Anaxyelidae
Family of sawflies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anaxyelidae is a family of incense cedar wood wasps in the order Hymenoptera. It contains only one living genus, Syntexis, which has only a single species, native to Western North America.[1][2][3] Fossils of the family extend back to the Middle Jurassic, belonging to over a dozen extinct genera, with a particularly high diversity during the Early Cretaceous. Syntexis lay eggs in the sapwood of conifers, preferring recently burnt wood.[4]
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Anaxyelidae | |
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Syntexis libocedrii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
(unranked): | Unicalcarida |
Superfamily: | Siricoidea |
Family: | Anaxyelidae Martynov 1925 |
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