Exeirus
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| Australian cicada killer wasp | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Infraorder: | Aculeata |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Subfamily: | Bembicinae |
| Tribe: | Gorytini |
| Genus: | Exeirus |
| Species: | E. lateritius |
| Binomial name | |
| Exeirus lateritius (Shuckard, 1838) | |
Cicada-killer Wasp - Exeirus lateritius - Fraser Coast, Queensland, Australia
The Australian cicada killer, Exeirus lateritius (the sole member of the genus Exeirus), is a large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory wasp. It is related to the more common genus of cicada killers, Sphecius. In Australia, E. lateritius hunts over 200 species of cicada.
Habitat
They occur in warm, dry areas where there are enough trees to support cicadas, in the Murray-Darling Basin, the Australian mainland's south-east coast, and Tasmania.
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