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Subtribe Crabronina

Square-headed Wasp - Ectemnius cephalotes wasp - Ectemnius continuus Crabro - Crabro latipes - male Wasp - Ectemnius maculosus Shield-handed Squarehead Wasp - Crabro - male Ectemnius lapidarius nesting in tree stump - Ectemnius lapidarius Square-headed Wasp? - female Two mating Crabronidae on foliage
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 Crabronidae (Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies)
Subfamily Crabroninae (Square-headed Wasps)
Tribe Crabronini
Subtribe Crabronina
Numbers
~150 spp. in 10 genera in our area(1), ~1360 spp. in 44 genera worldwide(2)