CRABRONIDAE Latreille, 1802
(a family of solitary wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Astata boops
a solitary wasp
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 10 images 1 ident. refs
Cerceris
a genus of digger wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 26 images
Crabro
a genus of solitary wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 28 images
Crossocerus
digger wasps
(Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 19 images
Diodontus
a genus of solitary wasps
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
Ectemnius
a genus of solitary wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 29 images
Entomognathus brevis
a solitary wasp
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 		Species 2 images
Mimesa
a genus of solitary wasp
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 14 images
Oxybelus
spiny digger wasps
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images
Pemphredon
a genus of solitary wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Philanthus triangulum
Bee Wolf
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Tachysphex
a genus of solitary wasps
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Falk, S. Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants and relatives) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629294459686/

CRABRONIDAE (a family of solitary wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 126 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CRABRONIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
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