Crossocerus Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835
(digger wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Crossocerus dimidiatus
Blunt Tailed Digger Wasp
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 		Species 1 images
Crossocerus quadrimaculatus
Four-spotted Digger Wasp
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 		Species 11 images
Crossocerus (unidentified)
Unidentified Digger Wasps
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 		Unidentified 7 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusCrossocerus (digger 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)

Crossocerus (digger wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crossocerus (digger wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Crossocerus (digger wasps)
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