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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 » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sphecinae » Sphecini » Grass-carrying Wasps (Isodontia) » Elegant Grass-carrying Wasp (Isodontia elegans)

Species Isodontia elegans - Elegant Grass-carrying Wasp

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Wasp 4 on seepwillow - Isodontia elegans Grass-carrying wasp - Isodontia elegans - female Type of Sphex? - Isodontia elegans Sphecidae - Isodontia? - Isodontia elegans Wasp - Isodontia elegans Solitary Wasp - Isodontia elegans Red Thread-waisted Wasp - Isodontia elegans Species Isodontia elegans - Isodontia elegans
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 Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
Subfamily Sphecinae
Tribe Sphecini
Genus Isodontia (Grass-carrying Wasps)
Species elegans (Elegant Grass-carrying Wasp)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1856 by Frederick Smith as Sphex elegans
Isodontia elegans
Range
Formerly a Western species, it has been found in the Northeast in the past several years.
Remarks
Coloration is quite variable.
At least part of the genus needs revision. It is possible that elegans (subenus Murrayella) may eventually become a synonym of I. mexicana, or vice versa. (Comments by E. Eaton)
See Also
I. mexicana do not have pale leg segments
Internet References
Cirrus images
Isodontia.
Great Lakes Entomologist.
Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British museum, pt. 2, p.262    Smith's original description of the species
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 11 July, 2005 - 9:02pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Vox Sciurorum, PaleoJon
Last updated 10 February, 2021 - 11:38pm

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