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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Didineis
Genus
Didineis
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
Bembicinae
Tribe
Alyssontini
Genus
Didineis
Explanation of Names
Didineis
Wesmael 1852
Numbers
7 spp. in our area
(
1
)
, ~30 total
(
2
)
Identification
Key to nearctic species in
Malloch & Rohwer (1930)
Range
mostly Holarctic, with a single sp. in each of Cuba, Bengal, and Kenya
(
2
)
; across NA
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.
Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
Contributed by
Eric R. Eaton
on 16 October, 2007 - 4:17pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
v belov
,
Nathaniel Green
Last updated 24 February, 2022 - 8:13am