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Genus Hyptia

Ensign Wasp - Hyptia harpyoides Wasp - Hyptia Hyptia Hyptia ensign wasp - Hyptia - female Hyptia Could this be Hyptia femorata? - Hyptia femorata - female Could this be Hyptia femorata? - Hyptia femorata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Evanioidea (Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps)
Family Evaniidae (Ensign Wasps)
Genus Hyptia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hyptia Illiger, 1807
Numbers
6 North American species (1)(2)
1. Hyptia femorata: w TX
2. Hyptia floridana: southeastern (w. NC, west to LA, south to s. FL)
3. Hyptia harpyoides: eastern (NH, west to se MN, south to nw SC, MS, & n KS)
4. Hyptia oblonga: southern (AL, FL, s GA, LA, MS, TX) [specimen (NMNH)]
5. Hyptia reticulata: eastern (Canada south to s. FL, s. LA, & sw. TX)
6. Hyptia thoracica: eastern (MA, s. ON, WI, & ne. KS south to s. FL & s. TX) [specimen (NMNH)]
Works Cited
1.Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica
2.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 31 March, 2008 - 4:13pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, PaleoJon, bdagley
Last updated 7 October, 2022 - 2:02pm

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