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Subgenus Trypargilum

Wasp - Trypoxylon Wasp - Trypoxylon lactitarse WaspThreadWaistedw/Red - Trypoxylon politum - female Wasp Nests - Trypoxylon politum Mud Dauber - Trypoxylon politum - female Trypoxylon californicum? - Trypoxylon Trypoxylon californicum? - Trypoxylon Trypoxylon sp. - Trypoxylon - 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 (Square-headed Wasps)
Tribe Trypoxylini
Genus Trypoxylon
No Taxon Subgenus Trypargilum
Numbers
14 spp. in our area(1)(2)
1. Trypoxylon acipipenne: se.AZ
2. Trypoxylon californicum: western (AZ, CA, NM, NV, OR, w.TX, UT, WA)
3. Trypoxylon clavatum: widespread eastern to AZ (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, VA, WI, WV)
4. Trypoxylon collinum: eastern to central (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI)
5. Trypoxylon evansi: s.AZ
6. Trypoxylon lactitarse: eastern (AL, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV)
7. Trypoxylon nitidum: se.TX
8. Trypoxylon occidentalis: AZ
9. Trypoxylon orizabense: s.AZ
10. Trypoxylon politum: central and eastern (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
12. Trypoxylon texense: central to southeastern (NM, TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, OK, AR, TN, NC, SC, MO, KS, CO, NE, IL, KY)
13. Trypoxylon tridentatum: widespread (AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, KS, LA, MD, MI, MO, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV)
14. Trypoxylon xantianum: s.CA
Identification
For keys and descriptions see Coville(2)(1982)