''Xanthocampsomeris'' is a
New World
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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, formerly treated as a subgenus within ''
Campsomeris
''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 ...
''.
Description and identification
''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.
Distribution
Species of this genus are found in the West Indies and from the southern United States south to Colombia.
Species
There are 5 species of ''Xanthocampsomeris'':
[
*'' Xanthocampsomeris completa'' (Rohwer, 1927)
**'' Xanthocampsomeris completa completa'' (Rohwer, 1927)
**'' Xanthocampsomeris completa yucatanensis'' (Bradley, 1964 )
*'' Xanthocampsomeris fulvohirta'' (Cresson, 1865)
*'' Xanthocampsomeris hesterae'' (Rohwer, 1927)
*'' Xanthocampsomeris limosa'' (Burmeister, 1853)
*'' Xanthocampsomeris tricincta'' (Fabricius, 1775)
]
Gallery
Xanthocampsomeris completa (698392).jpg, ''X. completa completa'' female photographed in Nuevo León, Mexico.
Xanthocampsomeris fulvohirta (77469431).jpg, ''X. fulvohirta'' female photographed in Florida.
Xanthocampsomeris hesterae (97745504).jpg, ''X. hesterae'' male photographed in Guatemala.
Xanthocampsomeris limosa (166500235).jpg, ''X. limosa'' female photographed in Mexico City, Mexico.
File:Cool_Wasp,_back,_u,_Sierra_De_Baoruco,_Dominican_Republic_2019-10-21-16.32.01_ZS_PMax_UDR_(49457769791).jpg, ''X. tricincta'' female collected in the Dominican Republic
References
Parasitic wasps
Scoliidae
Hymenoptera genera
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