Ammophila sabulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Red Banded Sand Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAmmophila sabulosa (Red Banded Sand Wasp)
GenusAmmophila (Zoo.) (sand wasps)
FamilySPHECIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ammophila sabulosa (Red Banded Sand Wasp) :
1: Ammophila sabulosa (Red Banded Sand Wasp)
17 Aug 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on dead, fallen, decorticate pine log
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - silver background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart - silver background (3)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - wings together - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma apex - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 12: Wings - highly enlarged - white background

Ammophila sabulosa (Red Banded Sand Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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