Tachytes guatemalensis

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Tachytes guatemalensis
Square-headed Wasp - Tachytes guatemalensis, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subtribe: Gastrosericina
Genus: Tachytes
Species:
T. guatemalensis
Binomial name
Tachytes guatemalensis
Cameron, 1889
Synonyms [1]
  • Liris coxalis Patton, 1892

Tachytes guatemalensis is a species of square-headed wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in Central America and North America. [1] [2] [3] [4] The wasp is a predator of Melanoplus tequestae [5]

Square-headed Wasp - Tachytes guatemalensis, Meadowood Farm SRMA, Mason Neck, Virginia.jpg

References

  1. 1 2 "Tachytes guatemalensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Tachytes guatemalensis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. Carrel, James; Deyrup, Mark (2012). Conservation Status and Management of Lake Wales Ridge Arthropods Restricted to Scrub Habitat (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2126.0321 . Retrieved 2025-09-14.