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Solitary Wasp Taxa List

In order of discovery

    Crabronidae (Square-headed Wasps and Allies )

    Subfamily Crabroninae (Square-headed Wasps)

  1. Crabro latipes
  2. Ectemnius cephalotes
  3. Ectemnius ruficornis
  4. Lestica sp.
  5. Tachytes sp. (Sand-loving Wasps)
  6. Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) sp.
  7. Subfamily Pemphredoninae

  8. Passaloecus sp.
  9. Pemphredon sp.
  10. Tribe Psenini
  11. Subfamily Philanthina

  12. Philanthus gibbosus (Hump-backed Beewolf)
  13. Cerceris sp. (Weevil Wasps)
  14. Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)

  15. Ammophila sp. (Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
  16. Isodontia elegans (Elegant grass-carrying Wasp)
  17. Podalonia sp. (Cutworm Wasps)
  18. Prionix sp.
  19. Sceliphron caementarium (Yellow-legged Mud-dauber)
  20. Chrysididae (Cuckoo Wasps)

  21. Chrysis sp.
  22. Chrysura sp.
  23. Hedychrum sp.
  24. Pseudomalus auratus
  25. Pompilidae (Spider Wasps)

  26. Calopompilus pyrrhomelas
  27. Sapygidae (Club-horned Wasps)

  28. Krombeinopyga pumila
  29. Sapyga sp

23 unique taxa

5 families

21 genera

9 species

35 total taxa (FGS)