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Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Lesser Horntail Wasp)

Suggested Literature

Sirex noctilio 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

Sirex noctilio is associated with:

female, mycangial pouches Amylostereum areolatum - a resupinate fungus (Russulales: Stereaceae) mycangial pouches of female spreads conidia Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 [conidiospores carried in specially-evolved mycangial pouches and released through the ovipositor during egg-laying]
larva Amylostereum areolatum - a resupinate fungus (Russulales: Stereaceae) larva feeds on wood rot imperfect state Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005

There may be more taxa associated with Sirex noctilio listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Sirex noctilio:

Sirex noctilio 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

Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005 Fungi

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