''Campsomeris'' is a

Neotropical The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...

genus of the family

Scoliidae The Scoliidae, the scoliid wasps, are a family of wasps comprising about 560 species worldwide. They tend to be black, often marked with yellow or orange, and their wing tips are distinctively corrugated. Males are more slender and elongated than ...

, also known as the scoliid wasps. They are generally parasites of beetle larvae, most often of

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...

Description and identification

''Campsomeris'' are large wasps with completely black bodies in both sexes, including the setae and hind tibial spurs. The wings may be hyaline, orange, or violaceous depending on the species.

Distribution

Species of this genus are known from the West Indies and from Guatemala south to northern Argentina and Chile.

Species

Species within this genus include: *''

Campsomeris atrata ''Campsomeris'' is a Neotropical genus of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps. They are generally parasites of beetle larvae, most often of Scarabaeidae. Description and identification ''Campsomeris'' are large wasps with com ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) *'' Campsomeris dohrni'' (Mantero, 1903) *'' Campsomeris peregrina'' (Lepeletier, 1845) *'' Campsomeris vitripennis'' (Smith, 1855)

Gallery

Campsomeris atrata (156514151).jpg, ''C. atrata'' photographed in the Dominican Republic. Scolia regina.jpg, ''C. peregrina'' museum specimen Scoliidae - Campsomeris luciflua.JPG, ''C. vitripennis'' museum specimen

References

Parasitic wasps Scoliidae Hymenoptera genera Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier {{apocrita-stub