Xyela curva Benson, 1938
(Curved Daggertail)

Interactions where Xyela curva 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 within unripe male catkin (sporophylls) ForeignRestricted Pinus nigra Austrian Pine Pinales: Pinaceae New and little-known British Xyelidae and Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), Liston, A.D. & Blank, S.M., 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Xyelidae/Xyela curva/Xyela curvacurved daggertaillarva Foodplant / internal feederForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra/Pinus nigraAustrian pineunripemale catkin (sporophylls)Sole

Author & YearTitleSource
Liston, A.D. & Blank, S.M., 2006New and little-known British Xyelidae and Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 142: 219-226.

Xyela curva (Curved Daggertail) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Xyela curva (Curved Daggertail) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXyela curva (Curved Daggertail)
GenusXyela (a genus of sawflies)
TribeXyelini (a tribe of hymenopterans)
SubfamilyXYELINAE (a subfamily of hymenopterans)
FamilyXYELIDAE (daggertail sawflies)
SuperfamilyXYELOIDEA (a superfamily of sawflies)
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 Xyela curva (Curved Daggertail)

Xyela curva (Curved Daggertail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Liston, A.D. & Blank, S.M. 2006 New and little-known British Xyelidae and Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta) Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 142: 219-226.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Xyela curva (Curved Daggertail):

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