Cimbex Explained

Cimbex is a genus of sawflies in the family Cimbicidae.

Selected species

• Cimbex americanus Leach, 1817 – Elm sawfly
• Cimbex connatus (Schrank, 1776)
• Cimbex fagi Zaddach, 1863
• Cimbex femoratus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Birch sawfly
• Cimbex luteus (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Cimbex pacificus Cresson, 1880
• Cimbex quadrimaculatus (O. F. Müller, 1766)^[1]
• Cimbex rubidus Cresson, 1880
• Cimbex semidea Cresson, 1880

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Eocene to the Miocene (from about 37.2 to recent). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in United States, Japan, and China.^[2]

External links

• Biolib
• Fauna Europaea

Notes and References

1. Web site: Taxonomisk information. www.dyntaxa.se.
2. Web site: Fossilworks: Cimbex. fossilworks.org.