Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hymenoptera (Sawflies, wasps, ants, bees) ➔ Family Crabronidae (Digger wasps)

Ectemnius cavifrons (Thomson, 1870)

Synonyms and other combinations:

Clytochrysus cavifrons (Thomson, 1870) | Crabro cavifrons Thomson, 1870 | Crabro cephalotes (Thomson, 1870) | Solenius cavifrons (Thomson, 1870) |

  • Ectemnius cavifrons, male 4411
    Ectemnius cavifrons (Thomson, 1870)     
    Ectemnius cavifrons, male, det. Christian Schmid-Egger
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-08-08 12:58:25
    Image number: 4411
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-08-08 12:58:25
    det. Christian Schmid-Egger
  • Ectemnius cavifrons, male 4412
    Ectemnius cavifrons (Thomson, 1870)     
    Ectemnius cavifrons, male, det. Christian Schmid-Egger
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-08-08 12:58:56
    Image number: 4412
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-08-08 12:58:56
    det. Christian Schmid-Egger
  • Ectemnius cavifrons, male 4413
    Ectemnius cavifrons (Thomson, 1870)     
    Ectemnius cavifrons, male, det. Christian Schmid-Egger
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-08-08 12:58:22
    Image number: 4413
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-08-08 12:58:22
    det. Christian Schmid-Egger

Classification:
Ectemnius cavifrons belongs to the subfamily Crabroninae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kroupa A.S., Lohrmann V., Pulawski W.J. & Schmid-Egger C. (2017). HymIS: Hymenoptera Information System (version Sep 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Hermann Dollfuss: Bestimmungsschlüssel der Grabwespen Nord- und Zentraleuropas (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) mit speziellen Angaben zur Grabwespenfauna Österreichs, Stapfia, 24, 1-247, 20.Dezember 1991.
  3. M. Gabel, V. Wolters & F. Jauker: Beobachtungen zum Verproviantierungsverhalten des Wald-Fliegenjägers Ectemnius cavifrons (Thomson, 1870) in einer Nestansammlung auf dem Hoherodskopf (Vogelsbergkreis) (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae), Hessische Faunistische Briefe 37(1-2) 1-6, Darmstadt 2018.