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Species Isodontia exornata

Isodontia sp.? - Isodontia exornata Thread-Waisted Wasp? - Isodontia exornata Isodontia exornata small thread-waisted wasp - Isodontia exornata Isodontia exornata? - Isodontia exornata Isodontia or Podium - Isodontia exornata - female Isodontia exornata Isodontia exornata? - Isodontia exornata
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 (minus Anthophila) - Apoid Wasps)
Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
Subfamily Sphecinae
Tribe Sphecini
Genus Isodontia (Grass-carrying Wasps)
Species exornata (Isodontia exornata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Isodontia exornata Fernald, 1903
Range
southeastern United States (Georgia, Florida, Alabama) west to Texas (fig. 19). Murray (1951) reported it in North Carolina (update: BG record now in guide).