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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Grass-carrying Wasps (Isodontia) » Isodontia apicalis

Species Isodontia apicalis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References
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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)
No Taxon (Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps)
Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
Subfamily Sphecinae
Tribe Sphecini
Genus Isodontia (Grass-carrying Wasps)
Species apicalis (Isodontia apicalis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Isodontia apicalis (Smith, 1856), Sphex apicalis Smith, 1856
Size
Female: 20mm. Male: 18 mm
Identification
Very large head, stocky build; white hairs on thorax. Very similar to I. mexicana. For distinguishing characters see species page.
Range
eastern United States (New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida), westward through Tennessee and Louisiana to Texas (fig. 17). Also in eastern Nebraska and Arizona.
Internet References
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Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 18 October, 2005 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Matthias Buck, anitagould
Last updated 9 February, 2020 - 10:53pm

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