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Genus Colocistis

Red wasp in El Paso, Texas - Colocistis - male Tiphiid wasp - Colocistis Tiphiid wasp - Colocistis Aculeata - Colocistis crassa - male Hymenoptera - Colocistis crassa - male Tiphiid Wasp with Primary Submarginal Isolation (ventral abdomen) - Colocistis crassa - male Male, Brachycistidinae - Colocistis crassa - male Male, Colocistis crassa? - Colocistis - 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)
Superfamily Tiphioidea
Family Tiphiidae (Tiphiid Wasps)
Subfamily Brachycistidinae
Genus Colocistis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aglyptacros Mickel & Krombein 1942
Explanation of Names
Colocistis Krombein 1942
Numbers
10 spp. in our area, 12 total(1)
Identification
Configuration of the submarginal cells in male is unique within the subfamily(2)
• ♀♀ are wingless and harder to identify
Range
se.CA to s.CO, w.TX and Oaxaca, Mexico; in our area, C. eureka, C. segredentata, and C. thermarum restricted to AZ · C. brevis, C. crassa, C. eremi, and C. pilosa restricted to CA · C. castanea CA—AZ · C. paxillata CO · C. sulcata TX(1)