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Tachytes aurulentus
Species
Tachytes aurulentus
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 (Square-headed Wasps)
Tribe
Larrini
Subtribe
Gastrosericina
Genus
Tachytes
Species
aurulentus
(Tachytes aurulentus)
Identification
The males have the basal antennae segments F2 to F4 slightly convex, on the ventral side.
(
1
)
♂
Compare with
Tachytes grisselli
(below)
Range
U.S. west to Wyoming, Arizona
(
1
)
See Also
Tachytes grisselli
: ♂
(Florida only)
Internet References
~
BOLDSYSTEMS website page for
Tachytes aurulentus
- Specimens identified by DNA testing
Works Cited
1.
A key to the genus Tachytes in America north of Mexico with descriptions of three new species (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Larrinae)
Richard Bohart. 1994. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 96:342-349.
Contributed by
Matthias Buck
on 6 May, 2008 - 10:22am
Additional contributions by
Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 April, 2017 - 6:52pm