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Genus Stigmus

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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 Pemphredoninae
Tribe Pemphredonini
Subtribe Stigmina
Genus Stigmus
Numbers
8 spp. in our area(1), 24 spp. total(2)
Identification
Similar to Spilomena, but metasoma distinctly petiolate.

Key to species in: Krombein, K. V. (1973). Notes on North American Stigmus Panzer (Hymenoptera, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Full Text Here
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 26 September, 2006 - 7:17pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Matthias Buck, v belov, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 13 August, 2021 - 11:09pm

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