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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae » Crabronidae » Bembicinae » Sand Wasps (Bembicini) » Handlirschiina

Subtribe Handlirschiina

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Really HUGE Waspy thing - Sphecius speciosus - female Cerceris? - Sphecius speciosus Wasp - Large black with yellow markings and reddish-brown eyes (back view for markings). - Sphecius speciosus Our western Cicada killers are brown - Sphecius grandis Wasp with cicada - Sphecius speciosus Busy Bee - Sphecius speciosus - male Cicada Killer - Sphecius speciosus - female Eastern cicada killer - Sphecius speciosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae)
Family Crabronidae
Subfamily Bembicinae
Tribe Bembicini (Sand Wasps)
Subtribe Handlirschiina
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 4 April, 2008 - 2:30pm

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