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 (Curran, 1923) Xyela altenhoferi Blank, 2013 Xyela alpigena (Strobl, 1895) Xyela bakeri Konow, 1898 Xyela brunneiceps Rohwer, 1913 Xyela californica Rohwer, 1913 Xyela cheloma Burdick, 1961 Xyela concava Burdick, 1961 Xyela curva Benson, 1938 Xyela densiflorae Blank & Shinohara, 2005 Xyela deserti Burdick, 1961 Xyela dodgei Greenbaum, 1974 Xyela exilicornis Maa, 1949 Xyela fusca Blank, Kramp & Shinohara, 2017 Xyela gallicaulis D.R. Smith, 1970 Xyela graeca J.P.E.F. Stein, 1876 Xyela heldreichii Blank, 2013 Xyela helvetica (Benson, 1961) Xyela intrabilis MacGillivray, 1923 Xyela japonica Rohwer, 1910 Xyela julii (Brébisson, 1818) Xyela kamtshatica Gussakovskij, 1935 Xyela koraiensis Blank & Shinohara, 2013 Xyela linsleyi Burdick, 1961 Xyela longula Dalman, 1819 Xyela lugdunensis (Berland, 1943) Xyela lunata Burdick, 1961 Xyela menelaus Benson, 1960 Xyela meridionalis Shinohara, 1983 Xyela middlekauffi Burdick, 1961 Xyela minor Norton, 1869 Xyela obscura (Strobl, 1895) Xyela occidentalis Blank & Shinohara, 2005 Xyela par Blank & Shinohara, 2005 Xyela peuce Blank, 2013 Xyela pini Rohwer, 1913 Xyela priceae Burdick, 1961 Xyela pumilae Blank & Shinohara, 2013 Xyela radiatae Burdick, 1961 Xyela rasnitsyni Blank & Shinohara, 2013 Xyela serrata Burdick, 1961 Xyela sibiricae Blank, 2013 Xyela sinicola Maa, 1947 Xyela styrax Burdick, 1961 Xyela tecta Blank & Shinohara, 2005 Xyela uncinatae Blank, 2013 Xyela ussuriensis Rasnitsyn, 1965 Xyela variegata Rohwer, 1910 †Xyela florissantensis Rasnitsyn, 1995 †Xyela latipennis Statz, 1936 †Xyela magna Statz, 1936 †Xyela micrura Rasnitsyn, 1995 Subgenus Mesoxyela †Xyela mesozoica Rasnitsyn, 1965 Subgenus Pinicolites †Xyela graciosa (Meunier, 1920) †Xyela lata D.R. Smith, 1990
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