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Typical Aphid Wasps
Pemphredon
Pemphredon is a Holarctic and northern Oriental genus of medium sized solitary wasps belonging to the subtribe Pemphredonina. 37 species are recognized (6 Holarctic, 13 Palearctic, 11 Nearctic and 7 northern Oriental). The species are both similar and morphologically variable and it is often very difficult to distinguish them. Pemphredon are predatory.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mournful Wasp
speciesPemphredon lugubris
Pemphredon inornata
speciesPemphredon inornata
Pemphredon lethifer
speciesPemphredon lethifer
Pemphredon rugifer
speciesPemphredon rugifer
Pemphredon morio
speciesPemphredon morio
Pemphredon lugens
speciesPemphredon lugens
Pemphredon montana
speciesPemphredon montana
Pemphredon austriaca
speciesPemphredon austriaca
Pemphredon pulawskii
speciesPemphredon pulawskii
Pemphredon baltica
speciesPemphredon baltica
Pemphredon rugifera
speciesPemphredon rugifera
Pemphredon menkei
speciesPemphredon menkei
Pemphredon mortifer
speciesPemphredon mortifer
Pemphredon grinnelli
speciesPemphredon grinnelli
Pemphredon enslini
speciesPemphredon enslini
Pemphredon rileyi
speciesPemphredon rileyi
Pemphredon foxii
speciesPemphredon foxii
Pemphredon beaumonti
speciesPemphredon beaumonti
Pemphredon flavistigma
speciesPemphredon flavistigma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pemphredon in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 205173.