Cimbex

{{Short description|Genus of sawflies}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

| image = Cimbex sp. 01.JPG

| image_caption = Cimbex connatus

| fossil_range = EoceneMiocene {{fossilrange|37.2|Recent}}

| taxon = Cimbex

| authority = Olivier, 1790

| synonyms =

  • Crabro Geoffroy, 1762 (suppressed)
  • Clavellarius Olivier, 1789 (suppressed)
  • Clavellaria Lamarck, 1801 (suppressed)
  • Palaeocimbex Semenov, 1935
  • Deuterocimbex Semenov, 1935
  • Neocimbex Malaise, 1937
  • Allocimbex Zirngiebl, 1953

}}

Cimbex is a genus of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae.

Selected species

Fossil record

File: Cimbicidae - Cimbex species.JPG

This 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.{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71956|title=Fossilworks: Cimbex|website=fossilworks.org}}

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