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Genus Eusapyga

Eusapyga verticalis - female Eusapyga verticalis - female Sapygid Wasp in California - Eusapyga verticalis - male Perhaps a Tiphiid? - Eusapyga verticalis Perhaps a Tiphiid? - Eusapyga verticalis Perhaps a Tiphiid? - Eusapyga verticalis Eusapyga rubripes Eusapyga rubripes
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)
Superfamily Pompiloidea (Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies)
Family Sapygidae (Club-horned Wasps)
Subfamily Sapyginae
Genus Eusapyga
Explanation of Names
Eusapyga Cresson, 1880
= from the Greek εὖ- (eû-, ef-) 'good, well' by extension 'true' in taxonomic names + the genus name Sapyga
Sapyga= from the Greek σαός (saos) 'safe, well, whole' + πῡγή (pȳgé) 'rump, buttocks, tail'
Numbers
5 spp. in our area:(1)(2)
1. Eusapyga californica: CA
2. Eusapyga intermedia: CA
3. Eusapyga nigripes: NV
4a. Eusapyga rubripes carolina: NC
4b. Eusapyga rubripes proxima: CO, MT, WY
4c. Eusapyga rubripes rubripes: CO, TX
5. Eusapyga verticalis: CA, NV
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
2.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 26 July, 2007 - 2:32pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 10 April, 2024 - 9:41pm

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