Urocerus
Urocerus is a genus of horntails in the family Siricidae. There are about eight described species in Urocerus.[1][2][3]
| Urocerus | |
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| Urocerus flavicornis | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Hymenoptera | 
| Family: | Siricidae | 
| Subfamily: | Siricinae | 
| Genus: | Urocerus Geoffroy, 1762  | 

Urocerus gigas
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)[4] (Japanese horntail)
 - Urocerus sah (Mocsáry, 1881) g
 
Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[6] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]
References
    
- "Urocerus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
 - "Urocerus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
 - "Urocerus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
 - "Urocerus japonicus (Smith, 1874)". Taxon profile. BioLib. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
 - "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-11.
 - "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-11.
 
Further reading
    
- 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.
 - 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.
 - 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).
 
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