The emerald ash borer, also known by the acronym EAB, is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to north-eastern Asia that feeds on ash species. Females lay eggs in bark crevices on ash trees, and larvae feed underneath the bark of ash trees to emerge as adults in one to two years. In its native range, it is typically found at low densities and does not cause significant damage to trees native to the area. Outside its native range, it is an invasive species and is highly destructive to ash trees native to Europe and North America. Before it was found in North America, very little was known about emerald ash borer in its native range; this has resulted in much of the research on its biology being focused in North America. Local governments in North America are attempting to control it by monitoring its spread, diversifying tree species, and through the use of insecticides and biological control.
Xiphydriidae are a family of wood wasps that includes around 150 species. They are located all over the world including North and South America, Australia, Europe, and others. Xiphydriidae larvae are wood borers in dead trees or branches of a range of trees. They are characterized as having long and skinny necks with dome-shaped heads. The oldest fossils of the group are from the mid Cretaceous.
The Aulacidae are a small, cosmopolitan family of wasps, with two extant genera containing some 200 known species. They are primarily endoparasitoids of wood wasps (Xiphydriidae) and xylophagous beetles. They are closely related to the family Gasteruptiidae, sharing the feature of having the first and second metasomal tergites fused, and having the head on a long pronotal "neck", though they are not nearly as slender and elongate as gasteruptiids, nor are their hind legs club-like, and they have more sculptured thoraces. They share the evanioid trait of having the metasoma attached very high above the hind coxae on the propodeum.
Pristaulacus strangaliae is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae and the order Hymenoptera found in North America. They are diurnal.
Pristaulacus is a cosmopolitan genus of aulacid wasps in the Hymenopteran family, Aulacidae. There are more than 190 described species in Pristaulacus. Most host records for Pristaulacus are wood-boring beetles.
Pristaulacus resutorivorus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus occidentalis is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus montanus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae occurring in North America.
Pristaulacus minor is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus stigmaticus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is known only from Singapore.
Pristaulacus foxleei is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus flavicrurus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus fasciatus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Aulacus is a genus of aulacids, ensigns, and gasteruptiids in the family Aulacidae. There are 77 species of Aulacus.
Pristaulacus niger is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Aulacus dispilis is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Ectemnius continuus is a species of square-headed wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in Africa, Europe and Northern Asia, North America, and Southern Asia.
Pristaulacus editus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
Pristaulacus melleus is a species of wasp in the family Aulacidae. It is found in North America.
