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Taxonomy of Genus Ectemnius Dahlbom, 1845
Squarehead Wasp


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
319
21125
328720
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
165
17348
314830
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
62
6400
167168
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
23
2371
70836
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyCrabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Wolves, Cicadakillers, Crabronid wasps, Mud daubers
508
18239
Genera
Species
SubfamilyCrabroninae
Latreille, 1802
Square-headed Wasps
143
9075
Genera
Species
TribeCrabronini
Latreille, 1802
64
3445
Genera
Species
SubtribeCrabronina
Latreille, 1802
60
3292
Genera
Species
GenusEctemnius
Dahlbom, 1845
Squarehead Wasp
363Species
Subnodes of Ectemnius Dahlbom, 1845
SubgenusEctemnius (Cameronitus)
Leclercq, 1950
  ⇒ Ectemnius
1Species
SubgenusEctemnius (Clytochrysus)
Morawitz, 1864
10Species
SubgenusEctemnius (Ectemnius)
besseyae Rohwer, 1908
Squarehead Wasp
3Species
SubgenusEctemnius (Hypocrabro)
Ashmead, 1899
23Species
SubgenusEctemnius (Menyllus)
Pascoe, 1864
1Species
SubgenusEctemnius (Metacrabro)
Ashmead, 1899
3Species
SubgenusEctemnius (Metactemnius)
Tsuneki, 1984
  ⇒ Ectemnius
0Species
SubgenusEctemnius (Papuacrabro)
Tsuneki, 1983
  ⇒ Ectemnius
0Species
SubgenusEctemnius (Protothyreopus)
Ashmead, 1899
3Species
SpeciesEctemnius abnormis Blackburn in Blackburn & Cameron, 1886
SpeciesEctemnius abyssinicus Arnold, 1947
SpeciesEctemnius adspectans Blackburn in Blackburn & Cameron, 1886
SpeciesEctemnius agycus Cameron, 1904
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius albomaculatus Tsuneki, 1966
SpeciesEctemnius alpheus Pate, 1946
SpeciesEctemnius ammanitus Leclercq, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius anomalifulvus Ch.-y Li & Q. Li, 2009
SpeciesEctemnius apo Tsuneki, 1984
SpeciesEctemnius apoensis Tsuneki, 1984
SpeciesEctemnius aprunatus Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius argenteolineatus Cameron, 1890
SpeciesEctemnius ariel Cameron, 1891
SpeciesEctemnius arreptus Kohl, 1915
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius arrogans Arnold, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius asiaticus Leclercq, 1950
SpeciesEctemnius asuncionis Strand, 1910
SpeciesEctemnius atriceps Cresson, 1865
SpeciesEctemnius atripennis R. Perkins in R. Perkins & Forel, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius auriceps Cresson, 1865
SpeciesEctemnius auricomus Bingham, 1897
SpeciesEctemnius aztecus Leclercq, 1951
3Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius babanki
SpeciesEctemnius basiflavus Brèthes, 1910
SpeciesEctemnius belli Leclercq, 1999
SpeciesEctemnius berissus Leclercq, 1972
SpeciesEctemnius besseyae Rohwer, 1908
SpeciesEctemnius bidecoratus R.Perkins, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius birmanus Leclercq, 1999
SpeciesEctemnius bogorensis Leclercq, 1958
1Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius boletus Leclercq, 1958
3Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius brunneipes Packard, 1866
SpeciesEctemnius bukidnon Tsuneki, 1984
SpeciesEctemnius burgdorfi Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius butuani Leclercq, 1963
SpeciesEctemnius carinatus F. Smith, 1873
SpeciesEctemnius cassus Leclercq, 1956
SpeciesEctemnius cephalotus Olivier, 1791
SpeciesEctemnius chagrinatus Leclercq, 1950
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius championi Cameron, 1891
SpeciesEctemnius chrysargyrus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835
SpeciesEctemnius chrysites Kohl, 1892
3Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius chrysostomus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835
SpeciesEctemnius cinctus R.Turner, 1908
SpeciesEctemnius clearei Leclercq, 1964
SpeciesEctemnius compactus R. Perkins in R. Perkins & Forel, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius confinis Walker, 1871
SpeciesEctemnius confusus Schulz, 1906
SpeciesEctemnius cooperi Leclercq, 1991
SpeciesEctemnius corporaali Leclercq, 1950
SpeciesEctemnius corrugatus Packard, 1866
SpeciesEctemnius corvidus Leclercq, 1961
SpeciesEctemnius craesus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835
SpeciesEctemnius crassicornis Spinola, 1808
SpeciesEctemnius crippsi Arnold, 1927
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius crudator Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius ctenopus Cameron, 1907
SpeciesEctemnius cuernosi Leclercq, 1963
SpeciesEctemnius curictensis Mader, 1940
SpeciesEctemnius curtipes R. Perkins in R. Perkins & Forel, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius cyanauges Pate, 1941
SpeciesEctemnius dartanus Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius dayi Leclercq, 1999
SpeciesEctemnius defiguratus Leclercq, 1972
SpeciesEctemnius dilaticornis F.Morawitz, 1893
SpeciesEctemnius dilectus Cresson, 1865
1Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius discrepans Giffard, 1915
SpeciesEctemnius distinctus F. Smith, 1856
SpeciesEctemnius dizoster Pate, 1947
SpeciesEctemnius djurodzin Tsuneki, 1984
SpeciesEctemnius domingensis Leclercq, 1950
4Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius dominicanus Evans, 1972
SpeciesEctemnius dungensis Leclercq, 1958
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius embeliae Leclercq, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius erebus Leclercq, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius esterensis Leclercq, 1950
SpeciesEctemnius excavatus Fox, 1892
3Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius ferrasi Alayo Dalmau, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius ferrugineipes Rohwer, 1908
SpeciesEctemnius flagellarius F. Morawitz, 1892
SpeciesEctemnius flavipennis Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835
SpeciesEctemnius flavohirtus Tsuneki, 1954
SpeciesEctemnius fliranus Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius forestus Leclercq, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius fossorius Linnaeus, 1758
3Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius fredericismithi W. Schulz, 1906
SpeciesEctemnius fulvicrus R. Perkins in R. Perkins & Forel, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius fulvopilosellus Cameron, 1902
SpeciesEctemnius furuichii Tsuneki, 1960
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius fuscipennis Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835
SpeciesEctemnius fuscitarsis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841
SpeciesEctemnius giffardi Yoshimoto, 1960
SpeciesEctemnius guadalupensis Leclercq, 1972
SpeciesEctemnius guttatus Vander Linden, 1829
SpeciesEctemnius haleakalae R. Perkins in R. Perkins & Forel, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius hawaiiensis R. Perkins in R. Perkins & Forel, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius hector Cameron, 1891
SpeciesEctemnius himalayensis Cameron, 1905
SpeciesEctemnius hispanicus Kohl, 1915
SpeciesEctemnius honiarae Leclercq, 1999
SpeciesEctemnius horvatovichi Tsuneki, 1974
SpeciesEctemnius hypsae De Stefani, 1894
SpeciesEctemnius iliganensis Tsuneki, 1984
SpeciesEctemnius imbutus W.Fox, 1894
SpeciesEctemnius insignis F. Smith, 1856
SpeciesEctemnius interruptefasciatus Retzius, 1783
SpeciesEctemnius interruptus
SpeciesEctemnius invalidus Leclercq, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius iridifrons Pérez, 1905
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius konowi Kohl, 1905
SpeciesEctemnius konowii Tsuneki, 1976
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius kriechbaumeri Kohl, 1879
SpeciesEctemnius krombeini Tsuneki, 1983
SpeciesEctemnius krusemani Leclercq, 1950
SpeciesEctemnius kvak Marshakov, 1976
SpeciesEctemnius laevidorsis Tsuneki, 1977
SpeciesEctemnius laevigatus De Stefani Perez, 1884
SpeciesEctemnius larvatus Wesmael, 1852
SpeciesEctemnius leonesus Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius lesticoides Leclercq, 1950
SpeciesEctemnius lysias Cameron, 1905
SpeciesEctemnius maculicornis Taschenberg, 1875
SpeciesEctemnius makahambus Tsuneki, 1984
SpeciesEctemnius mamasae Leclercq, 1999
SpeciesEctemnius mandibularis F. Smith, 1879
SpeciesEctemnius martjanowi F. Morawitz, 1892
1Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius martjanowii
SpeciesEctemnius massiliensis Kohl, 1883
SpeciesEctemnius mayeri Dewitz, 1881
SpeciesEctemnius melanotarsis Tsuneki, 1971
3Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius menyllus Cameron, 1905
1Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius meridionalis A. Costa, 1871
SpeciesEctemnius microstictus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841
SpeciesEctemnius mindanaonis Tsuneki in Tsuneki & al., 1992
SpeciesEctemnius mizuho Tsuneki, 1952
SpeciesEctemnius molokaiensis R. Perkins in R. Perkins & Forel, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius monozonus Cameron, 1905
SpeciesEctemnius montanus Cresson, 1865
SpeciesEctemnius monticola R. Perkins in R. Perkins & Forel, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius montivagus Cameron, 1891
SpeciesEctemnius neptunus Leclercq, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius nesiotes Pate, 1937
SpeciesEctemnius nielseni Kohl, 1915  ⇒ Ectemnius pedicellaris
SpeciesEctemnius nigellus Bohart, 1979
SpeciesEctemnius nigrifrons Tsuneki, 1968
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius nigrinus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841
SpeciesEctemnius nigritarsus Herrich-Schäffer, 1841
5Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius nitobei Matsumura, 1912
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius noyesi Leclercvq, 1991
SpeciesEctemnius nursei Kohl, 1915
SpeciesEctemnius oblongus Packard, 1866
SpeciesEctemnius obstrictus Gussakovskij, 1932
SpeciesEctemnius odyneroides Cresson, 1865
SpeciesEctemnius opulentus F.Smith, 1856
SpeciesEctemnius orius Leclercq, 1958
3Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius pacuarus Leclercq, 1972
SpeciesEctemnius pahangi Leclercq, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius palamosi Leclerc Q, 1964
SpeciesEctemnius palitans Bingham, 1896
SpeciesEctemnius palitoides Leclercq, 1963
SpeciesEctemnius paluster Alayo Dalmau, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius papuanus Tsuneki, 1983
SpeciesEctemnius papuensis Tsuneki, 1983
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius parvulus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841
SpeciesEctemnius paucimaculatus Packard, 1866
SpeciesEctemnius pauper Packard, 1866
SpeciesEctemnius paxinus Leclercq, 1963
SpeciesEctemnius pedicellaris F. Morawitz, 1889
SpeciesEctemnius pelotarum Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius pempuchi Tsuneki, 1971
SpeciesEctemnius pendleburyi Leclercq, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius persicus Kohl, 1888
SpeciesEctemnius peterseni Tsuneki, 1976
SpeciesEctemnius philippinensis Tsuneki, 1976
SpeciesEctemnius pictipes Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841
SpeciesEctemnius pictus Schenck, 1857
SpeciesEctemnius planifrons Thomson, 1870
SpeciesEctemnius plutonius Leclercq, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius polynesialis Cameron, 1881
SpeciesEctemnius praeclarus Arnold, 1945
Purple gay-mallow, Purple gaymallow
SpeciesEctemnius praevius Kohl, 1915
SpeciesEctemnius productus W. Fox, 1897
SpeciesEctemnius proletarius Mickel, 1916
SpeciesEctemnius psychosus Leclercq, 1999
SpeciesEctemnius psyllus Leclercq, 1982
SpeciesEctemnius pulawskii Leclercq, 1999
SpeciesEctemnius punctatus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835
SpeciesEctemnius punctulatus De Stefani Perez, 1884
SpeciesEctemnius quadricinctus Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesEctemnius radiatus Pérez, 1905
SpeciesEctemnius ravinus Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius recuperatus Leclercq, 1972
SpeciesEctemnius riosorum Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius rubrocaudatus Blackburn in Blackburn & Cameron, 1886
SpeciesEctemnius rugifer Dahlbom, 1845
SpeciesEctemnius rugosellus Tsuneki, 1984
SpeciesEctemnius rugosus Tsuneki, 1984
SpeciesEctemnius sagutorius Leclercq, 1999
SpeciesEctemnius satan Pate, 1946
SpeciesEctemnius saundersi R.C.L.Perkins, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius saxatilis Cameron, 1891
SpeciesEctemnius schlettereri Kohl, 1888
9Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius schwarzi Rohwer, 1911
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius semipunctatus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835
SpeciesEctemnius semirus Leclercq, 1982
SpeciesEctemnius sennacus Leclercq, 1968
SpeciesEctemnius servitorius Leclercq, 1972
SpeciesEctemnius seyrigi Arnold, 1945
Purple gay-mallow, Purple gaymallow
SpeciesEctemnius shimoyamai Tsuneki, 1958
SpeciesEctemnius siculus De Stefani Perez, 1884
SpeciesEctemnius singularis Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesEctemnius slateri Arnold, 1926
1Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius sodalis Bingham, 1897
SpeciesEctemnius solomonicus Tsuneki, 1983
SpeciesEctemnius spinicollis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841
SpeciesEctemnius spiniferus Fox, 1895
SpeciesEctemnius spinipes A. Morawitz, 1866
3Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius stygius Kirby in Blackburn & Kirby, 1880
SpeciesEctemnius tabanicida Fischer, 1929
SpeciesEctemnius taino Pate, 1947
2Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius tarawakanus Tsuneki, 1976
SpeciesEctemnius teleges Pate, 1946
SpeciesEctemnius tetracanthus Pérez, 1905
SpeciesEctemnius texanus Cresson, 1873
1Subspecies
SpeciesEctemnius tibeticus Leclercq, 1950
SpeciesEctemnius trapezoideus Packard, 1866
SpeciesEctemnius trichiosomus Cameron, 1904
SpeciesEctemnius trifasciatus Say, 1824
SpeciesEctemnius tsuifenicus Tsuneki, 1971
SpeciesEctemnius tumidoventris R. Perkins in R. Perkins & Forel, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius umbrosus Schrottky, 1914
SpeciesEctemnius unicolor F.Smith, 1856
SpeciesEctemnius urophori Radoszkowski, 1877
SpeciesEctemnius vagus Linnaeus, 1758
SpeciesEctemnius varentzowi F. Morawitz, 1894
SpeciesEctemnius violaceipennis Cameron, 1907
SpeciesEctemnius walteri Kohl, 1899
SpeciesEctemnius wasbaueri Leclercq, 1999
SpeciesEctemnius weberi Yoshimoto, 1960
SpeciesEctemnius wickwari R. Turner, 1920
SpeciesEctemnius yitonus Leclercq, 2007
SpeciesEctemnius yosemite Pate, 1946
SpeciesEctemnius yoshimotoi R. Bohart in Bohart & Menke, 1976
SpeciesEctemnius zonatus Panzer, 1797
SpeciesEctemnius zonsteini Jacobs, 2006

Synonyms
Apoctemnius (Leclercq, 1950)
Cameronitus (Leclercq, 1950)
Ceratocrabro (Tsuneki, 1970)
Clytochrysus (Morawitz, 1864)
Ectemnius (Cameronitus) (Leclercq, 1950)
Ectemnius (Metactemnius) (Tsuneki, 1984)
Ectemnius (Papuacrabro) (Tsuneki, 1983)
Hylocrabro (Perkins, 1902)
Hypocrabro (Ashmead, 1899)
Iwataia (Tsuneki, 1959)
Leocrabro (Leclercq, 1968)
Lophocrabro (Rohwer, 1916)
Melanocrabro (Perkins, 1902)
Merospis (Pate, 1941)
Mesocrabro (Verhoeff, 1892)
Metacrabro (Ashmead, 1899)
Metactemnius (Tsuneki, 1984)
Nesocrabro (Perkins, 1899)
Oreocrabro (Perkins, 1902)
Papuacrabro (Tsuneki, 1983)
Policrabro (Leclercq, 1958)
Protoctemnius (Leclercq, 1951)
Protothyreopus (Ashmead, 1899)
Pseudocrabro (Ashmead, 1899)
Solenius (Lepeletier & Brullé, 1834)
Spadicocrabro (Tsuneki, 1990)
Thyreocerus (Costa, 1871)
Xenocrabro (Perkins, 1902)
Xestocrabro (Ashmead, 1899)
Xylocrabro (Ashmead, 1899)
Yanonius (Tsuneki, 1956)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Ectemnius
EnglishSquarehead Wasp
DutchBlokhoofdwespen
DanishGravehveps


Distribution of Ectemnius Dahlbom, 1845
Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Russia, Saint Lucia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Zimbabwe


Found in fossile formations
Florissant Fossil Beds


Ecozone
River, Wetland, Grasslands, Coasts


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