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Species Nysson plagiatus

Black and yellow wasp? - Nysson plagiatus

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 Bembicinae

Tribe Nyssonini

Genus Nysson

No Taxon ("Synnevrus")

Species plagiatus (Nysson plagiatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Synnevrus plagiatus (Cresson 1882)

Explanation of Names

Nysson plagiatus Cresson 1882

Identification

Separated from the similar N. aequalis by the broader yellow stripe on the first segment of the gaster (roughly 2x as wide)

Range

Eastern US(1)

Life Cycle

Krombein et al.(1) cite Sphex ichneumoneus as a questionable host record. BugGuide contributors have observed Nysson plagiatus entering burrows of S. ichneumoneus(great golden digger wasp)(2) and S. nudus (katydid wasp)(3). This is in contrast with its allies, which may be associated with Tachytes.(4)

Remarks

Individuals with reddish parts of the metasoma are known to occur in Texas. --Matthias Buck

Works Cited

1.	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.

2.	Nysson plagiatus

3.	Katydid wasp nest parasite

4.	wasp

Contributed by tom murray on 19 August, 2005 - 10:59pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 7 February, 2022 - 7:22pm

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