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Urocerus gigas
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Subspecies
A number of subspecies have been described, but not all of them are
currently recognized. The following taxa appear to represent genuine
subspecies:
Urocerus gigas gigas Linnaeus, 1758
Urocerus gigas flavicornis Fabricius, 1781
Urocerus gigas orientalis Maa, 1949
Urocerus gigas tibetanus Benson, 1943
Only the nominate form occurs in Germany.
Original
description
Synonyms
Synonymy
of Urocerus gigas gigas:
Ichneumon
gigas
Linnaeus, 1758
Sirex gigas (Linnaeus,
1758)
Sirex gigas gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Urocerus gigas
gigas (Linnaeus,
1758)
Sirex marisca
Linnaeus, 1761
Sirex
hungaricus
Christ,
1791
Sirex psyllius
Fabricius, 1793
Urocerus psyllius (Fabricius, 1793)
Urocerus lefebvre
Guérin, 1833
Sirex lefebvre (Guérin,
1833)
Sirex grandis
Blanchard, 1849
Sirex faustus Costa, 1894
Urocerus gigas taiganus Benson, 1943
Urocerus taiganus (Benson, 1943)
Urocerus gigas montana Ermolenko, 1956
Sirex gigantis auct. (misspelling)
Sirex gigas psillius auct. (misspelling)
Note: the taxon "taiganus" is sometimes regarded as a separate
subspecies. However, there are no clear differences to Urocerus gigas
and the two names are regarded as synonyms.
Identification
Distribution
Biology
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updated on November 5, 2010
This site is online since May 31, 2005
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