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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Philanthinae » Aphilanthopini » Clypeadon

Genus Clypeadon

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Crabronid wasp? - Clypeadon Wasp - Clypeadon wasp - Clypeadon Crabronidae - Clypeadon bee or wasp? - Clypeadon Clypeadon? - Clypeadon - male wasp - Clypeadon - female No. Colorado Clypeadon - Clypeadon
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 Philanthinae
Tribe Aphilanthopini
Genus Clypeadon
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Listropygia
Numbers
9 spp. in the genus, all in our area(1)
Identification
Females: terminal abdominal segments modified into a "clamp" to transport prey.
Range
sw US (most spp.); Mexico(1)
Habitat
Arid desert habitats where harvester ants are found.
Food
Adult females secure worker harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex spp.) as food for their offspring, storing the paralyzed ants in a burrow in the soil.
Remarks
I once witnessed a female of this genus attacking harvester ants, right at the nest mound! She would fly close to the ground, single-out a potential victim, land, and attempt to sting it. She would then take off again if other worker ants would come to the aid of their comrade.
Works Cited
1.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 20 December, 2007 - 4:49pm
Additional contributions by Bug Eric, v belov
Last updated 30 October, 2010 - 6:37pm

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