Cerceris rybyensis (Linnaeus, 1771)
(Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)
GenusCerceris (a genus of digger wasps)
FamilyCRABRONIDAE (a family of solitary wasps)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp) :
1: Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)
13 Jun 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Creeping Thistle flowerheads
Image 1: Female - antennae, head and fore-legs - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Female - metasoma - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Female - postero-dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Female - propodeum - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 13: Female - pygidium - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 14: Female - scutellum, propodeum and petiole - postero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 15: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)
19 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on garden goldenrod flowers
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - grey background
3: Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)
8 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Hemp Agrimony flowers
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - grey background (2)Image 4: Adult - ventral view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 5: Adult - head - anterior view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Wing - magnified
4: Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)
19 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
around sandy exposure
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - wings apart - pale backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - wings together - pale backgroundImage 3: Adult - lateral view - pale backgroundImage 4: Adult - ventral view - pale background

Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)
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