Xanthocampsomeris
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| Genus: | Xanthocampsomeris Bradley, 1957
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Xanthocampsomeris is a New World genus of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps, formerly treated as a subgenus within Campsomeris.
Description and identification[edit]
Xanthocampsomeris are small to medium wasps with dark bodies with the abdomen having yellow markings on 3 or 4 tergites and red at the apex. The legs are reddish with white hind tibial spurs. The wings are subhyaline with yellow venation.[1]
Distribution[edit]
Species of this genus are found in the West Indies and from the southern United States south to Colombia.[1]
Species[edit]
There are 5 species of Xanthocampsomeris:[2][3]
- Xanthocampsomeris completa (Rohwer, 1927)
- Xanthocampsomeris completa completa (Rohwer, 1927)
- Xanthocampsomeris completa yucatanensis (Bradley , 1964 )
- Xanthocampsomeris fulvohirta (Cresson, 1865)
- Xanthocampsomeris hesterae (Rohwer, 1927)
- Xanthocampsomeris limosa (Burmeister, 1853)
- Xanthocampsomeris tricincta (Fabricius, 1775)
Gallery[edit]
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X. completa completa female photographed in Nuevo León, Mexico. -
X. fulvohirta female photographed in Florida. -
X. hesterae male photographed in Guatemala. -
X. limosa female photographed in Mexico City, Mexico. -
X. tricincta female collected in the Dominican Republic
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Bradley, James Chester (1957). "The Taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) Occurring in the New World". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 83 (2): 65–77. JSTOR 25077743.
- ^ Osten, T. (2005). "Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur" [Checklist of the Scoliidae of the World. Part 1: Proscoliinae and Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Part 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Part 3: Literature] (PDF). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg (in German). 62 (220–221): 1–62. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
- ^ "Classification and checklist of Afrotropical mammoth wasps". Retrieved 2019-07-18.
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