SIRICOIDEA Billberg, 1820
(woodwasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
SIRICIDAE
horntail
Family 1 subtaxa 22 images
Urocerus
horntails
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 22 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuperfamilySIRICOIDEA (woodwasps)
SuborderSYMPHYTA (sawflies)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Benson, R.B. 1951 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Hackston, M. Superfamilies Siricoidea and Xiphydrioidea key to British species

SIRICOIDEA (woodwasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SIRICOIDEA (woodwasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 13 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for SIRICOIDEA (woodwasps)
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