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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Trypoxylini » Trypoxylon » Subgenus Trypargilum (Trypoxylon Subgenus Trypargilum)
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Wasp zoo 506 - Trypoxylon
Copyright © 2014 Steve Hahus

Wasp zoo 506 - Trypoxylon
Utica, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
June 25, 2007
Size: 16 mm
Thread-waisted Wasp Species?
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Contributed by Steve Hahus on 24 February, 2014 - 8:27pm
Last updated 12 March, 2014 - 9:21am

Moved
Moved from Trypoxylon.
… John S. Ascher, 12 March, 2014 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

Is it in the thread-waisted w
Is it in the thread-waisted wasp group?
… Steve Hahus, 26 February, 2014 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Look at the string of terms above the pic...
They show you the classification of your specimen. Reading from right to left, you can see that your wasp is in the genus Trypoxylon, the tribe Trypoxylini, the subfamily Crabroninae, the family Crabronidae, etc.

The thread-waisted wasps (Sphecidae) are a closely related family.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 26 February, 2014 - 6:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, still learning where
Thanks, still learning where to find all the info on the site
… Steve Hahus, 27 February, 2014 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 February, 2014 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

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