Xanthocampsomeris
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| Xanthocampsomeris | |
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| Xanthocampsomeris limosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Scoliidae |
| Subfamily: | Campsomerinae |
| Tribe: | Campsomerini |
| Genus: | Xanthocampsomeris Bradley, 1957 |
Xanthocampsomeris is a New World genus of the family Scoliidae, also known as the scoliid wasps, formerly treated as a subgenus within Campsomeris.
Xanthocampsomeris are small to medium wasps with dark bodies with the abdomen having yellow markings on 3 or 4 tergites and red at the apex. The legs are reddish with white hind tibial spurs. The wings are subhyaline with yellow venation.[1]
Distribution
Species of this genus are found in the West Indies and from the southern United States south to Colombia.[1]
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