Cerceris rybyensis

Cerceris rybyensis
female foraging
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Philanthidae
Genus: Cerceris
Species:
C. rybyensis
Binomial name
Cerceris rybyensis
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms
  • Cerceris albofasciata (S. Eck, 1979)
  • Cerceris ariasi Giner Marí, 1941
  • Cerceris colon (Thunberg, 1815)
  • Cerceris hortorum (Panzer, 1799)
  • Cerceris kashmirensis Nurse, 1903
  • Cerceris ornata (Fabricius, 1790)
  • Cerceris variabilis (Schrank, 1802)
  • Crabro colon (Thunberg, 1815)
  • Crabro variabilis Schrank, 1802
  • Philanthus biguttatus Thunberg, 1815
  • Philanthus colon Thunberg, 1815
  • Philanthus hortorum Panzer, 1799
  • Philanthus ornatus Fabricius, 1790
  • Philanthus rybyensis (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Philanthus semicinctus Panzer, 1797
  • Sphex apifalco Christ, 1791
  • Sphex rybyensis Linnaeus, 1771
  • Vespa infundibuliformis Fourcroy, 1771
  • Vespa ornata (Fabricius, 1790)

Cerceris rybyensis, the ornate tailed digger wasp, is a Palearctic species of solitary wasp from the family Philanthidae which specialised in hunting small to medium-sized mining bees. It is the type species of the genus Cerceris and was named as Sphex rybyensis by Carl Linnaeus in 1771.