Genus Crossocerus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited

Curated male specimen from the CAS - Crossocerus maculipennis - male

dead houseguest - Crossocerus elongatulus - 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

Tribe Crabronini (Square-headed Wasps)

Subtribe Crabronina

Genus Crossocerus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

New World fauna revised in (1)

Explanation of Names

Crossocerus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé 1835

Numbers

40 spp. in our area(2), ~250 worldwide(3)

Identification

Distinguishing from similar genera (Crabro, Ectemnius, Lestica)(4):

Ocelli form an equilateral triangle

Orbital foveae absent

Works Cited

1.	Hyménoptères Sphécides Crabroniens des Amériques du genre Crossocerus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835. Leclercq, Jean. 2000. Notes fauniques de Gembloux, n°40, pp. 3-75.

2.	Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

3.	Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)

4.	A key to the species of Ectemnius in America north of Mexico with notes and description of a new species (Hymenoptera:Sphecidae) Bohart R.M., Kimsey L.S. 1979. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 81: 486-498.

Contributed by tom murray on 11 October, 2006 - 9:55pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, John S. Ascher, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 24 February, 2022 - 1:22am

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