Family
Siricidae (Horntails)
Urocerus californicus. Photo: (c) Judith Ellen Lopez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Horntail or wood wasp is the common name for any of the 150 non-social species of the family Siricidae, of the order Hymenoptera, a type of xylophagous sawfly. This family was formerly believed to be the sole living representative of the superfamily Siricoidea, a group well represented in Paleogene and Mesozoic times, but the family Anaxyelidae has been linked to this group. There are ten living genera placed in the family, and an additional three genera…
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