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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) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Crabronini » Crabronina » Crabro

Genus Crabro

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
wasp - Crabro tumidus - male I Think It's A Fly - Crabro latipes - male 3008963 Crabronid - Crabro cingulatus - male Crabronidae Crabro - Shield-handed Squareheads Female - Crabro - female Cerceris again? - Crabro Crabro latipes? - Crabro - male sawfly? - Crabro - male Crabro - male
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 Crabronini
Subtribe Crabronina
Genus Crabro
Other Common Names
Shield-handed square-headed wasps
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
reviewed in (1)
Explanation of Names
Crabro Fabricius 1775
Numbers
46 spp. in our area(2), ~90 total(3)
Range
mostly holarctic, widespread in NA and the Palaearctic(3)
Remarks
Male's front tibiae greatly expanded [except in C. hilaris species group] to cover the female's eyes during mating. The plates don't blind her, but apparently filter light in such a way that she recognizes this is a male of her own species. —Eric Eaton's comment
Works Cited
1.A review of the Nearctic species of Crabro (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
Bohart R.M. 1976. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 102: 229-287.
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
3.Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 7 June, 2005 - 7:24pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, Mike Quinn, John S. Ascher, v belov, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 21 May, 2023 - 3:26pm

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