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Tremex columba (Linnaeus) (a woodwasp)

Suggested Literature

Tremex columba may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)
SIRICOIDEA
(woodwasps)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Tremex columba is associated with:

female, mycangial pouches Cerrena unicolor - a bracket fungus (Polyporales: Polyporaceae) mycangial pouches of female spreads conidia Foreign Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 [conidiospores carried in specially-evolved mycangial pouches and released through the ovipositor during egg-laying]
Photos larva Acer - maples (Aceraceae) larva feeds within wood Benson, R.B., 1958
Photos larva Quercus - oaks (Fagaceae) larva feeds within wood Benson, R.B., 1958
Photos larva Ulmus - elms (Ulmaceae) larva feeds within wood Benson, R.B., 1958
Photos larva Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees larva feeds within wood Questionable Benson, R.B., 1958
larva Cerrena unicolor - a bracket fungus (Polyporales: Polyporaceae) larva feeds on wood rot imperfect state Foreign Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005

There may be more taxa associated with Tremex columba listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Tremex columba:

Tremex columba may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)

References

Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 Fungi

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