Saddleback Scoliid Wasp

Pygodasis ephippium

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scoliidae

Pygodasis is a New World genus of wasps in the family Scoliidae (scoliid wasps), formerly treated as a subgenus within Campsomeris. Description and identification Pygodasis are large wasps with an entirely black head, thorax, and tibial spurs. The abdomen is black, often with either yellow to orange spots or bands on the second and third tergites.

Distribution

Saddleback Scoliid Wasp — (c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 362United States of America · 13Peru · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Juan Cruzado Cortés, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Juan Cruzado Cortés · CC-BY-SA DescriptionPygodasis, Wikipedia contributors

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