Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Greater Horntail Wasp)

Interactions where Urocerus gigas is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva feeds on wood rot imperfect state Amylostereum chailletii Powdered Duster Russulales: Amylostereaceae Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Siricidae/Urocerus gigas/Urocerus gigasgreater horntail wasplarva Fungus / feeder /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum chailletii/Amylostereum chailletiipowdered dusterwood rotimperfect state
larva larva feeds within wood UK/IrelandRestricted PINACEAE pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches Pinales Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Siricidae/Urocerus gigas/Urocerus gigasgreater horntail wasplarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinaceaepines, firs, spruces, cedars, larcheswoodSole

Interactions where Urocerus gigas is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
mycangial pouches mycangial pouches of female spreads conidium Amylostereum chailletii Powdered Duster Russulales: Amylostereaceae Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Russulales/Amylostereaceae/Amylostereum chailletii/Amylostereum chailletiipowdered dusterconidium Animal / vector /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Siricidae/Urocerus gigas/Urocerus gigasgreater horntail waspmycangial pouchesfemale conidium is spread by mycangial pouches of female

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1951Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(a), 49pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005FungiNew Naturalist, 96, 594pp, HarperCollins

Urocerus gigas (Greater Horntail Wasp) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Urocerus gigas (Greater Horntail Wasp) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesUrocerus gigas (Greater Horntail Wasp)
GenusUrocerus (horntails)
FamilySIRICIDAE (horntail)
SuperfamilySIRICOIDEA (woodwasps)
SuborderSYMPHYTA (sawflies)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Urocerus gigas (Greater Horntail Wasp)

Urocerus gigas (Greater Horntail Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Spradbery, J.P. & Kirk, A.A. 1981 Experimental studies on the responses of European siricid woodwasps to host trees Ann. appl. Biol. Vol 98: 179-185.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Urocerus gigas (Greater Horntail Wasp):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 22 images of Urocerus gigas (Greater Horntail Wasp)
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