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Genus Didineis

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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 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)