Urocerus albicornis

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Urocerus albicornis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Siricidae
Genus: Urocerus
Species:
U. albicornis
Binomial name
Urocerus albicornis
(Fabricius, 1781)

Urocerus albicornis (white-horned horntail) is a species of horntail native to North America. [1] [2] [3] [4] This species has occasionally been introduced into Europe [5] and Japan. [6]

It lives near conifer trees. It is black, with whiteish antennae, spots on either side of the head, and two bands on each leg. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Urocerus albicornis". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  2. ↑ Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
  3. ↑ Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  4. ↑ Schiff, N.M.; Goulet, H.; Smith, D.R.; Boudreault, C.; et al. (2012). "Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricoidea) of the Western Hemisphere". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification (21).
  5. ↑ Háva, Jiří; Holuša, Jaroslav (May 2019). "First record of the siricid Urocerus albicornis, an invasive alien pest, in the Czech Republic" . Journal of Applied Entomology. 143 (4): 487–491. doi:10.1111/jen.12596. ISSN   0931-2048. S2CID   91607961.
  6. ↑ Kuramitsu, Kazumu; Yamamoto, Takayuki; Yokoi, Tomoyuki (December 2019). "First record of the invasive woodwasp, Urocerus albicornis (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), from a local forest in Japan" . Journal of Applied Entomology. 143 (10): 1196–1199. doi:10.1111/jen.12710. ISSN   0931-2048. S2CID   208561835.
  7. ↑ "Horntails". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
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