Sirex
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| Sirex noctilio | |
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| Genus: | Sirex Linnaeus, 1761
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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.
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 cyaneus – blue horntail
- Sirex juvencus – steely-blue woodwasp
- Sirex noctilio – Sirex woodwasp
References
- ^ Sirex Woodwasp – Sirex noctilio. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, 2011.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- Hajek, A. E., et al. (2013). Fidelity among Sirex woodwasps and their fungal symbionts. Microb. Ecol. 65(3) 753-62.
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