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Species Crossocerus binotatus

Hymenoptera. Crabonidae. - Crossocerus binotatus - female Hymenoptera. Crabonidae. - Crossocerus binotatus - female Crossocerus binotatus - female
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 Crabroninae
Tribe Crabronini (Square-headed Wasps)
Subtribe Crabronina
Genus Crossocerus
No Taxon (Subgenus Cuphopterus)
Species binotatus (Crossocerus binotatus)
Explanation of Names
Crossocerus binotatus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835
Identification
Differs from all North American species by the unusual colour pattern (metasoma richly marked with yellow but spots on tergum 2 much smaller than on following terga; tergum 1 with yellow sides) and the unusually slender first metasomal segment (a few Nearctic species also have a slender first segment but lack yellow markings on the metasoma). A few other European species are very similar.
Range
Central and northern Europe, apparently introduced to Quebec.