Tachytes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Apoidea

Familia: Crabronidae
Subfamilia: Crabroninae
Tribus: Larrini
Subtribus: Gastrosericina
Genus: Tachytes
Species: T. gyusanus – ...
Name

Tachytes Panzer, 1806: Krit. Revis., 2, 129.
References

Back, Y.-b.; Kim, J.K. 2014: Review of the genus Tachytes Panzer (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) of South Korea, with description of one new species. Zootaxa 3795(3): 301–310. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.5 Reference page.

Tachytes is a genus of predatory, solitary wasps, containing about 300 species.[1]

Etymology

The name of the genus derives from the Greek ταχύτης (tachytes), meaning swiftness or speed.[2]
Distribution

These wasps have a worldwide distribution throughout temperate and tropical regions.[3]
Description

Adults are typically black, with light or clear wings, and sometimes a red or brown gaster or legs. They are about 12 mm long, but can range from 4 mm to 24 mm. Many species have green eyes, which is distinctive of the genus. They often possess short golden hairs and a round build, which can give them a bee-like appearance.[3]
Biology

Tachytes generally predates on Orthoptera (grasshoppers and katydids, especially those of the families Acrididae, Tettigoniidae, Tetrigidae, and Tridactylidae), though Tachytes bidens reportedly predates on geometer moths.[3] Like other hunting wasps, the female captures a prey item, stings to paralyze it, and seals it in a burrow along with an egg that consumes the prey during development. The sting often paralyzes the prey completely, though in a few species, it only appears to prevent them from attempting to escape.[4] Their burrows can be very long, up to one meter in Tachytes praedator.[3] Jean-Henri Fabre devotes a chapter to their predacious behavior in his More Hunting Wasps, comparing it with the genus Sphex.[5]

Some Tachytes species exhibit hilltopping behavior, in which males will perch near and territorially defend points of high elevation, such as the tops of hills and mountains. In other cases, males apparently guard burrows with developing females, waiting for them to emerge.[6]
Species

Tachytes abdominalis (Say, 1823) i c g b
Tachytes abercornensis Arnold, 1959 i c g
Tachytes absidatus R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes admirabilis R. Turner, 1916 i c g
Tachytes aeneus E. Saunders, 1910 i c g
Tachytes aestuans R. Turner, 1916 i c g
Tachytes agadiriensis Nadig, 1933 i c g
Tachytes alacer Arnold, 1960 i c g
Tachytes albonotatus Walker, 1871 i c g
Tachytes alfierii Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes alvarengai R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes amazonus F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes ambidens Kohl, 1884 i c
Tachytes andesae R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes andreniformis Cameron, 1889 i c g
Tachytes angustiverticis Wu and Li, 2006 i c g
Tachytes approximatus R. Turner, 1908 i c g
Tachytes arabicus Guichard, 1994 i c g
Tachytes archaeophilus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes argentea Gussakovskij, 1933 c g
Tachytes argenteovestitus Cameron, 1910 i c g
Tachytes argenteus Gussakovskij, 1933 i
Tachytes argyreus (F. Smith, 1856) i c g
Tachytes argyropis de Saussure, 1887 i c g
Tachytes asiagenes Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes assamensis Cameron, 1904 i c g
Tachytes associatus R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes astutus Nurse, 1909 i c g
Tachytes aureocinctus Cameron, 1905 i c g
Tachytes aurichalceus Kohl in Schletterer, 1891 i c g
Tachytes auricomans Bradley, 1919 i c g
Tachytes aurifex F. Smith, 1858 i c g
Tachytes auripes Berland, 1942 i c g
Tachytes aurovestitus F. Smith, 1873 i c g
Tachytes aurulentus (Fabricius, 1804) i c g b
Tachytes badius Banks, 1942 i c g
Tachytes bakeri Williams, 1928 i c g
Tachytes basilicus (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) i c g
Tachytes beludzhistanicus Gussakovskij, 1933 i c g
Tachytes bidens Gussakovskij, 1952 i c g
Tachytes bilunaris Tsuneki, 1982 i c g
Tachytes bimetallicus R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes birkmanni Rohwer, 1909 i c g
Tachytes biskrensis E. Saunders, 1910 i c g
Tachytes braunsi R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes bredoi Arnold, 1947 i c g
Tachytes brevicornis Tsuneki, 1976 i c g
Tachytes brevipennis Cameron, 1900 i c g
Tachytes brevis Walker, 1871 i c g
Tachytes brunneomarginatus Arnold, 1947 i c g
Tachytes brunneus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes bulawayoensis Bischoff, 1913 i c g
Tachytes californicus R. Bohart, 1962 i c g
Tachytes cameronianus Morice, 1897 i c g
Tachytes carinatus Berland, 1942 i c g
Tachytes catamarcae R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes cataractae Arnold, 1923 i c g
Tachytes catarinae R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes celsissimus R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes cephalotes Walker, 1871 i c g
Tachytes ceratophorus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes chelatus R. Bohart, 1962 i c g
Tachytes chilensis (Spinola, 1851) i c g
Tachytes chivensis Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes chrysocercus Rohwer, 1911 i c g
Tachytes chrysopyga (Spinola, 1842) i c g
Tachytes chudeaui Berland, 1942 i c g
Tachytes cinerascens Arnold, 1935 i c g
Tachytes codonocarpi Pulawski, 1975 i c g
Tachytes coloratus R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes columbiae W. Fox, 1892 i c g
Tachytes comberi R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes compactus Arnold, 1951 i c g
Tachytes concinnus F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes confusus Arnold, 1923 i c g
Tachytes contractus Walker, 1871 i c g
Tachytes copiosus Arnold, 1945 i c g
Tachytes corniger Gussakovskij, 1952 i c g
Tachytes costalis Taschenberg, 1870 i c g
Tachytes crassus Patton, 1880 i c g b
Tachytes cressoni Banks, 1942 i c g
Tachytes danae Arnold, 1923 i c g
Tachytes decoratus Walker, 1871 i c g
Tachytes desertus R. Bohart, 1994 i c g b
Tachytes dichrous F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes dilaticornis R. Turner, 1916 i c g
Tachytes dilwara Nurse, 1903 i c g
Tachytes diodontus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes discrepans Arnold, 1951 i c g
Tachytes dispersus R. Turner, 1916 i c g
Tachytes disputabilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes distanti R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes distinctus F. Smith, 1856 i c g b
Tachytes dogon Pulawski, 2006 i c g
Tachytes dubiosus Tsuneki, 1974 i c g
Tachytes ermineus Banks, 1942 i c g
Tachytes erynnis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes etruscus (Rossi, 1790) i c g
Tachytes excellens Cameron, 1912 i c g
Tachytes exclusus R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes exornatus W. Fox, 1894 i c g
Tachytes famelicus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes fatalis R. Turner, 1916 i c g
Tachytes fervidus F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes fidelis Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes flagellarius R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes flagellatus Nurse, 1903 i c g
Tachytes flavocinereus Arnold, 1945 i c g
Tachytes floridanus Rohwer, 1920 i c g
Tachytes formosissimus R. Turner, 1908 i c g
Tachytes fraternoides R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes fraternus Taschenberg, 1870 i c g
Tachytes freygessneri Kohl, 1881 i c g
Tachytes fritzi R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes frontalis F. Smith, 1873 i c g
Tachytes fruticis Tsuneki, 1964 i c g
Tachytes fucatus Arnold, 1951 i c g
Tachytes fulviventris Cresson, 1865 i c g
Tachytes fulvovestitus Cameron, 1904 i c g
Tachytes gondarabai (Guiglia, 1943) i c g
Tachytes gracilicornis Arnold, 1944 i c g
Tachytes grisselli R. Bohart, 1994 i c g b
Tachytes guatemalensis Cameron, 1889 i c g b
Tachytes gyusanus Back and Kim, 2014 i g
Tachytes habilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes hades Schrottky, 1903 i c g
Tachytes hainanensis Wu and Q. Li, 2006 i c g
Tachytes hamiltoni R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes harpax Patton, 1880 i c g
Tachytes hirsutus F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes illabefactus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes imperialis de Saussure, 1867 i c g
Tachytes indicus Dalla Torre, 1897 i c g
Tachytes indifferens Arnold, 1945 i c g
Tachytes indulgens Cheesman, 1937 i c g
Tachytes inexorabilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes instabilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes integer Gussakovskij, 1933 i c g
Tachytes intermedius (Viereck, 1906) i c g b
Tachytes interstitialis Cameron, 1900 i c g
Tachytes irreverens Cheesman, 1937 i c g
Tachytes irritabilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes jucundus F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes kristenseni R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes labilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes lachesis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes lamborni Arnold, 1934 i c g
Tachytes lamentabilis Arnold, 1951 i c g
Tachytes lanuginosus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes latifrons Tsuneki, 1964 i c g
Tachytes lepidus Arnold, 1929 i c g
Tachytes leprieuri (Spinola, 1842) c g
Tachytes leprieurii (Spinola, 1842) i
Tachytes levantinus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes lingnaui Arnold, 1933 i c g
Tachytes lissinus R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes longirostris Arnold, 1947 i c g
Tachytes lugubris Walker, 1871 i c g
Tachytes maculicornis E. Saunders, 1910 i c g
Tachytes maerens R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes magellanicus Williams, 1928 i c g
Tachytes maindroni Berland, 1942 i c g
Tachytes manjikuli Tsuneki, 1963 i c g
Tachytes maroccanus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes marshalli R. Turner, 1912 i c g
Tachytes matronalis Dahlbom, 1845 i c g
Tachytes megaera R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes melancholicus Arnold, 1923 i c g
Tachytes memnon R. Turner, 1916 i c g
Tachytes menkei R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes meraukensis Cameron, 1911 i c g
Tachytes mergus W. Fox, 1892 i c g
Tachytes micantipygus Strand, 1910 i c g
Tachytes midas Arnold, 1929 i c g
Tachytes minutior R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes mirus Kohl, 1894 i c g
Tachytes mitis R. Turner, 1916 i c g
Tachytes modestus F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes monetarius F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes mongolicus Tsuneki, 1972 i c g
Tachytes mutilloides Walker, 1871 i c g
Tachytes nasicornis Gussakovskij, 1952 i c g
Tachytes natalensis de Saussure, 1854 i c g
Tachytes nevadensis R. Bohart, 1962 i c g
Tachytes nigrescens Berland, 1942 i c g
Tachytes nigroannulatus Bischoff, 1913 i c g
Tachytes nigropilosellus (Cameron, 1910) i c g
Tachytes niloticus R. Turner, 1918 i c g
Tachytes nitidiusculus (F. Smith, 1856) i c g
Tachytes nitidulus (Fabricius, 1793) i c g
Tachytes nomarches Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes notabilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes nudiventris R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes obductus W. Fox, 1892 i c g
Tachytes observabilis Kohl, 1894 i c g
Tachytes obsoletus (Rossi, 1792) i c g
Tachytes oppositus R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes opulentus Nurse, 1909 i c g
Tachytes ornatipes Cameron, 1889 i c g
Tachytes oviventris de Saussure, 1891 i c g
Tachytes palatus R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes pallidiventris Arnold, 1947 i c g
Tachytes panzeri (Dufour, 1841) i c g
Tachytes papuanus Tsuneki, 1983 i c g
Tachytes parvus W. Fox, 1892 i c g
Tachytes pennsylvanica Banks, 1921 c g
Tachytes pennsylvanicus Banks, 1921 i b
Tachytes pepticus (Say, 1837) i c g
Tachytes perornatus R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes picticornis Arnold, 1945 i c g
Tachytes plagiatus Walker, 1871 i c g
Tachytes plutocraticus R. Turner, 1910 i c g
Tachytes politus R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes popovi Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes praedator W. Fox, 1892 i c g
Tachytes praestabilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes pretiosus Cameron, 1912 i c g
Tachytes priesneri Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes procerus A. Costa, 1882 i c g
Tachytes pubescens R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes pulchricornis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes punctuosus Arnold, 1923 i c g
Tachytes pygmaeus Kohl, 1888 i c g
Tachytes quinquedens R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes rarus Arnold, 1960 i c g
Tachytes relucens R. Turner, 1916 i c g
Tachytes repandus (Fabricius, 1787) i c g
Tachytes rhodesianus Bischoff, 1913 i c g
Tachytes rhododactylus Taschenberg, 1870 i c g
Tachytes rhodogaster R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes richardsi R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes roraimae R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes rubellus R. Turner, 1908 i c g
Tachytes rubioi R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes rufalaris R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes rufipalpis Cameron, 1904 i c g
Tachytes rufiscutis R. Turner, 1918 i c g
Tachytes rufomarginatus Arnold, 1945 i c g
Tachytes rugulosus R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes sacricola Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes sagani Guiglia, 1943 i c g
Tachytes saharicus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes salvus Kohl, 1906 i c g
Tachytes saundersii Bingham, 1897 i c g
Tachytes sayi Banks, 1942 i c g
Tachytes schlingeri R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes sculleni R. Bohart, 1962 i c g
Tachytes sedulus F. Smith, 1860 i c g
Tachytes seminole Banks, 1942 i c g
Tachytes separabilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes setiger Kohl, 1898 i c g
Tachytes setosus Taschenberg, 1870 i c g
Tachytes sexdens R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes sheppardi Arnold, 1940 i c g
Tachytes silverlocki R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes silvicola Williams, 1928 i c g
Tachytes silvicoloides Williams, 1928 i c g
Tachytes simillimus von Schulthess, 1926 i c g
Tachytes simulans F. Smith, 1873 i c g
Tachytes simulatrix R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes sinensis F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes sinuatus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes sjoestedti Cameron, 1908 i c
Tachytes spatiosus T. Li, Cai and Q. Li, 2008 i c g
Tachytes spatulatus W. Fox, 1892 i c g
Tachytes stangei R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes sulcatus R. Turner, 1916 i c g
Tachytes surigensis Williams, 1928 i c g
Tachytes tabrobanae Cameron, 1900 i c g
Tachytes tachyrrhostus de Saussure, 1854 i c g
Tachytes tarsalis (Spinola, 1839) i c g
Tachytes testaceinervus Cameron, 1908 i c g
Tachytes tomentosus Kohl in Schletterer, 1891 i c g
Tachytes toyensis Tsuneki, 1971 i c g
Tachytes transvaalensis Cameron, 1905 i c g
Tachytes trichopygus Pulawski, 1962 i c g
Tachytes tricinctus (Fabricius, 1804) i c g
Tachytes trigonalis de Saussure, 1867 i c g
Tachytes turneri Arnold, 1923 i c g
Tachytes ugandensis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes ustulatus R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes vagus Radoszkowski, 1877 i c g
Tachytes validus Cresson, 1873 i c g b
Tachytes vardyi R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes varians (Fabricius, 1804) i c g
Tachytes vechti Tsuneki, 1976 i c g
Tachytes velox F. Smith, 1856 i c g
Tachytes venezuelae R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes versatilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes vestitus (F. Smith, 1873) i c g
Tachytes vicinus Cameron, 1889 i c g
Tachytes villegasi R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes vischnu Cameron, 1889 i c g
Tachytes volubilis R. Turner, 1917 i c g
Tachytes werneri R. Bohart, 1994 i c g
Tachytes willinki R. Bohart, 1979 i c g
Tachytes xenoferus Rohwer, 1911 i c g
Tachytes yerburyi Bingham, 1897 i c g
Tachytes yunnanensis T. Li, Cai and Q. Li, 2008 i c g
Tachytes zuliae R. Bohart, 1979 i c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References

"Tachytes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
"Browse Tachytes". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
"Tachytes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
"Tachytes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

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Fabre, Jean-Henri (1921). "Chapter VI. The Tachytes". More Hunting Wasps. Translated by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company.
Alcock, John (2007). "Hilltopping Behavior by Three Species of Tachytes Wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 80 (4): 361–368. doi:10.2317/0022-8567(2007)80[361:HBBTSO]2.0.CO;2.