| Cerceris californica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Philanthidae |
| Genus: | Cerceris |
| Species: | C. californica |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerceris californica Cresson, 1865 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cerceris californica is a species of wasp in the family Philanthidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3] This species is a predator of Buprestidae beetles. [4]
The emerald ash borer, also known by the acronym EAB, is a green buprestid or jewel beetle native to north-eastern Asia that feeds on ash species. Females lay eggs in bark crevices on ash trees, and larvae feed underneath the bark of ash trees to emerge as adults in one to two years. In its native range, it is typically found at low densities and does not cause significant damage to trees native to the area. Outside its native range, it is an invasive species and is highly destructive to ash trees native to Europe and North America. Before it was found in North America, very little was known about the emerald ash borer in its native range; this has resulted in much of the research on its biology being focused in North America. Local governments in North America are attempting to control it by monitoring its spread, diversifying tree species, and through the use of insecticides and biological control.
The Labeninae is a subfamily within the parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae. The family is divided into 12 extant genera grouped within four tribes.
Cerceris fumipennis, the only species of buprestid-hunting Philanthidae occurring in eastern North America, is found throughout the continental United States east of the Rockies: from Texas and Florida north to Maine, Wyoming, and into Canada. The wasps most often nest in open areas of hard-packed sandy soil surrounded by woody habitat suitable for their buprestid beetle prey.
The California carpenter bee or Western carpenter bee, Xylocopa californica, is a species of carpenter bee in the order Hymenoptera, and it is native to western North America.
John Stuart Noyes is a Welsh entomologist.
Poecilonota californica, the western poplar buprestid, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.
Diadasia australis is a species of chimney bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Euryopis californica is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico. The species is a known predator of Veromessor pergandei ants.
Chrysobothris californica is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.
Anthophora californica is a species of anthophorine bee in the family Apidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Perdita californica is a species of bee in the family Andrenidae. It is found in California and Baja California.
Polycesta californica is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in North America.
Evaniella californica is a species of ensign wasp in the family Evaniidae. It is found in North America.
Neolarra californica is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico. The species can be found in nests of Perdita difficilis bees.
Cerceris kennicottii is a species of wasp in the family Philanthidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Brachymelecta californica, also known as the California digger-cuckoo bee, is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae, found in Central America and North America.
Paranomada is a genus of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae. There are at least three described species in Paranomada.
Cerceris bicornuta is a species of wasp in the family Philanthidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Cerceris frontata is a species of wasp in the family Philanthidae. It is found in North America.
Cerceris halone is a species of wasp in the family Philanthidae. It is found in Central America and North America. It is a known predator of Curculionidae beetles and nests in sand.
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