Xanthocampsomeris

Genus of wasps

Xanthocampsomeris

Xanthocampsomeris limosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Scoliidae
Tribe:	Campsomerini
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.

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.^[1]

Distribution

Species of this genus are found in the West Indies and from the southern United States south to Colombia.^[1]

Species

There are 5 species of Xanthocampsomeris:^[2]^[3]

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

X. completa completa female photographed in Nuevo León, Mexico.
X. fulvohirta female photographed in Florida.
X. hesterae male photographed in Guatemala.
X. limosa female photographed in Mexico City, Mexico.
X. tricincta female collected in the Dominican Republic

References

^ ^a ^b Bradley, James Chester (1957). "The Taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) Occurring in the New World". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 83 (2): 65–77. JSTOR 25077743.
^ Osten, T. (2005). "Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur" [Checklist of the Scoliidae of the World. Part 1: Proscoliinae and Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Part 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Part 3: Literature] (PDF). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg (in German). 62 (220–221): 1–62. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
^ "Classification and checklist of Afrotropical mammoth wasps". Retrieved 2019-07-18.