Xiphydria longicollis (Geoffroy, 1785)
(a birch or alder woodwasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Xiphydria longicollis (a birch or alder woodwasp)
Genus	Xiphydria (a genus of woodwasps)
Subfamily	XIPHYDRIINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
Family	XIPHYDRIIDAE (a family of woodwasps)
Superfamily	XIPHYDRIOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
Suborder	SYMPHYTA (sawflies)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Xiphydria longicollis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Knight, G.	2006	Recent additions to the British sawfly list	Sawfly Study Group Newsletter Vol 1: 2-6.
	Shaw, M.R. & Liston. A.D.	1985	Xiphydria longicollis (Geoffroy) (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae) new to Britain	Ent. Gazette Vol 36: 233-235.

Xiphydria longicollis (a birch or alder woodwasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Xiphydria
(a genus of woodwasps)

XIPHYDRIOIDEA
(a superfamily of sawflies)

SYMPHYTA
(sawflies)

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

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xiphydria longicollis (a birch or alder woodwasp)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Xiphydria longicollis (a birch or alder woodwasp)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Xiphydria longicollis is also a member of:

Identification Works

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