Urocerus Explained

Urocerus is a genus of horntails in the family Siricidae. There are about eight described species in Urocerus.

Species

These species belong to the genus Urocerus:

• Urocerus albicornis (Fabricius, 1781)

^{g b} (white horned horntail)

• Urocerus californicus Norton, 1869

^{g b}

• Urocerus cressoni Norton, 1864

^{g b} (black and red horntail)

• Urocerus flavicornis Fabricius, 1781

^{g b} (yellow-horned horntail wasp)

• Urocerus franzinii C.Pesarini & F.Pesarini, 1977

^g

• Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)

^b (giant woodwasp)

• Urocerus japonicus (Smith, 1874)^[1] (Japanese horntail)
• Urocerus sah (Mocsáry, 1881)

^gData sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Web site: 2018-04-11. Krombein . Karl V.. Hurd Jr. . Paul D. Jr.. Smith . David R.. Burks . B.D.. 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Schiff . N.M.. Goulet . H.. Smith . D.R.. Boudreault . C.. Wilson . A.D.. Scheffler . B.E.. 4. 2012. Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricoidea) of the Western Hemisphere. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 21.

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Urocerus japonicus (Smith, 1874) . Taxon profile . BioLib . 2019-05-31.