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Tachysphex
Tachysphex is a very large genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae, consisting of over 400 species.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tachysphex terminatus
complexTachysphex terminatus

Black Cockroach-hunter Wasp
speciesTachysphex nigerrimus

Tachysphex panzeri
speciesTachysphex panzeri

Tachysphex pompiliformis
complexTachysphex pompiliformis

Tachysphex obscuripennis
speciesTachysphex obscuripennis

Tachysphex erythropus
speciesTachysphex erythropus

Tachysphex incertus
speciesTachysphex incertus

Tachysphex costae
speciesTachysphex costae

Tachysphex fulvitarsis
speciesTachysphex fulvitarsis

Tachysphex tarsatus
speciesTachysphex tarsatus

Tachysphex consocius
speciesTachysphex consocius

Tachysphex fanuiensis
speciesTachysphex fanuiensis

Tachysphex nitidior
speciesTachysphex nitidior

Tachysphex nitidus
speciesTachysphex nitidus

Antenna-waving Wasp
speciesTachysphex pechumani

Tachysphex albocinctus
speciesTachysphex albocinctus

Tachysphex subdentatus
speciesTachysphex subdentatus

Tachysphex unicolor
speciesTachysphex unicolor

Tachysphex psammobius
speciesTachysphex psammobius

Tachysphex mediterraneus
speciesTachysphex mediterraneus

Tachysphex aethiops
speciesTachysphex aethiops

Tachysphex latifrons
speciesTachysphex latifrons

Tachysphex mocsaryi
speciesTachysphex mocsaryi

Tachysphex rufitarsis
speciesTachysphex rufitarsis

Tachysphex helveticus
speciesTachysphex helveticus

Tachysphex tarsinus
speciesTachysphex tarsinus

Tachysphex ashmeadii
speciesTachysphex ashmeadii

Tachysphex nigricolor
speciesTachysphex nigricolor

Tachysphex brullii
speciesTachysphex brullii

Tachysphex sericeus
speciesTachysphex sericeus

Tachysphex excisus
speciesTachysphex excisus

Tachysphex opacus
speciesTachysphex opacus

Tachysphex stachi
speciesTachysphex stachi

Tachysphex semirufus
speciesTachysphex semirufus

Tachysphex blattivorus
speciesTachysphex blattivorus

Tachysphex julliani
speciesTachysphex julliani

Tachysphex brevipennis
speciesTachysphex brevipennis

Tachysphex fugax
speciesTachysphex fugax

Tachysphex spretus
speciesTachysphex spretus

Tachysphex pseudopanzeri
speciesTachysphex pseudopanzeri

Tachysphex schmiedeknechti
speciesTachysphex schmiedeknechti

Tachysphex persa
speciesTachysphex persa

Tachysphex punctipleuris
speciesTachysphex punctipleuris

Tachysphex auriceps
speciesTachysphex auriceps

Tachysphex hopi
speciesTachysphex hopi
Tachysphex actites
speciesTachysphex actites
Tachysphex acutus
speciesTachysphex acutus
Tachysphex cocopa
speciesTachysphex cocopa
Tachysphex huchiti
speciesTachysphex huchiti
Tachysphex psilocerus
speciesTachysphex psilocerus
Tachysphex maya
speciesTachysphex maya
Tachysphex sonorensis
speciesTachysphex sonorensis
Tachysphex toltec
speciesTachysphex toltec
Tachysphex crocodilius
speciesTachysphex crocodilius
Tachysphex agilis
speciesTachysphex agilis
Tachysphex argentifrons
speciesTachysphex argentifrons
Tachysphex barkeri
speciesTachysphex barkeri
Tachysphex braunsi
speciesTachysphex braunsi
Tachysphex brinckerae
speciesTachysphex brinckerae
Tachysphex capensis
speciesTachysphex capensis
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
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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 92357.