Cimbex is a genus of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae.
Cimbex | |
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Cimbex connatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Suborder: | Symphyta |
Family: | Cimbicidae |
Genus: | Cimbex Olivier, 1790 |
Synonyms | |
Selected species
edit- Cimbex americanus Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly
- Cimbex connatus (Schrank, 1776)
- Cimbex fagi Zaddach, 1863
- Cimbex femoratus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Birch sawfly
- Cimbex luteus (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Cimbex pacificus Cresson, 1880
- Cimbex quadrimaculatus (O. F. Müller, 1766)[1]
- Cimbex rubidus Cresson, 1880
- Cimbex semidea Cresson, 1880
Fossil record
editThis genus is known in the fossil record from the Eocene to the Miocene (from about 37.2 to recent). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in United States, Japan, and China.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Taxonomisk information". www.dyntaxa.se.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Cimbex". fossilworks.org.