Genus Sphecius - Cicada Killers

Classification · Numbers · Range · Internet References

Cicada Killer Wasp - Sphecius speciosus - male

What kind of hornet? - Sphecius speciosus

Cicada Killer - Sphecius speciosus - male

wasp carrying cicada - Sphecius speciosus

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - 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

Genus Sphecius (Cicada Killers)

Numbers

Nearctica lists 4 species: convallis, grandis, hogardii and speciosus.

Range

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Internet References

University of Florida

U. of Florida, IFAS extension

Prof. Chuck Holliday's Cicada Killer Page

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Lynette
Last updated 2 July, 2008 - 8:55pm

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