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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
589
7913
22353
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
586
7905
22347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
557
7770
22009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
364
6349
18517
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
68
969
2887
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
59
916
2824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
25
405
2051
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
186
1294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCrabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Wolves, Cicadakillers, Crabronid wasps, Mud daubers
60
225
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Texas
60 Genera with 225 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPSTZ
Alysson Panzer, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Ammoplanops Gussakovskij, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Anacrabro Packard, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Argogorytes Ashmead, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Arigorytes Rohwer, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Astata Latreille, 18244SpeciesTaxom
Bembecinus A. Costa, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Bembix Fabricius, 1872Sand Wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Bicyrtes Lepeletier d..., 1889Stink Bug Hunter Wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Bothynostethus Kohl, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Brachystegus A. Costa, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cerceris Latreille, 1947Weevil Wasp33SpeciesTaxom
Clitemnestra Spinola, 18241SpeciesTaxom
Crabro Fabricius, 18885SpeciesTaxom
Crossocerus Lepeletier d..., 18562SpeciesTaxom
Didineis Wesmael, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Ectemnius Dahlbom, 1824Squarehead Wasp12SpeciesTaxom
Enoplolindenius Rohwer, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Epinysson Pate, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Eucerceris Cresson, 18797SpeciesTaxom
Glenostictia Gillaspy, 19286SpeciesTaxom
Gorytes Latreille, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Hapalomellinus Ashmead, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Hoplisoides Gribodo, 18685SpeciesTaxom
Larra Fabricius, 1804Mole Cricket Hunters1SpeciesTaxom
Larropsis Patton, 19666SpeciesTaxom
Lestica Billberg, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Lindenius Lepeletier d..., 18922SpeciesTaxom
Liris Fabricius, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Metanysson Ashmead, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Microbembex Patton, 18885SpeciesTaxom
Microstictia Gillaspy, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Miscophus Jurine, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Nysson Latreille, 18824SpeciesTaxom
Oxybelus Latreille, 189410SpeciesTaxom
Passaloecus Shuckard, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Pemphredon Latreille, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949
0SpeciesTaxom
Philanthus Fabricius, 1918Bee-hunters9SpeciesTaxom
Pison Spinola, 1808
0SpeciesTaxom
Pisonopsis W. Fox, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Plenoculus W. Fox, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Pluto Pate, 18726SpeciesTaxom
Psammaletes Pate, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Psen Latreille, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Pseneo Malloch, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Saygorytes Nemkov, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Solierella Spinola, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Sphecius Dahlbom, 1773Cicada killer wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Steniolia Say, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Stictia Illiger, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Stictiella J. Parker, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Stizoides Guérin-Ménev..., 18231SpeciesTaxom
Stizus Latreille, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Tachysphex Kohl, 1856Black cockroach hunter14SpeciesTaxom
Tachytes Panzer, 189219SpeciesTaxom
Tanyoprymnus Cameron, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Trachypus Klug, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Trypoxylon Latreille, 194010SpeciesTaxom
Zanysson Rohwer, 18722SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Texas
225 Species
Alysson melleus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Alysson triangulifer Provancher, 1887Lens pod milkvetch
Ammoplanops cockerelli Ashmead, 1903
Argogorytes nigrifrons Smith, 1856
Arigorytes smohalla Pate, 1947
Astata bechteli Parker, 1962
Astata bicolor Say, 1823
Astata nevadica Cresson, 1881
Astata unicolor (Say, 1824)⇒ Astata nigra F. Smith, 1856
Bembecinus bishoppi Krombein & W..., 1951
Bembecinus neglectus Cresson, 1873
Bembecinus quinquespinosus Say, 1823
Bembix amoena Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix dentilabris (Handlirsch, 1893)⇒ Bembix u-scripta Fox, 1895
Bembix hinei Parker, 1917
Bembix sayi Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Bembix texana Cresson, 1872
Bicyrtes capnopterus Handlirsch, 1889
Bicyrtes fodiens Handlirsch, 1889
Bicyrtes insidiatrix Handlirsch, 1889
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus Say, 1824Four-Banded Stink Bug Hunter Wasp
Bicyrtes ventralis Say, 1824
Bicyrtes viduatus Handlirsch, 1889
Brachystegus foxii
Cerceris acanthophila (Cockerell, 1897)⇒ Cerceris huachuca Banks, 1947
Cerceris aequalis Provancher, 1888Freckled milkvetch
Cerceris bicornuta (Guérin-Ménev..., 1844)⇒ Cerceris pedetes Kohl, 1887
Cerceris californica Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris carrizonensis Banks, 1915
Cerceris clypeata (Dahlbom, 1844)⇒ Cerceris prominens Banks, 1912
Cerceris cochisi Scullen, 1965
Cerceris compacta Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris compar Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris convergens Viereck & Co..., 1904
Cerceris crotonella Viereck & Co..., 1904
Cerceris crucis Viereck & Co..., 1904
Cerceris dilatata Spinola, 1841
Cerceris femurrubrum Viereck & Co..., 1904
Cerceris finitima (Cresson, 1865)⇒ Cerceris arelate Banks, 1912
Cerceris fumipennis Say, 1837Smokey winged beetle bandit wasp
Cerceris gnarina Banks, 1913
Cerceris halone Banks, 1912Shadow driftfish
Cerceris insolita Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris intricata Smith, 1856
Cerceris irene Banks, 1912Shadow driftfish
Cerceris jucunda Cresson, 1872
Cerceris kennicottii Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Cerceris mimica Cresson, 1872
Cerceris occipitomaculata Packard, 1866
Cerceris rufinoda (Cresson, 1865)⇒ Cerceris crucis Viereck & Co..., 1904
Cerceris sexta Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Cerceris squamulifera Mickel, 1916
Cerceris tepaneca Saussure, 1867
Cerceris texana Scullen, 1965Butte County meadowfoam
Cerceris truncata Cameron, 1890
Cerceris verticalis Smith, 1856
Cerceris vierecki Banks, 1947
Clitemnestra bipunctata Say, 1824
Crabro cingulatus Packard, 1867
Crabro lacteipennis Rohwer, 1909
Crabro latipes Smith, 1856
Crabro peltarius Schreber, 1784
Crabro peltista Kohl, 1888
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) annulipes Lepeletier &..., 1835
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) impressifrons Smith, 1856
Didineis texana (Cresson, 1872)⇒ Didineis latimana Malloch & Ro..., 1930
Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) ruficornis (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Ectemnius arcuatus Say, 1837
Ectemnius (Ectemnius) dives Lepeletier &..., 1835
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) continuus Fabricius, 1804Common Ectemnius
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) decemmaculatus Say, 1823
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) rufipes Lepeletier &..., 1834
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) sonorensis Cameron, 1891
Ectemnius (Metacrabro) cephalotes (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Ectemnius cavifrons Thomson, 1870
Ectemnius (Metacrabro) maculosus Gmelin, 1790
Ectemnius (Protothyreopus) rufifemur Packard, 1866
Ectemnius besseyae Rohwer, 1908
Ectemnius satan Pate, 1946
Ectemnius trifasciatus Say, 1824
Enoplolindenius partamona Pate, 1942
Epinysson bellus Cresson, 1882
Eucerceris bitruncata Scullen, 1939
Eucerceris canaliculata Say, 1823
Eucerceris conata Scullen, 1939
Eucerceris montana Cresson, 1882
Eucerceris rubripes Cresson, 1879
Eucerceris sinuata Scullen, 1939
Eucerceris vittatifrons Cresson, 1879
Glenostictia clypeata Gillaspy, 1959
Glenostictia gilva Gillaspy, 1963
Glenostictia pictifrons Smith, 1856
Glenostictia scitula Fox, 1895
Glenostictia tenuicornis Fox, 1895
Glenostictia terlinguae Fox, 1928
Gorytes abdominalis Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Gorytes mellinoides W.Fox, 1896
Gorytes simillimus Smith, 1856
Hapalomellinus albitomentosus Bradley, 1920
Hoplisoides costalis Cresson, 1872
Hoplisoides denticulatus Packard, 1867
Hoplisoides nebulosus Packard, 1867
Hoplisoides pygidialis W. Fox, 1896
Hoplisoides tricolor Cresson, 1868
Larra bicolor (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Stizoides amoenus F. Smith, 1856
Larropsis (Ancistromma) portiana Rohwer, 1911
Larropsis (Larropsis) elegans Bohart & Bohart, 1966
Larropsis (Larropsis) filicornis Rohwer, 1911
Larropsis (Larropsis) texensis Bohart & Bohart, 1966
Larropsis interoculans G.E.Bohart &..., 1966
Larropsis sparsa Bohart & Bohart, 1966
Lestica confluenta Say, 1837
Lestica producticollis Packard, 1866
Lindenius clypeatus
Lindenius columbianus Kohl, 1892
Liris (Leptolarra) argentatus Beauvois, 1811Crabronid wasp
Liris (Leptolarra) partitus Krombein, 1984Cultivated beet
Liris argenticauda Cameron, 1889
Metanysson lipan Pate, 1938
Microbembex aurata Parker, 1917
Microbembex bidens J. Parker, 1929
Microbembex hirsuta Parker, 1917
Microbembex monodonta Say, 1824
Microbembex nigrifrons Provancher, 1888
Microstictia minutula (Handlirsch, 1890)⇒ Microstictia exigua W. Fox, 1895
Microstictia rufescens Gillaspy, 1983
Miscophus texanus Ashmead, 1898
Nysson aequalis Patton, 1879
Nysson aurinotus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Nysson intermedius Viereck, 1908
Nysson plagiatus Cresson, 1882
Oxybelus abdominalis Baker, 1896
Oxybelus argenteopilosus Cameron, 1891
Oxybelus cornutus Robertson, 1889
Oxybelus emarginatus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Oxybelus fossor Rohwer & Coc..., 1908
Oxybelus mexicanus Robertson, 1889
Oxybelus packardii Robertson, 1889
Oxybelus subcornutus Cockerell, 1895
Oxybelus taenigaster Viereck, 1906
Oxybelus ventralis Fox, 1894
Passaloecus melanocrus Rohwer, 1911
Passaloecus relativus (Fox, 1892)⇒ Passaloecus areolatus Vincent, 1978
Pemphredon (Cemonus) inornata Say, 1824Shuckard's Wasp
Pemphredon bipartior W.Fox, 1892
Philanthus albopilosus Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Philanthus crabroniformis (Smith, 1856)⇒ Philanthus multimaculatus Cameron, 1891
Philanthus gibbosus Fabricius, 1775Bee wolf
Philanthus inversus Patton, 1879
Philanthus multimaculatus Cameron, 1891
Philanthus neomexicanus Strandtmann, 1946
Philanthus politus Say, 1824
Philanthus ventilabris Fabricius, 1798Bee-killer wasp
Philanthus ventralis Mickel, 1918
Pisonopsis birkmanni Rohwer, 1909
Plenoculus davisi Fox, 1893
Plenoculus gillaspyi Krombein, 1938
Plenoculus propinquus Fox, 1894
Pluto aerofacies Malloch, 1933
Pluto angulicornis Malloch, 1933
Pluto minutus Malloch, 1933
Pluto sayi Rohwer, 1910
Pluto texanus Malloch, 1933
Pluto tibialis Cresson, 1872
Psammaletes mexicanus Cameron, 1890Fuchsia begonia
Psen monticola Packard, 1867
Pseneo punctatus Fox, 1898Oil beetle
Saygorytes phaleratus Say, 1837
Solierella hooki Bohart, 1990
Solierella inermis Cresson, 1873
Solierella plenoculoides Fox, 1893
Sphecius convallis Patton, 1879Pacific cicada killer
Sphecius grandis Say, 1823Western cicada killer
Sphecius speciosus Drury, 1773Cicada hawk
Steniolia duplicata Provancher, 1888Freckled milkvetch
Stictia carolina Fabricius, 1793Horse guard wasp
Stictiella formosa Cresson, 1872
Stictiella pulchella Cresson, 1865
Stizoides renicinctus Say, 1823
Stizus texanus Cresson, 1872
Tachysphex acanthophorus Pulawski, 1982
Tachysphex ashmeadii Fox, 1894
Tachysphex belfragei Cresson, 1872
Tachysphex coquilletti Rohwer, 1911
Tachysphex crassiformis Viereck, 1906
Tachysphex laevifrons (Smith, 1856)⇒ Tachysphex acutus Patton, 1881
Tachysphex linsleyi Bohart, 1962
Tachysphex maurus Rohwer, 1911
Tachysphex mundus Fox, 1894
Tachysphex punctifrons Fox, 1891
Tachysphex robustior Williams, 1914
Tachysphex similis Rohwer, 1910Rogue River milkvetch
Tachysphex tarsatus Say, 1823
Tachysphex terminatus (Smith, 1856)⇒ Tachysphex similis Rohwer, 1910
Tachytes (Tachyplena) validus Cresson, 1872
Tachytes abdominalis Say, 1823
Tachytes amazonus F. Smith, 1856
Tachytes aurulentus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Tachytes badius Banks, 1942
Tachytes birkmanni Rohwer, 1909
Tachytes chrysocercus Rohwer, 1911
Tachytes columbiae Fox, 1892
Tachytes distinctus (Smith, 1856)⇒ Tachytes auricomans Bradley, 1919
Tachytes ermineus Banks, 1942
Tachytes floridanus Rohwer, 1920
Tachytes fulviventris Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Tachytes guatemalensis Cameron, 1889
Tachytes intermedius Viereck, 1906
Tachytes mergus Fox, 1892
Tachytes parvus Fox, 1892
Tachytes pepticus (Say, 1837)⇒ Tachytes sayi Banks, 1942
Tachytes sayi Banks, 1942
Tachytes spatulatus Fox, 1892
Tanyoprymnus moneduloides Packard, 1867
Trachypus mexicanus Saussure, 1867
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) clavatum (Say, 1837)⇒ Trypoxylon frigidum Smith, 1856
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) collinum Smith, 1856
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) politum Drury, 1773Organ-pipe mud dauber wasp
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) spinosum Cameron, 1889
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) texense (Saussure, 1867)⇒ Trypoxylon saussurei Rohwer, 1912
Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) tridentatum Packard, 1867
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) fastigium Fox, 1894
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) frigidum Smith, 1856
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) pennsylvanicum (Saussure, 1867)⇒ Trypoxylon attenuatum F. Smith, 1851
Trypoxylon bridwelli Sandhouse, 1940
Zanysson plesius Rohwer, 1921
Zanysson texanus Cresson, 1872

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

Taxom

SubfamilyBembicinae
Latreille, 1802
Sand wasps
28
63
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyCrabroninae
Latreille, 1802
Square-headed Wasps
20
95
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPemphredoninae
Dahlbom, 1835
aphid wasp, Aphid Wasps
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhilanthinae
Latreille, 1802
Digger Flies
5
50
Genera
Species

Taxom



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