Sirex

Sirex is a genus of wasps in the family Siricidae, the horntails or wood wasps. They inject eggs with fungal endosymbionts into wood. The fungus is contained in a mycangium which nourishes it with secretions, and in turn it digests wood for the wasp larva.

For the Spanish 60's rock band, see Los Sírex. For the Italian sport car, see LMX Sirex.

Sirex
Sirex noctilio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Siricidae
Genus: Sirex
Linnaeus, 1760
Species

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The genus includes economically important pests; S. noctilio, known simply as the 'Sirex woodwasp' is an invasive species, having spread widely across the world from its original range.[1][2]

Species
  • Sirex abietinus Goulet, 2012
  • Sirex areolatus (Cresson, 1868)
  • Sirex behrensii (Cresson, 1880)
  • Sirex californicus (Ashmead, 1904)
  • Sirex carinthiacus Konow, 1892
  • Sirex cyaneus Fabricius, 1781
  • Sirex ermak (Semenov, 1921)
  • Sirex hispaniola Goulet, 2012
  • Sirex juvencus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Sirex longicauda Middlekauff, 1948
  • Sirex mexicanus Smith, 2012
  • Sirex mongolorum (Semenov)
  • Sirex nigricornis Fabricius, 1781
  • Sirex nitidus (Harris, 1841)
  • Sirex nitobei Matsumura
  • Sirex noctilio Fabricius, 1793
  • Sirex obesus Bradley, 1913
  • Sirex sinicus Maa
  • Sirex tianshanicus (Semenov)
  • Sirex torvus Harris, 1779
  • Sirex varipes Walker, 1866
  • Sirex vates Mocsáry
  • Sirex xerophilus Schiff, 2012

References
  1. Sirex Woodwasp – Sirex noctilio. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 2011.
  2. Hurley, B. P., et al. (2007). A comparison of control results for the alien invasive woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in the southern hemisphere. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 9(3), 159–71.

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