Crabro cribrarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Slender Bodied Digger Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCrabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp)
GenusCrabro (a genus of solitary wasps)
FamilyCRABRONIDAE (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 Crabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp) :
1: Crabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp)
28 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hogweed
Image 1: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - wings spread - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-leg - anterior (inside) view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - fore-leg - posterior (outside) view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wings - highly enlarged - white background
2: Crabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp)
22 Jul 2005 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, visiting Wild Parsnip
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Male - lateral view - enlarged
3: Crabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp)
5 Jun 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
tunelling into wooden structure of bridge
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Ventral view
4: Crabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp)
17 Jul 1976 OSGR: SU93 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Prey of Xysticus
Image 1: As prey of spider - close-up - enlarged - enlargedImage 2: As prey of spider - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: As prey of spider - dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: As prey of spider - enlargedImage 5: As prey of spider - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: As prey of spider - lateral view - enlarged
5: Crabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp)
28 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU93 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Male, in burrows in rotten wood of standing dead tree-trunk
Image 1: Male - anterodorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Male - head and foreleg - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged

Crabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Crabro cribrarius (Slender Bodied Digger Wasp)
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