Xanthocampsomeris

Xanthocampsomeris is a New World genus of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps.

Xanthocampsomeris
Xanthocampsomeris limosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Scoliidae
Tribe:
Campsomerini
Genus:
Xanthocampsomeris

Bradley, 1957

Description and identification

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

Species of this genus are found in the West Indies and from the southern United States south to Colombia.[1]

Species

There are 5 species of Xanthocampsomeris:[2][3]

  • Xanthocampsomeris completa (Rohwer, 1927)
  • Xanthocampsomeris fulvohirta (Cresson, 1865)
  • Xanthocampsomeris hesterae (Rohwer, 1927)
  • Xanthocampsomeris limosa (Burmeister, 1853)
  • Xanthocampsomeris tricincta (Fabricius, 1775)
  • X. completa female photographed in Nuevo León, Mexico.
    X. completa female photographed in Nuevo León, Mexico.
  • X. fulvohirta female photographed in Florida.
    X. fulvohirta female photographed in Florida.
  • X. hesterae male photographed in Guatemala.
    X. hesterae male photographed in Guatemala.
  • X. limosa female photographed in Mexico City, Mexico.
    X. limosa female photographed in Mexico City, Mexico.
  • X. tricincta female collected in the Dominican Republic
    X. tricincta female collected in the Dominican Republic

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Classification and checklist of Afrotropical mammoth wasps". Retrieved 2019-07-18.
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