Exeirus

Australian cicada killer wasp
Exeirus lateritius (Cicada-killer wasp), Fraser Coast, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Bembicidae
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.