Crabro

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Crabro
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Crabro cribrarius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Tribe: Crabronini
Genus: Crabro
Fabricius, 1775
Type species
Crabro cribrarius
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Crabro is a genus of square-headed wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae. [1] There are at least 80 described species in Crabro, found in the Nearctic and Palaearctic (Holarctic). [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Biolib
  2. "Crabro Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  3. "Crabro Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  4. "Browse Crabro". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-03-01. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  5. California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity pdf
  6. Fauna Europaea Crabro