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Tribe Cercerini

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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)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) 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 John F. Carr on 28 January, 2010 - 4:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov, KenW
Last updated 21 February, 2022 - 1:30am

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