Chlorion aerarium

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| Sphex nearcticus | Kohl, 1890

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Chlorion aerarium, commonly known as the steel-blue cricket hunter, is a species of thread-waisted wasps in the family Sphecidae.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/8607|title=Chlorion aerarium Species Information|website=BugGuide.net|publisher=Iowa State University|accessdate=2018-01-25}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=154322|title=Chlorion aerarium Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-01-25}}Sharkey M.J. (2007). Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera."Phylogenetic relationships among superfamilies of Hymenoptera", Sharkey M.J., Carpenter J.M., Vilhelmsen L., et al. 2012. Cladistics 28(1): 80-112. It is similar in shape and colour to the blue mud dauber species, Chalybion californicum, which often overlaps in range.

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  • [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?name=Chlorion+aerarium NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Chlorion aerarium]
  • {{Cite book| author = Ross H. Arnett| date = 30 July 2000| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico| publisher = CRC Press| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1}}

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Category:Sphecidae

Category:Insects described in 1879

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