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Checklist for Subfamily Crabroninae Latreille, 1802 (Square-headed Wasps)
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
896
13558
47115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
893
13548
47100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
807
13239
46382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
484
10777
40631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
91
1949
9183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
75
1800
8366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
28
543
2706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
218
1521
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCrabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Wolves, Cicadakillers, Crabronid wasps, Mud daubers
66
316
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCrabroninae
Latreille, 1802
Square-headed Wasps
24
137
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Isles
24 Genera with 137 Species
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Crabro Fabricius, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Crossocerus Lepeletier d..., 183533SpeciesTaxom
Dasyproctus Lepeletier d..., 18921SpeciesTaxom
Dicranorhina Shuckard, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Ectemnius Dahlbom, 1824Squarehead Wasp16SpeciesTaxom
Entomognathus Dahlbom, 18291SpeciesTaxom
Larra Fabricius, 1804Mole Cricket Hunters1SpeciesTaxom
Larropsis Patton, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Lestica Billberg, 18663SpeciesTaxom
Lindenius Lepeletier d..., 18294SpeciesTaxom
Liris Fabricius, 19235SpeciesTaxom
Miscophus Jurine, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Nitela Latreille, 19824SpeciesTaxom
Oxybelomorpha Brauns, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Oxybelus Latreille, 18528SpeciesTaxom
Palarus Latreille, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Pison Spinola, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalum Stephens, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Sericophorus F. Smith, 20105SpeciesTaxom
Solierella Spinola, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Tachysphex Kohl, 1977Black cockroach hunter20SpeciesTaxom
Tachytes Panzer, 19176SpeciesTaxom
Trypoxylon Latreille, 192411SpeciesTaxom
Williamsita Pate, 19741SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
137 Species and 5 Subspecies
Crabro cephalotes (Olivier, 1791)⇒ Ectemnius sexcinctus Fabricius, 1775
Crabro cribrarius Linnaeus, 1758Slender Bodied Digger Wasp
Crabro peltarius Schreber, 1784
Crabro scutellatus (SCHEVEN, 1781)⇒ Crossocerus lentus Fox, 1895
Crabro tenuis Fox, 1895
Crossocerus (Ablepharipus) congener (Dahlbom, 1844)⇒ Crossocerus fukuiensis Tsuneki, 1970
Crossocerus (Ablepharipus) podagricus Vander Linden, 1829
Crossocerus (Acanthocrabro) vagabundus Panzer, 1798
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) annulipes Lepeletier &..., 1835
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) capitosus Shuckard, 1837
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) cetratus Shuckard, 1837
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) leucostoma Linnaeus, 1758White Mouthed Digger Wasp
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) leucostomus Linnaeus, 1758
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) megacephalus (Rossi, 1790)⇒ Crossocerus magniceps Tsuneki, 1977
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) nigritus Lepeletier &..., 1835
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) styrius Kohl, 1892
Crossocerus (Blepharipus) walkeri Shuckard, 1837
Crossocerus (Crossocerus) distinguendus A. Morawitz, 1866
Crossocerus (Crossocerus) elongatulus Vander Linden, 1829Slender Digger Wasp
Crossocerus elongatulus elongatulus Vander Linden, 1829
Crossocerus elongatulus proximus Shuckard, 1837
Crossocerus (Crossocerus) exiguus Vander Linden, 1829
Crossocerus (Crossocerus) ovalis Lepeletier &..., 1835
Crossocerus (Crossocerus) palmipes (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Crossocerus tarsatus Shuckard, 1837
Crossocerus (Crossocerus) pusillus (Lepeletier &..., 1834)⇒ Crossocerus annulipes Lepeletier &..., 1835
Crossocerus (Crossocerus) tarsatus Shuckard, 1837
Crossocerus tarsatus palmatus (De Stefani, 1884)⇒ Crossocerus tarsatus Shuckard, 1837
Crossocerus tarsatus tarsatus Shuckard, 1837
Crossocerus (Crossocerus) wesmaeli Vander Linden, 1829Wesmael's Digger Wasp
Crossocerus (Cuphopterus) binotatus Lepeletier &..., 1835
Crossocerus (Cuphopterus) dimidiatus Fabricius, 1781Blunt Tailed Digger Wasp
Crossocerus (Hoplocrabro) quadrimaculatus Fabricius, 17934-Spotted Digger Wasp
Crossocerus barbipes Dahlbom, 1845
Crossocerus fukuiensis Tsuneki, 1970
Crossocerus lentus Fox, 1895
Crossocerus magniceps Tsuneki, 1977
Crossocerus subulatus Dahlbom, 1845
Crossocerus varus Lepeletier &..., 1835
Dasyproctus immitis de Saussure, 1892Moundscale
Dicranorhina kohli Brauns, 1899
Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) cavifrons Thomson, 1870
Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) lapidarius Panzer, 1804
Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) ruficornis (Zetterstedt, 1838)⇒ Ectemnius arcuatus Say, 1837
Ectemnius (Clytochrysus) sexcinctus Fabricius, 1775
Ectemnius (Ectemnius) borealis Zetterstedt, 1838
Ectemnius (Ectemnius) dives Lepeletier &..., 1835
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) arcuatus Say, 1837
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) continuus Fabricius, 1804Common Ectemnius
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) decemmaculatus Say, 1823
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) rubicola Dufour & Perris, 1840
Ectemnius (Hypocrabro) scaber Lepeletier &..., 1834
Ectemnius (Metacrabro) cephalotes (Olivier, 1792)⇒ Ectemnius cavifrons Thomson, 1870
Ectemnius (Metacrabro) lituratus Panzer, 1804
Ectemnius (Metacrabro) maculosus Gmelin, 1790
Ectemnius guttatus Vander Linden, 1829
Ectemnius trifasciatus Say, 1824
Entomognathus brevis Vander Linden, 1829
Larra analis Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Larropsis (Ancistromma) sericifrons H. Smith, 1906
Larropsis (Larropsis) conferta Fox, 1894
Larropsis (Larropsis) interocularis Bohart & Bohart, 1966
Larropsis (Larropsis) uniformis Bohart & Bohart, 1966
Lestica (Clypeocrabro) clypeata Schreber, 1759Orangespotted blenny
Lestica confluenta Say, 1837
Lestica producticollis Packard, 1866
Lindenius albilabris Fabricius, 1793
Lindenius panzeri Vander Linden, 1829
Lindenius pygmaeus Rossi, 1794
Lindenius pygmaeus armatus Van der Linden, 1829
Liris ciliatus Smith, 1856
Liris radialis de Saussure, 1887
Liris rufoscapus Cameron, 1905
Liris sepulchralis Gerstaecker, 1858California saltmarsh mosquito
Liris simulatrix Arnold, 1923
Miscophus ater Lepeletier, 1845
Miscophus bicolor (Jurine, 1807)⇒ Miscophus concolor Dahlbom, 1844
Miscophus concolor Dahlbom, 1844Native elm bark beetle
Nitela borealis Valkeila, 1974
Nitela lucens Gayubo & Felton, 2000
Nitela spinolae (Latreille, 1809)⇒ Nitela yasumatsui Tsuneki, 1982
Nitela yasumatsui Tsuneki, 1982
Oxybelomorpha kohlii Brauns, 1896
Oxybelus argentatus Curtis, 1833Longbeak stork's bill
Oxybelus cornutus Robertson, 1889
Oxybelus curviscutis Arnold, 1927
Oxybelus exclamans Viereck, 1906
Oxybelus mandibularis (Dahlbom, 1845)⇒ Oxybelus variegatus Wesmael, 1852
Oxybelus mexicanus Robertson, 1889
Oxybelus uniglumis Linnaeus, 1758Common Spiny Digger Wasp
Oxybelus variegatus Wesmael, 1852
Palarus latifrons Kohl, 1884
Palarus oneili Brauns, 1898
Palarus pentheri Brauns, 1898
Pison (Pison) spinolae Shuckard, 1837
Rhopalum (Corynopus) coarctatum Scopoli, 1763
Rhopalum (Corynopus) gracile Wesmael, 1852
Rhopalum (Rhopalum) clavipes Linnaeus, 1758
Sericophorus (Sericophorus) froggatti Rayment, 1955
Sericophorus (Sericophorus) relucens Smith, 1856
Sericophorus (Sericophorus) viridis Saussure, 1855
Sericophorus (Zoyphidium) splendidus Hacker & Coc..., 1922
Sericophorus lissonotus Lomholdt, 2010
Solierella sonorae Williams, 1950
Solierella vierecki Rohwer, 1909
Tachysphex albocinctus Lucas, 1849
Tachysphex ashmeadii Fox, 1894
Tachysphex kalaharicus Arnold, 1924
Tachysphex laevifrons (Smith, 1856)⇒ Tachysphex acutus Patton, 1881
Tachysphex mesembrius Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex mundus Fox, 1894
Tachysphex nigerrimus Smith, 1856Black cockroach hunter
Tachysphex nitidus (Spinola, 1805)⇒ Tachysphex unicolor Panzer, 1806
Tachysphex obscuripennis Schenck, 1857
Tachysphex platystethus Pulawski, 2007Crescent milkvetch
Tachysphex pompiliformis Panzer, 1805
Tachysphex psammobius Kohl, 1880
Tachysphex schoenlandi Cameron, 1905
Tachysphex sericeus F. Smith, 1856
Tachysphex similis Rohwer, 1910Rogue River milkvetch
Tachysphex spatulifer Pulawski, 1982
Tachysphex tarsatus Say, 1823
Tachysphex tarsinus Lepeletier, 1845
Tachysphex unicolor Panzer, 1806
Tachysphex vardyi Pulawski, 1977
Tachytes approximatus Turner, 1908
Tachytes aurulentus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Tachytes chrysopyga Spinola, 1841
Tachytes fatalis Turner, 1916
Tachytes pepticus (Say, 1837)⇒ Tachytes sayi Banks, 1942
Tachytes silverlocki R. Turner, 1917
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) attenuatum F. Smith, 1851Slender Wood Borer Wasp
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) carinatum Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) clavicerum Lepeletier &..., 1828Club Horned Wood Borer Wasp
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) figulus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Trypoxylon attenuatum F. Smith, 1851
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) frigidum Smith, 1856
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) medium Beaumont, 1945
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) minus Beaumont, 1945
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) pennsylvanicum (Saussure, 1867)⇒ Trypoxylon attenuatum F. Smith, 1851
Trypoxylon (Trypoxylon) stroudi Gribodo, 1884
Trypoxylon arnoldi Menke, 1976
Trypoxylon kohli Arnold, 1924
Williamsita (Androcrabro) vedetta Leclercq, 1974

Subnodes of Crabroninae with occurrences in British Isles
TribeCrabronini
Latreille, 1802
9
62
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeLarrini
Latreille, 1810
6
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeMiscophini
W. Fox, 1894
4
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeOxybelini
Leach, 1815
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePalarini
Schrottky, 1919
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTrypoxylini
Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
2
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



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