Crossocerus dimidiatus (Fabricius, 1781)
(Blunt Tailed Digger Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCrossocerus dimidiatus (Blunt Tailed Digger Wasp)
GenusCrossocerus (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 Crossocerus dimidiatus (Blunt Tailed Digger Wasp) :
1: Crossocerus dimidiatus (Blunt Tailed Digger Wasp)
20 Jul 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
around nest holes in sandy ground
Image 1: Upperside and underside

Crossocerus dimidiatus (Blunt Tailed Digger Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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