Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Fabricius, 1793)
(Four-spotted Digger Wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCrossocerus quadrimaculatus (Four-spotted 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 quadrimaculatus (Four-spotted Digger Wasp) :
1: Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Four-spotted Digger Wasp)
5 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Side view (2)Image 3: Upper sideImage 4: Under side
2: Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Four-spotted Digger Wasp)
5 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Top viewImage 3: Underside
3: Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Four-spotted Digger Wasp)
5 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU49 51° 40’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Side view (2)Image 3: Top viewImage 4: Underside

Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Four-spotted Digger Wasp) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Four-spotted Digger Wasp)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Four-spotted Digger Wasp)
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