Cimbicidae

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Cimbicidae

Cimbicidae, the Clubhorn Sawfly,[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.

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

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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

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