
References
- ^ Gao J, Engel MS, Shih C, Ren D, Gao T (2021) A new genus of anaxyelid wood wasps from the mid-Cretaceous and the phylogeny of Anaxyelidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 86: 151-169. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.86.73161