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Prionyx canadensis

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Prionyx canadensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Sphecidae
Subfamily: Sphecinae
Genus: Prionyx
Species:
P. canadensis
Binomial name
Prionyx canadensis
(Provancher, 1887)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chlorion canadense (Provancher, 1887)
  • Priononyx excisus (Kohl, 1890)
  • Sphex excisus Kohl, 1890
  • Sphex canadensis (Provancher, 1887)
  • Priononyx canadensis Provancher, 1887

Prionyx canadensis is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae.[1][2] This species can be identified by the lack of silvery hairs on the female's thorax, as present in P. parkeri and P. thomae.[2]


References

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  1. ^ a b Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. ^ a b Bohart, R.M.; Menke, A.S. (1963). "A reclassification of the Sphecinae with a revision of the Nearctic species of the tribes Sceliphronini and Sphecini". University of California Publications in Entomology. 30: 91–182.