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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) » Philanthinae » Cercerini » Cerceris » Cerceris insolita

Species Cerceris insolita

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Weevil Wasp (Cerceris insolita) - Cerceris insolita - female 9013630 Crabronid - Cerceris insolita - female Wasp73 - Cerceris insolita Wasp 052718mtm - Cerceris insolita Cerceris insolita? - Cerceris insolita Cerceris sp? - Cerceris insolita Cerceris sp? - Cerceris insolita Cerceris sp.? Possibly insolita? - Cerceris insolita
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 Philanthinae
Tribe Cercerini
Genus Cerceris
Species insolita (Cerceris insolita)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cerceris insolita albida Mickel 1916, C. i. atrafemori Scullen 1965, C. intractibilis Scullen 1965
Explanation of Names
Cerceris insolita Cresson 1865
Identification
all-black T2 diagnostic (Matthias Buck)
♂ ♀ Mating
Range
se.Canada to FL-AZ to Costa Rica (map)(1)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 6 December, 2006 - 3:14pm
Additional contributions by Ted Kropiewnicki, v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 8 November, 2024 - 5:52pm

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