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Xyela deserti is a species of sawfly in the genus Xyela that is endemic to North America. It can be found in Nevada and California. The host for the larvae is Pinus monophylla (single-leaf pinyon).[1]
Xyela deserti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Xyelidae |
Genus: | Xyela |
Species: | X. deserti
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Binomial name | |
Xyela deserti Burdick, 1961
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References
edit- ^ Smith, David R. (1979). "Xyelidae". Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico – Vol. 1 – Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 8.