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Checklist for Family Crabronidae Latreille, 1802 (Bee Wolves)
and region Illinois (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
611
5949
13945
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
608
5944
13941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
568
5782
13587
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
364
4710
11165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1089
2803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
59
1001
2628
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
337
1393
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
151
878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCrabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Wolves, Cicadakillers, Crabronid wasps, Mud daubers
55
232
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Illinois
55 Genera with 232 Species
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Alysson Panzer, 18874SpeciesTaxom
Ammatomus A. Costa, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Anacrabro Packard, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Aphilanthops Patton, 1856Ant Queen Kidnapping Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Argogorytes Ashmead, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Astata Latreille, 18244SpeciesTaxom
Bembecinus A. Costa, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Bembix Fabricius, 1872Sand Wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Bicyrtes Lepeletier d..., 1824Stink Bug Hunter Wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Cerceris Latreille, 1865Weevil Wasp46SpeciesTaxom
Clitemnestra Spinola, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Clypeadon Patton, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Crabro Fabricius, 18676SpeciesTaxom
Crossocerus Lepeletier d..., 19449SpeciesTaxom
Dasyproctus Lepeletier d..., 18351SpeciesTaxom
Didineis Wesmael, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Diodontus Curtis, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Ectemnius Dahlbom, 1824Squarehead Wasp15SpeciesTaxom
Enoplolindenius Rohwer, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Epinysson Pate, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Eucerceris Cresson, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Glenostictia Gillaspy, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Gorytes Latreille, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Hoplisoides Gribodo, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Larra Fabricius, 1804Mole Cricket Hunters2SpeciesTaxom
Larropsis Patton, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Lestica Billberg, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Lindenius Lepeletier d..., 18922SpeciesTaxom
Liris Fabricius, 18111SpeciesTaxom
Lyroda Say, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Microbembex Patton, 18242SpeciesTaxom
Mimesa Shuckard, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Mimumesa Malloch, 18375SpeciesTaxom
Nysson Latreille, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Oxybelus Latreille, 175811SpeciesTaxom
Palarus Latreille, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Passaloecus Shuckard, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Pemphredon Latreille, 18452SpeciesTaxom
Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Philanthus Fabricius, 1798Bee-hunters16SpeciesTaxom
Pison Spinola, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Pluto Pate, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Psenulus Kohl, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalum Stephens, 18672SpeciesTaxom
Saygorytes Nemkov, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Sphecius Dahlbom, 1773Cicada killer wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Steniolia Say, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Stictia Illiger, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Stizoides Guérin-Ménev..., 18231SpeciesTaxom
Stizus Latreille, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Tachysphex Kohl, 1982Black cockroach hunter16SpeciesTaxom
Tachytes Panzer, 18379SpeciesTaxom
Trypoxylon Latreille, 194013SpeciesTaxom
Xenosphex F. Williams, 1954
0SpeciesTaxom
Zanysson Rohwer, 18721SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Illinois
232 Species
Alysson guignardi Provancher, 1887Lens pod milkvetch
Alysson melleus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Alysson oppositus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Alysson triangulifer Provancher, 1887Lens pod milkvetch
Ammatomus elongatulus Turner, 1920
Anacrabro ocellatus Packard, 1866
Aphilanthops foxi Dunning, 1898
Aphilanthops frigidus Smith, 1856Queen Ant Kidnapper
Argogorytes nigrifrons Smith, 1856
Astata bakeri Parker, 1962
Astata bicolor Say, 1823
Astata leuthstromi Ashmead, 1897
Astata unicolor (Say, 1824)⇒ Astata nigra F. Smith, 1856
Bembecinus nanus Handlirsch, 1892
Bembix albofasciata F. Smith, 1873
Bembix americana Fabricius, 1793American Sand Wasp
Bembix amoena Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix belfragei Cresson, 1873
Bembix capensis Lepeletier, 1845
Bembix nubilipennis Cresson, 1872
Bembix sayi Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Bembix texana Cresson, 1872
Bicyrtes capnopterus Handlirsch, 1889
Bicyrtes fodiens Handlirsch, 1889
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus Say, 1824Four-Banded Stink Bug Hunter Wasp
Bicyrtes ventralis Say, 1824
Cerceris acanthophila (Cockerell, 1897)⇒ Cerceris huachuca Banks, 1947
Cerceris alaope Banks, 1912Shadow driftfish
Cerceris amakosa Brauns, 1926
Cerceris arelate Banks, 1912Shadow driftfish
Cerceris armaticeps Cameron, 1910Mokihana
Cerceris astarte Banks, 1913
Cerceris atramontensis Banks, 1913
Cerceris bicornuta (Guérin-Ménev..., 1844)⇒ Cerceris pedetes Kohl, 1887
Cerceris blakei Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris bothavillensis Brauns, 1926
Cerceris bridwelli Scullen, 1965
Cerceris butleri Scullen, 1965
Cerceris californica Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris clypeata (Dahlbom, 1844)⇒ Cerceris prominens Banks, 1912
Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris compar Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris crucis Viereck & Co..., 1904
Cerceris dentifrons Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris deserta Say, 1824
Cerceris echo Mickel, 1916
Cerceris erythrosoma Schletterer, 1887
Cerceris finitima (Cresson, 1865)⇒ Cerceris arelate Banks, 1912
Cerceris flavofasciata Smith, 1908
Cerceris formosa Dahlbom, 1845Alani
Cerceris frontata Say, 1823
Cerceris fumipennis Say, 1837Smokey winged beetle bandit wasp
Cerceris gnarina Banks, 1913
Cerceris halone Banks, 1912Shadow driftfish
Cerceris insolita Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris jucunda Cresson, 1872
Cerceris kennicottii Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris mandibularis Patton, 1881
Cerceris minuscula (Turner, 1910)⇒ Cerceris windorum Tsuneki, 1968
Cerceris nigrescens Smith, 1856
Cerceris nitidoides Ferguson, 1984White meadowfoam
Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866
Cerceris pearstonensis Cameron, 1905
Cerceris prominens Banks, 1912Shadow driftfish
Cerceris ruficauda Cameron, 1905Mokihana
Cerceris rufinoda (Cresson, 1865)⇒ Cerceris crucis Viereck & Co..., 1904
Cerceris rufopicta Smith, 1856
Cerceris spinicaudata Cameron, 1905Mokihana
Cerceris tetradonta Cameron, 1890
Cerceris tricolorata Spinola, 1839Fire on the mountain
Cerceris varicincta Cameron, 1905
Cerceris vicina Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Clitemnestra bipunctata Say, 1824
Clypeadon bechteli R. Bohart, 1959
Clypeadon utahensis Baker, 1895
Crabro advena Smith, 1856
Crabro argusinus Bohart, 1976
Crabro cingulatus Packard, 1867
Crabro cognatus Fox, 1895
Crabro latipes Smith, 1856
Crabro tumidus Packard, 1867
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) annulipes Lepeletier &..., 1835
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) impressifrons Smith, 1856
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) nitidiventris Fox, 1892
Crossocerus (Crossocerus) elongatulus Vander Linden, 1829Slender Digger Wasp
Crossocerus harringtonii Fox, 1895
Crossocerus lentus Fox, 1895
Crossocerus minimus Packard, 1867
Crossocerus similis Fox, 1895
Crossocerus stictochilos Pate, 1944
Dasyproctus bipunctatus Lepeletier &..., 1835
Diodontus rugosus Fox, 1892
Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) lapidarius Panzer, 1804
Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) ruficornis (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Ectemnius arcuatus Say, 1837
Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) sexcinctus Fabricius, 1775
Ectemnius (Ectemnius) dives Lepeletier &..., 1835
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) arcuatus Say, 1837
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) continuus Fabricius, 1804Common Ectemnius
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) decemmaculatus Say, 1823
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) scaber Lepeletier &..., 1834
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) stirpicola Packard, 1866
Ectemnius (Metacrabro) cephalotes (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Ectemnius cavifrons Thomson, 1870
Ectemnius (Metacrabro) maculosus Gmelin, 1790
Ectemnius (Protothyreopus) rufifemur Packard, 1866
Ectemnius atriceps Cresson, 1865
Ectemnius dilectus Cresson, 1865
Ectemnius trifasciatus Say, 1824
Enoplolindenius yucatanensis Cameron, 1891
Epinysson mellipes Cresson, 1882
Eucerceris montana Cresson, 1882
Eucerceris nevadensis Dalla Torre, 1890
Eucerceris provancheri Dalla Torre, 1890
Eucerceris zonata Say, 1823
Glenostictia pictifrons Smith, 1856
Gorytes atricornis Packard, 1867
Gorytes divisus F. Smith, 1856
Gorytes simillimus Smith, 1856
Hoplisoides costalis Cresson, 1872
Hoplisoides denticulatus Packard, 1867
Hoplisoides nebulosus Packard, 1867
Hoplisoides placidus Smith, 1856
Hoplisoides thalia Handlirsch, 1895
Larra analis Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Larra bicolor (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Stizoides amoenus F. Smith, 1856
Larropsis (Ancistromma) distincta Smith, 1856
Larropsis (Larropsis) deserta Bohart & Bohart, 1966
Larropsis (Larropsis) tenuicornis Smith, 1856
Lestica confluenta Say, 1837
Lestica producticollis Packard, 1866
Lindenius buccadentis Mickel, 1916
Lindenius columbianus Kohl, 1892
Liris (Leptolarra) argentatus Beauvois, 1811Crabronid wasp
Lyroda subita Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Microbembex aurata Parker, 1917
Microbembex monodonta Say, 1824
Mimesa cressoni Packard, 1867
Mimesa dawsoni Mickel, 1916
Mimesa gregaria Fox, 1898
Mimesa huron Finnamore, 1980
Mimesa pauper Packard, 1867
Mimesa pygidialis Malloch, 1933
Mimumesa canadensis Malloch, 1933
Mimumesa johnsoni Viereck, 1901Oil beetle
Mimumesa leucopus (Say, 1837)⇒ Mimumesa propinqua Kincaid, 1900
Mimumesa longicornis Fox, 1898
Mimumesa mellipes Say, 1837
Nysson aequalis Patton, 1879
Nysson plagiatus Cresson, 1882
Nysson rufiventris Cresson, 1882
Nysson subtilis Fox, 1896Common beet
Oxybelus emarginatus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Oxybelus inornatus Robertson, 1901
Oxybelus lingula Gerstaecker, 1867
Oxybelus mexicanus Robertson, 1889
Oxybelus niger Robertson, 1889
Oxybelus packardii Robertson, 1889
Oxybelus peringueyi de Saussure, 1892
Oxybelus pitanta Pate, 1943
Oxybelus rubrocaudatus Arnold, 1927
Oxybelus subulatus Robertson, 1889
Oxybelus uniglumis Linnaeus, 1758Common Spiny Digger Wasp
Palarus latifrons Kohl, 1884
Passaloecus cuspidatus Smith, 1856
Pemphredon (Cemonus) inornata Say, 1824Shuckard's Wasp
Pemphredon (Cemonus) rugifera Dahlbom, 1845
Philanthus bilunatus Cresson, 1865Two Moons Beewolf
Philanthus boharti Ferguson, 1983Alani
Philanthus crabroniformis (Smith, 1856)⇒ Philanthus multimaculatus Cameron, 1891
Philanthus gibbosus Fabricius, 1775Bee wolf
Philanthus histrio Arnold, 1951Aleutian macoma
Philanthus lepidus Cresson, 1865Pleasant Beewolf
Philanthus loeflingi Arnold, 1925Loefling´s beewolf
Philanthus multimaculatus Cameron, 1891
Philanthus politus Say, 1824
Philanthus promontorii Arnold, 1925
Philanthus pulcher (Dalla Torre, 1897)⇒ Philanthus politus Say, 1824
Philanthus rugosus Kohl, 1891
Philanthus sanbornii Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Philanthus solivagus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Philanthus triangulum Fabricius, 1775Bee killer
Philanthus ventilabris Fabricius, 1798Bee-killer wasp
Pison montanum (Cameron, 1908)⇒ Pison allonymum Schulz, 1906
Pison transvaalense Cameron, 1910
Pluto tibialis Cresson, 1872
Psenulus trisulcus Fox, 1898
Rhopalum (Corynopus) pedicellatum (Packard, 1867)⇒ Rhopalum coarctatum Scopoli, 1763
Rhopalum (Corynopus) rufigaster Packard, 1867
Saygorytes phaleratus Say, 1837
Sphecius speciosus Drury, 1773Cicada hawk
Steniolia tibialis Handlirsch, 1889
Stictia carolina Fabricius, 1793Horse guard wasp
Stizoides renicinctus Say, 1823
Stizus brevipennis Walsh, 1869
Tachysphex acutus Patton, 1881Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex antennatus Fox, 1894
Tachysphex apicalis Fox, 1893Crabronid wasp
Tachysphex belfragei Cresson, 1872
Tachysphex coquilletti Rohwer, 1911
Tachysphex laevifrons (Smith, 1856)⇒ Tachysphex acutus Patton, 1881
Tachysphex modestus Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex morosus Smith, 1858Cicadakiller
Tachysphex mundus Fox, 1894
Tachysphex punctifrons Fox, 1891
Tachysphex similis Rohwer, 1910Rogue River milkvetch
Tachysphex solaris Pulawski, 1982
Tachysphex tarsatus Say, 1823
Tachysphex terminatus (Smith, 1856)⇒ Tachysphex similis Rohwer, 1910
Tachysphex texanus Cresson, 1873
Tachysphex yolo Pulawski, 1982
Tachytes (Tachyplena) validus Cresson, 1872
Tachytes abdominalis Say, 1823
Tachytes aurulentus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Tachytes crassus Patton, 1881
Tachytes distinctus (Smith, 1856)⇒ Tachytes auricomans Bradley, 1919
Tachytes guatemalensis Cameron, 1889
Tachytes intermedius Viereck, 1906
Tachytes mergus Fox, 1892
Tachytes pepticus (Say, 1837)⇒ Tachytes sayi Banks, 1942
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) californicum Saussure, 1867
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) clavatum (Say, 1837)⇒ Trypoxylon frigidum Smith, 1856
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) collinum Smith, 1856
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) lactitarse Saussure, 1867
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) politum Drury, 1773Organ-pipe mud dauber wasp
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tridentatum Packard, 1867
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) bidentatum Fox, 1891
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) carinatum Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) clarkei Krombein, 1962
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) frigidum Smith, 1856
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) johnsoni Fox, 1891
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) pennsylvanicum (Saussure, 1867)⇒ Trypoxylon attenuatum F. Smith, 1851
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) richardsi Sandhouse, 1940
Zanysson texanus Cresson, 1872

Subnodes of Crabronidae with occurrences in Illinois
SubfamilyAstatinae
Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBembicinae
Latreille, 1802
Sand wasps
21
43
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCrabroninae
Latreille, 1802
Square-headed Wasps
19
98
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyMellininae
Latreille, 1802
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPemphredoninae
Dahlbom, 1835
aphid wasp, Aphid Wasps
7
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhilanthinae
Latreille, 1802
Digger Flies
6
70
Genera
Species

Taxom



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