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Tribe Cercerini

bee - Eucerceris Weevil Wasp  - Cerceris fumipennis Black and Yellow Wasp - Cerceris Wasp on Stillingia aquatica - Cerceris - male Cerceris fumipennis Cerceris flavofasciata? - Cerceris Cerceris (2) - Cerceris Cerceris on Goldenrod - Cerceris - 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)
No Taxon (Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps)
Family Crabronidae (Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies)
Subfamily Philanthinae
Tribe Cercerini
Explanation of Names
Cercerini Lepeletier 1845
Numbers
2 genera in the tribe, with ~110 spp. in our area(1) and >900 spp. worldwide (of which 870 Cerceris spp.)(2)
Identification
The two genera can be distinguished by forewing venation. In Eucerceris the outer vein of the third submarginal cell meets the marginal cell near its (the marginal cell's) tip; in Cerceris, it meets the marginal cell closer to its center. (Matthias Buck)
Euerceris Cerceris
Range
worldwide
Food
nests provisioned with beetles (Chrysomelidae, Buprestidae, Curculionidae)