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Subgenus Blepharipus

wasp - Crossocerus impressifrons parasitic wasp - Crossocerus impressifrons parasitic wasp - Crossocerus impressifrons Family Crabronidae Crossocerus nitidiventris - Crossocerus nitidiventris - female Crabronina - Crossocerus maculipennis - female Curated male specimen from the CAS - Crossocerus maculipennis - male Crossocerus annulipes - female Crossocerus annulipes - 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 Crabroninae (Square-headed Wasps)
Tribe Crabronini
Subtribe Crabronina
Genus Crossocerus
No Taxon Subgenus Blepharipus
Explanation of Names
Blepharipus Lepeletier & Brullé 1835
Numbers
13 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
Female with pygidial plate more or less excavated, with basal elevation, not flat as in Crossocerus (s.s.). Two species with yellow markings on metasomal terga.
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by v belov on 27 March, 2013 - 1:47pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck
Last updated 10 August, 2019 - 10:06am

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