Oxybelus

Oxybelus
Oxybelus lamellatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Crabronidae
Tribe:	Oxybelini
Genus:	Oxybelus Latreille, 1797

Oxybelus argentatus carrying a stiletto fly (Thereva sp.) into her nest.

Oxybelus is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. The species are found worldwide except in the Australasian realm. They are especially represented in the Palearctic. Oxybelus is the largest genus in Crabronidae, with 264 species known. Oxybelus wasps sometimes gravitate towards people, flying around travellers and landing on them, even when they are shooed away. It is not known why they do it, however it might possibly be them trying to drink sweat for its minerals.

Species (Europe)

Source

• Oxybelus argentatus Curtis 1833
• Oxybelus aurantiacus Mocsary 1883
• Oxybelus bipunctatus Olivier 1812
• Oxybelus cocacolae P. Verhoeff 1968
• Oxybelus diphyllus (A. Costa 1882)
• Oxybelus dissectus Dahlbom 1845
• Oxybelus dusmeti Mingo Perez 1966
• Oxybelus fischeri Spinola 1839
• Oxybelus haemorrhoidalis Olivier 1812
• Oxybelus hastatus Fabricius 1804
• Oxybelus lamellatus Olivier 1811
• Oxybelus latidens Gerstaecker 1867
• Oxybelus latro Olivier 1812
• Oxybelus lineatus (Fabricius 1787)
• Oxybelus maculipes F. Smith 1856
• Oxybelus mandibularis Dahlbom 1845
• Oxybelus mucronatus (Fabricius 1793)
• Oxybelus occitanicus Marquet 1896
• Oxybelus polyacanthus A. Costa 1882
• Oxybelus quatuordecimnotatus Jurine 1807
• Oxybelus spectabilis Gerstaecker 1867
• Oxybelus subspinosus Klug 1835
• Oxybelus trispinosus (Fabricius 1787)
• Oxybelus uniglumis (Linnaeus 1758)
• Oxybelus variegatus Wesmael 1852

See also

• List of Oxybelus species

External links

• Oxybelus images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Catalog of Sphecidae California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity