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Cryptocheilus severini
Species
Cryptocheilus severini
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)
Superfamily
Pompiloidea (Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies)
Family
Pompilidae (Spider Wasps)
Subfamily
Pepsinae
Tribe
Pepsini (Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies)
Genus
Cryptocheilus
Species
severini
(Cryptocheilus severini)
Range
NM, AZ, s.CA
(
1
)
Food
Larval host: Lycosidae (
Tigrosa
sp.?)
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
2.
First host record for the spider wasp Cryptocheilus severini Banks (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae)
Frank E. Kurczewski, Rick C. West, James P. Pitts, & Cecilia Waichert. 2022. Insecta Mundi, 0935: 1-4.
Contributed by
Nick Fensler
on 9 August, 2006 - 1:34pm
Additional contributions by
PaleoJon
Last updated 18 July, 2022 - 4:42pm