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Genus Eucerceris

Dilley Wasps & Bees for IDs: #2 - Eucerceris provancheri OC Hymenoptera #24 - Eucerceris provancheri Wasp for ID - Eucerceris Philanthinae - Eucerceris Clypoadeon? - Eucerceris Sandhills Hymenoptera 2 - Eucerceris provancheri - male Crabronidae - Eucerceris Cerceris - Eucerceris - female
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 (Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae)
Family Crabronidae
Subfamily Philanthinae
Tribe Cercerini
Genus Eucerceris
Numbers
23 spp. in our area (all in the US, 4 reach Canada), 37 total(1)
Identification
outer veinlet of third submarginal cell meeting marginal cell well beyond its outer third; terga with median or submedian transverse depressions (unlike in Cerceris)(2)
Range
NA (Canada to Costa Rica), most diverse in sw. US and Mexico(1)
Food
Prey: adult Curculionidae(2)
Remarks
Burrows made in ground(2)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2016) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.California wasps of the subfamily Philanthinae (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
Bohart R.M., Grissell E.E. 1975. Bull. Calif. Insect Survey 19: 1-92.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 12 December, 2005 - 12:28pm
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 15 July, 2011 - 10:25am

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