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Genus Tachysphex

Representative Images

unknown hymenopteran - Tachysphex - male Tiny wasp to ID - Tachysphex Blue Eyed Sphecid Wasp - Tachysphex - female Red-belly Square-headed Wasp - Tachysphex - female Gastrosericina, Maybe Tachytes? - Tachysphex - female Astata or different shaped Sand Digger - Tachysphex terminatus Astata or different shaped Sand Digger - Tachysphex terminatus Tachysphex with Grasshopper prey - Tachysphex

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 Larrini
Subtribe Gastrosericina
Genus Tachysphex

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

revised in (1)

Explanation of Names

Tachysphex Kohl 1883

Numbers

76 spp. in our area(2), ~450 total(3)

Food

T. cockerellae and T. coquilletti are mantid-hunting

Print References

(4)

Works Cited

1.Revision of North American Tachysphex wasps including Central American and Caribbean species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
Pulawski W.J. 1988. Mem. CAS 10: 1–211.
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
3.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
4.Analysis of ecology, nesting behavior, and prey in North American, Central American, and Caribbean Tachysphex (Hym.:Crabronidae)
Kurczewski F.E. 2010. Northeastern Naturalist 17: 1‒78.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 6 February, 2006 - 4:29pm
Additional contributions by John S. Ascher, v belov, Arturo Santos, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 20 December, 2024 - 7:19pm

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