Urocerus gigas Linnaeus 1758

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Siricidae

Alternative combinations: Ichneumon gigas, Sirex gigas

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Urocerus according to J. Böcher 1995

See also Fabricius 1775, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1776 and Scopoli 1763

Sister taxa: Urocerus dorbnikensis, Urocerus ligniticus, Urocerus patagonicus

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Urocerus gigas in the database

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