Cimbex americanus
{{Short description|Species of sawfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Adult Elm Sawfly St Louis County Mn.jpg
| image_caption = An adult Elm sawfly
| genus = Cimbex
| species = americanus
| authority = Leach, 1817
| synonyms =
- Cimbex americana Leach, 1817
}}
Cimbex americanus, the elm sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Cimbicidae. This is a very large species of Hymenoptera, with adults measuring 3 cm and larvae reaching 5 cm long. If captured, adults may buzz and use their powerful spiny legs defensively. However, like other sawflies, this species does not possess a sting.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28024976|title=Hymenoptera of the world : an identification guide to families|date=1993|publisher=Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research|others=Goulet, Henri., Huber, John T. (John Theodore), Canada. Agriculture Canada. Research Branch.|isbn=0-660-14933-8|location=Ottawa, Ont.|oclc=28024976}} The fly Opheltes glaucopterus is a parasite of the prepupae stage of this sawfly.{{cite journal |last1=Liston |first1=Andrew |title=On Phoridae (Diptera) from Sawfly Cocoons (Hym Symphyta) |journal=The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation |date=1979 |volume=91 |page=303 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Liston-2/publication/270214238_On_Phoridae_Diptera_from_Sawfly_cocoons_Hym_Symphyta/links/54a275420cf267bdb902e62c/On-Phoridae-Diptera-from-Sawfly-cocoons-Hym-Symphyta.pdf |access-date=26 November 2022}}
Taxonomy
This species was originally described as Cimbex americana by William Elford Leach, who treated the genus as feminine. However, Cimbex comes from a masculine Greek noun, and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature thus requires masculine species. Thus, its correct name is Cimbex americanus.
References
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{{Cite web| title=Cimbex americana Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=152768
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-24
}}
{{Cite web| title=Cimbex americana
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1249710
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-24
}}
{{Cite web| title=Cimbex americanus species Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/37878
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-24
}}
{{cite book |last=Schrevel |first=Cornelis |date= 1826 |title=Cornelii Schrevelii Lexicon Manuale Græco-Latinum Et Latino-Græcum |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=66Yc0mdMyfYC&dq=%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B7%CE%BE&pg=PP355 |location=London |publisher=Sumptibus C. & J. Rivington |edition=21 |page=353 }}
[https://code.iczn.org/formation-and-treatment-of-names/article-30-gender-of-genus-group-names/?frame=1 ICZN Code Art. 30]
{{Cite web
| accessdate = 2021-05-13
| title = ECatSym – Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta (Insecta, Hymenoptera)
| date = 2018
| last1 = Taeger | first1 = A.
| last2 = Liston | first2 = A.D.
| last3 = Prous | first3 = M.
| last4 = Groll | first4 = E.K.
| last5 = Gehroldt | first5 = T.
| last6 = Blank | first6 = S.M.
| display-authors = 4
| publisher = Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI), Müncheberg
| url = https://sdei.de/ecatsym/
}}
}}
External links
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- {{Commons category-inline|Cimbex americanus}}
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Category:Insects described in 1817
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