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Campsomeris

{{Short description|Genus of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Scoliidae - Campsomeris luciflua.JPG

| image_caption = Campsomeris vitripennis

| taxon = Campsomeris

| authority = Lepeletier, 1838

| type_species = Campsomeris atrata

| type_species_authority = (Fabricius, 1775)

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Campsomeris is a Neotropical genus of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps. They are generally parasites of beetle larvae, most often of Scarabaeidae.

Description and identification

Campsomeris are large wasps with completely black bodies in both sexes, including the setae and hind tibial spurs. The wings may be hyaline, orange, or violaceous depending on the species.

Distribution

Species of this genus are known from the West Indies and from Guatemala south to northern Argentina and Chile.

Species

Species within this genus include:

Gallery

Campsomeris atrata (156514151).jpg|C. atrata photographed in the Dominican Republic.

Scolia regina.jpg|C. peregrina museum specimen

Scoliidae - Campsomeris luciflua.JPG|C. vitripennis museum specimen

References

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{{cite web |url= https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN74500.pdf |title= Scoliid Wasps of Florida, Campsomeris, Scolia and Trielis spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) |last= Grissell |first=Eric E. |date= 2007 |website= Featured Creatures, DPI Entomology Circulars 179 and 185 |publisher=University of Florida Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension |access-date=18 July 2019}}

{{cite journal | last = Osten |first = T. |date = 2005 | title= Checkliste der Dolchwespen der Welt (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Scoliidae). Teil 1: Proscoliinae und Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Teil 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Teil 3: Literatur | trans-title= Checklist of the Scoliidae of the World. Part 1: Proscoliinae and Scoliinae: Campsomerini. Part 2: Scoliinae: Scoliini. Part 3: Literature |language= de |journal= Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Augsburg |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Ber-Naturf-Ges-Augsburg_062_2005_0001-0062.pdf |volume=62 |issue= 220–221 |pages= 1–62|access-date=2020-08-20 }}

{{cite journal |last=Bradley |first= James Chester |date= 1957|title= The Taxa of Campsomeris (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) Occurring in the New World|jstor=25077743|journal= Transactions of the American Entomological Society |volume= 83|issue= 2|pages= 65–77}}

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Category:Parasitic wasps

Category:Scoliidae

Category:Hymenoptera genera

Category:Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier

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