Life Insecta Hymenoptera Symphyta Siricoidea Siricidae Siricinae

• Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) -. See [maps] Jättiläispuupistiäinen Jättipuupistiäinen

  • Ichneumon gigas Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 560

  • Sirex gigas; ; [iNaturalist]
  • Urocerus gigas; [iNaturalist]

  800x600 (~88Kb) Russia, Moscow area, July 2002, Photo © D. Smirnov

  • U. g. gigas Europe, Siberia, Kamchatka, Kurile Is., Korea, Japan, Algeria, imported (Chile)

    • Urocerus gigas taiganus Benson, 1943; Bull. Ent. Res. 34: 30-31, 30-40, 45

    • Urocerus gigas gigas; [MVi3], 27; [iNaturalist]
    • Urocerus gigas taiganus; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on (Finland) Pinus sylvestris, Picea abies, (outside Finland) Pinus , Abies , Picea , Larix , Pseudotsuga , Chamaecyparis , Cedrus , Populus ?, Fraxinus ?, Salix ?, (fungi Amylostereum chailletii) [MVi3]

  • U. g. flavicornis (Fabricius, 1781) N.America

    • Sirex flavicornis Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 1: 418-419

    • Urocerus flavicornis; [iNaturalist]
    • Urocerus flavicornis Fabricius, 1781;
    • Urocerus gigas flavicornis; [MVi3], 28

    1218x822 (~134Kb) Canada, Nunavit Territory, 100miles S of Baker Lake, early July, 2000, Photo © Nick Miller Urocerus gigas flavicornis det. Matti Viitasaari

    Larva on Abies , Larix , Picea , Pinus , Pseudotsuga [MVi3]

  • U. g. orientalis Maa, 1949 E.Siberia, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Japan, Korea, China
  • U. g. tibetanus Maa, 1949 Tibet

    • Urocerus gigas tibetanus; [iNaturalist]
• Urocerus fantoma (Fabricius, 1781) NEU - Siberia, C.Europe. See [maps] Hiisipuupistiäinen

  • Sirex fantoma Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 1: 419
  • ?Sirex tardigranus Cederhjelm, 1798; Faun. Ingricae Prodr.: 154
  • Xanthosirex phantasma Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1921

  • Sirex phantoma[sic, fantoma];
  • Urocerus fantoma; [MVi3], 28; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Picea , Pinus , Abies , Larix [MVi3]

• Urocerus augur (Klug, 1803) Denmark, C.Europe, N.America, Asia Minor, Armenia, Gruusia. See [maps]

  • Sirex augur Klug, 1803; Monogr. Siricum Germ.: 34-35

  • Urocerus augur; [MVi3], 29; [iNaturalist] ; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Picea , Abies , Larix , Pinus , Juniperus [MVi3]

• Urocerus albicornis (Fabricius, 1781) from (New Foundland - British Columbia) - to (N.Carolina, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, California). See [maps]

  • Sirex albicornis Fabricius, 1781; Spec. Ins. 1: 419

  • Urocerus albicornis; [MVi3], 29; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Pinus , Abies , Picea , Tsuga , Pseudotsuga , Larix , Thuja [MVi3]

• Urocerus californicus Norton, 1869 Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Mexico. See [maps]

  • Urocerus albicornis var. californicus Norton, 1869; Amer. Ent. Soc. Trans. 2: 360

  • Urocerus californicus; [MVi3], 29; [iNaturalist]
  • Urocerus californicus Norton, 1869;

  Larva on Abies , Larix , Libocedrus , Picea , Pinus , Pseudotsuga , Tsuga [MVi3]

• Urocerus cressoni Norton, 1864 Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec), USA (Florida, NA.Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, N.Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin). See [maps]

  • Urocerus cressoni Norton, 1864; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 3: 16

  • Urocerus cressoni; [MVi3], 29; [iNaturalist]

  Larva on Abies , Picea , Pinus [MVi3]

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