Trypoxylon scutatum

Trypoxylon scutatum
	Trypoxylon scutatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Crabronidae
Genus:	Trypoxylon
Species:	T. scutatum
Binomial name
	Trypoxylon scutatum; Chevrier 1867

Trypoxylon scutatum is a predatory wasp in the family Crabronidae.[1]

Distribution

This species is present in Europe.[2]

Description

Trypoxylon scutatum can reach a length of about 10 millimetres (0.39 in), with a head reaching a width of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). These quite large wasps have a shiny black body, with large eyes. The hull that borders the frontal shield passes between the posterior ocelli and the anterior ocellum. It shows a strongly obtuse ventral angle, and a small enclosed space. The first gastral segment is rather short, especially in males.[3][4]

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References

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[1] BioLib

[2] Fauna europaea

[3] Le Monde des Insectes

[4] Alexander Valentinovich Antropov Key to the Trypoxylon scutatum species-group of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwest Asia in Order Hymenoptera, family Crabronidae. Genera Trypoxylon, Pseudomicroides and Belomicroides. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4:609-629.