Trypoxylon scutatum is a predatory wasp in the family Crabronidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Genus: | Trypoxylon |
| Species: | T. scutatum
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| Trypoxylon scutatum Chevrier, 1867
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Distribution
editThis species is present in Europe.[3]
Description
editTrypoxylon scutatum can reach a length of about 10 millimetres (0.39 in), with a head reaching a width of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). These quite large wasps have a shiny black body, with large eyes. The hull that borders the frontal shield passes between the posterior ocelli and the anterior ocellum. It shows a strongly obtuse ventral angle, and a small enclosed space. The first gastral segment is rather short, especially in males.[4][5]
References
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- ^ Sphecidae of Europe
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ Le Monde des Insectes
- ^ Alexander Valentinovich Antropov Key to the Trypoxylon scutatum species-group of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwest Asia in Order Hymenoptera, family Crabronidae. Genera Trypoxylon, Pseudomicroides and Belomicroides. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4:609-629.