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Species Ectemnius cephalotes

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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 Ectemnius
No Taxon (Subgenus Metacrabro)
Species cephalotes (Ectemnius cephalotes)
Explanation of Names
Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier 1792)
Range
Native to Europe (widespread there). It has been naturalized in parts of North America (Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, northeastern and northwestern U.S.).
Internet References
Species profile (Falk 1998)
Contributed by tom murray on 7 September, 2006 - 8:20pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Matthias Buck, v belov
Last updated 14 September, 2017 - 11:17am

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