Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Hymenoptera (Sawflies, wasps, ants, bees) ➔ Family Vespidae (Social wasps and some solitary wasps)

Rhynchium oculatum (Fabricius, 1781)

Synonyms and other combinations:

Rhynchium lefebvrei Lap., 1841 | Rygchium europaeum Spinosa, 1806 | Scolia mutabilis Cyrillo, 1787 |

  • Rhynchium oculatum  2024
    Rhynchium oculatum (Fabricius, 1781)     
    Rhynchium oculatum, det. Christian Schmid-Egger
    GR, Kreta; 2004-09-06 15:00:17
    Image number: 2024

    GR, Kreta
    2004-09-06 15:00:17
    det. Christian Schmid-Egger
  • Rhynchium oculatum  5961
    Rhynchium oculatum (Fabricius, 1781)     
    Rhynchium oculatum
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2013-04-09 11:55:10
    Image number: 5961

    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2013-04-09 11:55:10

  • Rhynchium oculatum  7698
    Rhynchium oculatum (Fabricius, 1781)     
    Rhynchium oculatum
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2017-05-20 17:16:02
    Image number: 7698

    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2017-05-20 17:16:02

  • Rhynchium oculatum, with pray  9039
    Rhynchium oculatum (Fabricius, 1781)     
    Rhynchium oculatum, with pray
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2019-10-27 15:37:23
    Image number: 9039
    with pray
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2019-10-27 15:37:23

  • Rhynchium oculatum, with pray  9036
    Rhynchium oculatum (Fabricius, 1781)     
    Rhynchium oculatum, with pray
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2019-10-27 15:38:35
    Image number: 9036
    with pray
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2019-10-27 15:38:35

  • Rhynchium oculatum, with pray  9037
    Rhynchium oculatum (Fabricius, 1781)     
    Rhynchium oculatum, with pray
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2019-10-27 15:38:41
    Image number: 9037
    with pray
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2019-10-27 15:38:41


Classification:
Rhynchium oculatum belongs to the subfamily Eumeninae.
Distribution:
Mediterranean Europe, Egypt, Middle East, Turkey, Southern Arabia, Somalia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan; introduced into the Canary Islands.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Gusenleitner J. (2016). ZOBODAT: Zoological-Botanical Database (Vespoidea) (version 4.0, Oct 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2016 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2016. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. J. Gusenleitner: Bestimmungstabellen mittel- und südeuropäischer Eumeniden (Vespoidea, Hymenoptera) Teil 14. Der Gattungsschlüssel und die bisher in dieser Reihe nicht behandelten Gattungen und Arten, Linzer biol. Beitr. 32/1, 43-65, 31.5.2000.