''Oxybelus'' is a genus of wasps in the family
Crabronidae
The Crabronidae are a large paraphyletic group (nominally a family) of wasps, including nearly all of the species formerly comprising the now-defunct superfamily Sphecoidea. It collectively includes well over 200 genera, containing well over 9 ...
. The species are found worldwide except in the
Australasian realm
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.
They are especially represented in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
. ''Oxybelus'' is the largest genus in Crabronidae, with 264 species known. Oxybelus wasps sometimes gravitate towards people, flying around travellers and landing on them, even when they are shooed away. It is not known why they do it, however it might possibly be them trying to drink sweat for its minerals.
Species (Europe)
Source
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Oxybelus argentatus''
Curtis
Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin from the Old French ''curteis'' (Modern French ''courtois'') which derived from the Spanish Cortés (of which Cortez is a variation) and the Portuguese and Gali ...
1833
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Oxybelus aurantiacus''
Mocsary 1883
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Oxybelus bipunctatus''
Olivier
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* Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
1812
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Oxybelus cocacolae''
P. Verhoeff 1968
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Oxybelus diphyllus'' (
A. Costa 1882)
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Oxybelus dissectus
''Oxybelus'' is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. The species are found worldwide except in the Australasian realm.
They are especially represented in the Palearctic. ''Oxybelus'' is the largest genus in Crabronidae, with 264 specie ...
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Dahlbom 1845
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Oxybelus dusmeti''
Mingo Perez 1966
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Oxybelus fischeri''
Spinola Spinola is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Agostino Spinola (d. 1537), Italian cardinal
* Alberto Spinola (born 1943), Italian water polo player
* Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases (1569–1630), Genoese banker an ...
1839
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Oxybelus haemorrhoidalis''
Olivier
Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to:
* Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Olivier (surname), a list of people
* Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery
*Olivier, Louisiana, a rural popul ...
1812
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Oxybelus hastatus''
Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587†...
1804
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Oxybelus lamellatus'' Olivier 1811
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Oxybelus latidens''
Gerstaecker 1867
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Oxybelus latro'' Olivier 1812
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Oxybelus lineatus'' (Fabricius 1787)
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Oxybelus maculipes''
F. Smith 1856
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Oxybelus mandibularis'' Dahlbom 1845
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Oxybelus mucronatus'' (Fabricius 1793)
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Oxybelus occitanicus''
Marquet Marquet is an occupational surname of French origin, which means a woodworker in marquetry. The name may refer to:
*Adrien Marquet (1884–1955), French politician
*Albert Marquet (1875–1947), French painter
* Andrée Marquet (born 1934), French ...
1896
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Oxybelus polyacanthus'' A. Costa 1882
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Oxybelus quatuordecimnotatus''
Jurine 1807
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Oxybelus spectabilis'' Gerstaecker 1867
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Oxybelus subspinosus''
Klug 1835
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Oxybelus trispinosus'' (Fabricius 1787)
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Oxybelus uniglumis'' (
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
1758)
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Oxybelus variegatus''
Wesmael Wesmael is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alfred Wesmael (1832–1905), Belgian botanist
* Elisabeth Wesmael (1861–1953), Belgian graphic artist
*Constantin Wesmael
Constantin Wesmael (4 October 1798, in Brussels – ...
1852
See also
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List of Oxybelus species
References
External links
''Oxybelus'' imagesat
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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Catalog of Sphecidae California Academy of Sciences Institute of Biodiversity
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