Exeirus
| Australian cicada killer wasp | |
|---|---|
| Exeirus lateritius (Cicada-killer wasp), Fraser Coast, Queensland, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Genus: | Exeirus |
| Species: | E. lateritius |
| Binomial name | |
| Exeirus lateritius (Shuckard, 1838) | |
The Australian cicada killer wasp, Exeirus lateritius, the sole member of the genus Exeirus, is a large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory wasp. It is related to the more common genus of cicada killers, Sphecius. In Australia, E. lateritius hunts over 200 species of cicada.
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