Oxybelus

Oxybelus
Oxybelus lamellatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Crabronidae
Tribe:	Oxybelini
Genus:	Oxybelus Latreille, 1797

Oxybelus argentatus carrying a stiletto fly ( Thereva sp.) into her nest.

Oxybelus is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae, commonly known as "spiny digger wasps". ^[1] The species are found worldwide except in the Australasian realm. They are especially represented in the Palearctic. Oxybelus is the largest genus in Crabronidae, with 264 species known. ^[2]

Species (Europe)

Source ^[3]

• Oxybelus argentatus Curtis 1833
• Oxybelus aurantiacus Mocsary 1883
• Oxybelus bipunctatus Olivier 1812
• Oxybelus cocacolae P. Verhoeff 1968
• Oxybelus diphyllus (A. Costa 1882)
• Oxybelus dissectus Dahlbom 1845
• Oxybelus dusmeti Mingo Perez 1966
• Oxybelus fischeri Spinola 1839
• Oxybelus haemorrhoidalis Olivier 1812
• Oxybelus hastatus Fabricius 1804
• Oxybelus lamellatus Olivier 1811
• Oxybelus latidens Gerstaecker 1867
• Oxybelus latro Olivier 1812
• Oxybelus lineatus (Fabricius 1787)
• Oxybelus maculipes F. Smith 1856
• Oxybelus mandibularis Dahlbom 1845
• Oxybelus mucronatus (Fabricius 1793)
• Oxybelus occitanicus Marquet 1896
• Oxybelus polyacanthus A. Costa 1882
• Oxybelus quatuordecimnotatus Jurine 1807
• Oxybelus spectabilis Gerstaecker 1867
• Oxybelus subspinosus Klug 1835
• Oxybelus trispinosus (Fabricius 1787)
• Oxybelus uniglumis (Linnaeus 1758)
• Oxybelus variegatus Wesmael 1852

See also

• List of Oxybelus species

References

1. Bohart, Richard Mitchell; Menke, Arnold S. (1976). Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision. University of California Press. p.  555. ISBN   978-0-520-02318-5.
2. California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity pdf
3. Fauna Europaea

External links

• Oxybelus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Catalog of Sphecidae California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity