Xyela julii (Brebisson, 1818)
(Short Daggertail)

Interactions where Xyela julii 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
imago imago visits for nectar and/or pollen catkin Major Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Xyelidae/Xyela julii/Xyela juliishort daggertailimago Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchescatkinMajor
imago imago visits for nectar and/or pollen flower [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Xyelidae/Xyela julii/Xyela juliishort daggertailimago Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesflower
larva larva feeds within unripe male catkin (sporophylls) UK/IrelandRestricted Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (a), Benson, R.B., 1951
New and little-known British Xyelidae and Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta), Liston, A.D. & Blank, S.M., 2006
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Xyelidae/Xyela julii/Xyela juliishort daggertaillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineunripemale catkin (sporophylls)Sole

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

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesXyela julii (Short 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 julii (Short Daggertail)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Xyela julii (Short Daggertail):

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