Xyela is a genus of sawflies, belonging to the family Xyelidae.
The genus was described in 1819 by Dalman.
Ecology
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Larvae of most species of Xyela live and feed in the developing staminate cones of Pinus (Pine) species. One species, gallicaulis, forms shoot galls. Adults fly early in the spring and are commonly found in large numbers on the catkins of Salix (Willow) or Alnus (Alder) trees near their host plants.
List of species
Subgenus Xyela
- Xyela alberta <small>(Curran, 1923)</small>
- Xyela altenhoferi <small>Blank, 2013</small>
- Xyela alpigena <small>(Strobl, 1895)</small>
- Xyela bakeri <small>Konow, 1898</small>
- Xyela brunneiceps <small>Rohwer, 1913</small>
- Xyela californica <small>Rohwer, 1913</small>
- Xyela cheloma <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela concava <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela curva <small>Benson, 1938</small>
- Xyela densiflorae <small>Blank & Shinohara, 2005</small>
- Xyela deserti <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela dodgei <small>Greenbaum, 1974</small>
- Xyela exilicornis <small>Maa, 1949</small>
- Xyela fusca <small>Blank, Kramp & Shinohara, 2017</small>
- Xyela gallicaulis <small>D.R. Smith, 1970</small>
- Xyela graeca <small>J.P.E.F. Stein, 1876</small>
- Xyela heldreichii <small>Blank, 2013</small>
- Xyela helvetica <small>(Benson, 1961)</small>
- Xyela intrabilis <small>MacGillivray, 1923</small>
- Xyela japonica <small>Rohwer, 1910</small>
- Xyela julii <small>(Brébisson, 1818)</small>
- Xyela kamtshatica <small>Gussakovskij, 1935</small>
- Xyela koraiensis <small>Blank & Shinohara, 2013</small>
- Xyela linsleyi <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela longula <small>Dalman, 1819</small>
- Xyela lugdunensis <small>(Berland, 1943)</small>
- Xyela lunata <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela menelaus <small>Benson, 1960</small>
- Xyela meridionalis <small>Shinohara, 1983</small>
- Xyela middlekauffi <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela minor <small>Norton, 1869</small>
- Xyela obscura <small>(Strobl, 1895)</small>
- Xyela occidentalis <small>Blank & Shinohara, 2005</small>
- Xyela par <small>Blank & Shinohara, 2005</small>
- Xyela peuce <small>Blank, 2013</small>
- Xyela pini <small>Rohwer, 1913</small>
- Xyela priceae <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela pumilae <small>Blank & Shinohara, 2013</small>
- Xyela radiatae <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela rasnitsyni <small>Blank & Shinohara, 2013</small>
- Xyela serrata <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela sibiricae <small>Blank, 2013</small>
- Xyela sinicola <small>Maa, 1947</small>
- Xyela styrax <small>Burdick, 1961</small>
- Xyela tecta <small>Blank & Shinohara, 2005</small>
- Xyela uncinatae <small>Blank, 2013</small>
- Xyela ussuriensis <small>Rasnitsyn, 1965</small>
- Xyela variegata <small>Rohwer, 1910</small>
- â Xyela florissantensis <small>Rasnitsyn, 1995</small>
- â Xyela latipennis <small>Statz, 1936</small>
- â Xyela magna <small>Statz, 1936</small>
- â Xyela micrura <small>Rasnitsyn, 1995</small>
Subgenus Mesoxyela
Subgenus Pinicolites
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