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Species Crossocerus binotatus

Hymenoptera. Crabonidae. - Crossocerus binotatus - female Hymenoptera. Crabonidae. - Crossocerus binotatus - female Hymenoptera. Crabonidae. - Crossocerus binotatus - female Hymenoptera. Crabonidae. - 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 (Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae)
Family Crabronidae
Subfamily Crabroninae (Square-headed Wasps)
Tribe Crabronini
Subtribe Crabronina
Genus Crossocerus (Equilateral Square-headed Wasps)
No Taxon (Subgenus Cuphopterus)
Species binotatus (Crossocerus binotatus)
Explanation of Names
Author: Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and 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.
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 13 August, 2019 - 5:46pm

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