Hymenoptera18 species

Family Cockroach Wasps (Ampulicidae)

Ampulicidae is a family in the order Hymenoptera. Browse 18 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Ampulicidae (18)

Ampulex ferruginea

Identification: Readily distinguished from all other Ampulicidae in our area by the rusty-red head and thorax (these regions always black in the other 3 species).

Dolichurus greenei

Identification: Distinguished as the only eastern Ampulicidae with a black body but the tip of the gaster (apical margin of segment 3 and following) reddish. Most similar to the western species Paradolichurus californicus (San Diego Co., CA), which h