Spilomena | |
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Spilomena troglodytes depicted in Edward Saunders Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands (figure 1) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Crabronidae |
Subtribe: | Spilomenina |
Genus: | Spilomena Shuckard, 1838]] |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Spilomena is a genus of aphid wasps in the family Crabronidae. The 86 species are found worldwide being represented in the Palearctic (highest number of species), Nearctic, Afrotropic, Neotropic, Australasia and Indo-Malaya ecozones. [2]
These 88 species belong to the genus Spilomena:
Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [3] g = GBIF, [4] b = Bugguide.net [5]
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