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Subtribe Gastrosericina

Hymenoptera with reddish brown abdomen..

Stout wasp - Tachytes guatemalensis - female

Sand Loving Wasp - Tachytes guatemalensis

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 (minus Anthophila) - Apoid Wasps)

Family Crabronidae (Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies)

Subfamily Crabroninae (Square-headed Wasps)

Tribe Larrini

Subtribe Gastrosericina

Numbers

146 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1), ~920 spp. in 9 genera worldwide(2)

Works Cited

1.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

2.	Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato

Contributed by v belov on 31 October, 2010 - 12:15am
Last updated 17 July, 2011 - 10:25pm

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