Distribution
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N. J. to S. Dak. south to Fla. and Ariz.; Mexico (Chihuahua, Jalisco).
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- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
General Ecology
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Nests in flat, coarse-grained sand.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
Comprehensive Description
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Cerceris insolita albida Scullen
Cerceris insolita albida Scullen, 1965a:349, 354, 447–448, fig. 59.
TYPES.—The type female and allotype male, from Las Cruces, N. Mex., 3880 feet elevation, 18 June 1942 (H. A. Scullen), are at the National Museum of Natural History (USNM 66168).
DISTRIBUTION.—Only one male recorded from Mexico: ♂, 25 mi W Acayucan, Veracruz, 18 August 1959 (Manke and Stange).
PREY RECORD.—None.
PLANT RECORD.—None.
- bibliographic citation
- Scullen, Herman Austin. 1972. "Review of the genus Cerceris Latreille in Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-121. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.110
Comprehensive Description
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Cerceris insolita atrafemori Scullen
Cerceris insolita atrafemori Scullen, 1965a:349, 354, 448–449, figs. 60, 143a, b, c.
TYPES.—The type female, taken from Phoenix, Ariz., 1100 feet elevation, 10 August 1946 (H. A. Scullen), is at the National Museum of Natural History (USNM 66169).
The males of the subspecies C. i. atrafemori Scullen are difficult to distinguish from closely related forms.
DISTRIBUTION.—Known south of the border from the following two females and one male taken in western Mexico:
MEXICO: NAYARIT: ♀, 39 mi SE Tepic, 2750 ft, 18 June 1963 (S and B); SINALOA: ♀, ♂, Villa Union, 17 August 1962 (HEE).
PREY RECORD.—-None.
PLANT RECORD.—None.
- bibliographic citation
- Scullen, Herman Austin. 1972. "Review of the genus Cerceris Latreille in Mexico and Central America (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-121. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.110
Cerceris insolita: Brief Summary
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Cerceris insolita is a species of wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in North America.
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