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Species Colocistis crassa

Nocturnal wasp? - Colocistis crassa - male Tiphiid Wasp with Primary Submarginal Isolation (ventral) - Colocistis crassa - male Tiphiid Wasp with Primary Submarginal Isolation (ventral abdomen) - Colocistis crassa - male 2nd Tiphiid Wasp (dorsal bright-light) - Colocistis crassa - male 2nd Tiphiid Wasp (lateral) - Colocistis crassa - male 2nd Tiphiid Wasp (dorsal) - Colocistis crassa - male 2nd Tiphiid Wasp (wings) - Colocistis crassa - male Wasp - Colocistis crassa - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Tiphioidea
Family Tiphiidae (Tiphiid Wasps)
Subfamily Brachycistidinae
Genus Colocistis
Species crassa (Colocistis crassa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Colocistis crassa Bradley, 1917
Size
♂ 9-16mm (1)
♀ ?
Identification
♂
Range
AZ, CA, ID, NM, NV, TX, UT and northern Mexico (1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the brachycistidine genus Colocistis Krombein, 1942 (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae)
Kimsey L.S., Wasbauer M.S. 2013. J. Hymenopt. Res. 33: 1-24.
Contributed by Bob Biagi on 10 April, 2017 - 12:36pm
Last updated 19 April, 2018 - 8:01pm

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