Isodontia apicalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Sphecidae |
Tribe: | Sphecini |
Genus: | Isodontia |
Species: | I. apicalis |
Binomial name | |
Isodontia apicalis (F. Smith, 1856) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Isodontia apicalis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae from North and Central America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps.
Isodontia mexicana, the Mexican grass-carrying wasp, is a species of insect belonging to the family Sphecidae. It is mainly found throughout North America, but has become established in Europe, primarily France, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, and Spain.
Isodontia is a genus belonging to the family Sphecidae. Adults emerge from their cocoons in early summer, and usually make nests lined with grass or hay in hollow plant cavities. This has led to their common name being grass-carrying wasps. The larvae are often fed Orthoptera that the adult has paralyzed.
Isodontia exornata is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Isodontia elegans, also known as the elegant grass-carrying wasp, is a species of solitary, nest-provisioning, thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae that hunts orthopterans.
Sphex flavovestitus is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Podium luctuosum is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is known to provide Parcoblatta as prey for its larvae.
Glenostictia pictifrons is a species of sand wasp in the family Bembicidae. It is found in North America. It is known to be a predator of many types of flies, including the bombyliids that are parasitoids of Glenostictia, and rare fly species such as Neorhynchocephalus volaticus.
Podalonia argentifrons is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Isodontia philadelphica is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Ceratocapsus apicalis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America.
Ammophila wrightii is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Atomaria apicalis is a species of silken fungus beetle in the family Cryptophagidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia and North America.
Sphex texanus is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Prionyx canadensis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Prionyx foxi is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Podalonia luctuosa is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Isodontia auripes, the brown-legged grass-carrier, is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. The wasp will opportunistically use old nests made by Xylocopa virginica or mining bees. Larvae eat for three days and then spend two forming pupae. Oecanthus is a common prey item throughout I. auripes' range. I. auripes lives along the east coast of the United States.
Palmodes praestans is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.
Saygorytes is a genus of sand wasps in the family Bembicidae. There are about seven described species in Saygorytes.