Cimbicidae

Cimbicidae
Trichiosoma lucorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Suborder:	Symphyta
Superfamily:	Tenthredinoidea
Family:	Cimbicidae
Subfamilies
Abiinae Cimbicinae Corynidinae Pachylostictinae

Cimbicidae, the clubhorn sawflies, ^[1] is a family of sawflies in the order Hymenoptera. There are more than 20 genera and 200 described species in Cimbicidae. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} Larvae are solitary herbivores.

The family is distinctive in having antennae with prominent apical clubs or knobs. The adults of some species can exceed 3 cm in length, and are among the heaviest of all Hymenoptera.

Cimbex

Genera

These genera belong to the family Cimbicidae:

• Abia Leach, 1817
• Agenocimbex Rohwer, 1910
• Allabia Semenov & Gussakorskii, 1937
• Brasilabia Conde, 1937
• Cimbex Olivier, 1791
• Corynis Thunberg, 1789
• Leptocimbex Semenov, 1896
• Lopesiana Smith, 1988
• Odontocimbex Malaise, 1935
• Pachylosticta Klug, 1824
• Praia Wankowicz, 1880
• Pseudabia Schrottky, 1910
• Pseudoclavellaria Schulz, 1906
• Pseudopachylosticta Mallach, 1929
• Trichiosoma Leach, 1817
• † Allenbycimbex Archibald & Rasnitsyn, 2023 ^[7]
• † Cenocimbex Nel, 2004
• † Eopachylosticta Malaise, 1945
• † Leptostigma Archibald & Rasnitsyn, 2023
• † Phenacoperga Cockerell, 1908
• † Pseudocimbex Rohwer, 1908
• † Sinocimbex Zhang Junfeng, Sun Bo & Zhang Xiyu, 1994
• † Trichiosomites Brues, 1908

References

1. "Cimbicidae - Sawflies". sawflies.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
2. "Cimbicidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
3. "Cimbicidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
4. "Family Cimbicidae information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
5. Taeger, A.; Liston, A.D.; Prous, M.; Groll, E.K.; et al. (2018). "ECatSym – Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera)". Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI), Müncheberg. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
6. Aguiar, A.P.; Deans, A.R.; Engel, M.S.; Forshage, M.; et al. (2013). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Order Hymenoptera. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1): 1–82. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.12 . ISBN   978-1-86977-849-1. ISSN   1175-5326. PMID   26146682.
7. Archibald, S. B.; Rasnitsyn, A. P. (2023). "Cimbicidae (Hymenoptera, "Symphyta") in the Paleogene: revision, the new subfamily Cenocimbicinae, and new taxa from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands". Zootaxa. 5278 (1): 1–38. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.1.

External links

• Media related to Cimbicidae at Wikimedia Commons