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Genus Aphilanthops

Aphilanthops frigidus - female Sand wasp - Aphilanthopus? - Aphilanthops frigidus - female small smooth and shiny wasp - Ancistrocerus? - Aphilanthops frigidus Sand wasp? - Aphilanthops frigidus - female mystery wasp - Aphilanthops frigidus Crabronidae Ant Queen Kidnapping Wasp Aphilanthops frigidus - Aphilanthops frigidus - female Perhaps an Aphilanthops frigidus male? - Aphilanthops Crabronid - Aphilanthops frigidus - 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 Philanthinae
Tribe Aphilanthopini
Genus Aphilanthops
Explanation of Names
Aphilanthops Patton 1881
Numbers
4 spp. in the genus, all in our area(1)
Habitat
Nest in ground(2)
Food
nests provisioned with winged queen ants(2)
Works Cited
1.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
2.California wasps of the subfamily Philanthinae (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
Bohart R.M., Grissell E.E. 1975. Bull. Calif. Insect Survey 19: 1-92.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 12 December, 2005 - 12:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 11 April, 2023 - 12:58pm

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