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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) » Crabroninae » Trypoxylini

Tribe Trypoxylini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
black & red wasp - Trypoxylon Wasp2 - Trypoxylon Wasp Found in Fort Worth, TX - Trypoxylon punctivertex - female wasp 9193 - Trypoxylon wasp in bee house - Trypoxylon Large Black Wasp -- Ichneumonidae? - Trypoxylon Trypoxylon politum? - Trypoxylon Trypoxylon politum - 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
Tribe Trypoxylini
Explanation of Names
Trypoxylini Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau 1845
Numbers
33 spp. in 3 genera in our area(1), ~850 spp. in 6 genera worldwide(2)
Identification
Easily separated from other Crabroninae by the emarginate inner eye margin.
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 13 July, 2009 - 5:19pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 31 August, 2023 - 9:48pm

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