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| Genus: | Xanthocampsomeris Bradley, 1957 |
Xanthocampsomeris is a New World genus of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps, formerly treated as a subgenus within Campsomeris .
Xanthocampsomeris are small to medium wasps with dark bodies with the abdomen having yellow markings on 3 or 4 tergites and red at the apex. The legs are reddish with white hind tibial spurs. The wings are subhyaline with yellow venation. [1]
Species of this genus are found in the West Indies and from the southern United States south to Colombia. [1]
There are 5 species of Xanthocampsomeris: [2] [3]
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