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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Oxybelini » Oxybelus

Genus Oxybelus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
bee ID? - Oxybelus wasp - Oxybelus Social bee, wasp or fly - Oxybelus Unknown Oxybelus wasp - Oxybelus - female Oxybelus Small bee or wasp with large eyes - Oxybelus White-striped black hymenopteran on Euphorbia esula - Oxybelus Wasp on Euphorbia esula - another Oxybelus? - Oxybelus
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 (Square-headed Wasps)
Tribe Oxybelini
Genus Oxybelus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
CA fauna revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Oxybelus Latreille 1796
Numbers
43 spp. in our area, of which one (O. bipunctatus) is introduced(2); >260 spp. total(3)
Habitat
Along shores of streams and rivers, where they nest in sand.
Remarks
Females nest in sand and capture flies to feed their offspring. Females of O. quadrinotatum carry their prey impaled on the stinger.(1)
See Also
Euparagia
Works Cited
1.California wasps of the genus Oxybelus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Crabroninae)
Bohart R.M. and Schlinger E.I. 1957. Bulletin of the California Insect Survey 4(4): 103-142.
2.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
3.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 26 July, 2006 - 3:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Ted Kropiewnicki, John S. Ascher, ceiseman, v belov, Edward Ruden, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 23 June, 2022 - 12:36pm

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