NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Ectemnius violaceipennis (Cameron, 1907)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ectemnius violaceipennis (Cameron, 1907)
- Name authority
- (Cameron, 1907)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Crabronidae
- Genus
- Ectemnius
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderHymenoptera
- suborderApocrita
- infraorderAculeata
- superfamilyApoidea
- familyCrabronidae Latreille, 1802
- subfamilyCrabroninae Latreille, 1802
- tribeCrabronini Latreille, 1802
- subtribeCrabronina Latreille, 1802
- genusEctemnius Dahlbom, 1845
- speciesEctemnius violaceipennis (Cameron, 1907)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ectemnius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ectemnius alpheus Pate, 1946 | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius chagrinatus Leclercq, 1950 | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius chrysites (Kohl, 1892) | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius craesus (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835) | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius crippsi (Arnold, 1927) | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius crudator Leclercq, 1968 | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius cuernosi Leclercq, 1963 | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius curictensis (Mader, 1940) | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius discrepans (Giffard, 1915) | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius distinctus (F. Smith, 1856) | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius dives (Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Brullé, 1835) | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ectemnius dizoster Pate, 1947 | CrabronidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Crabro violaceipennis Cameron, 1907 Cameron, 1907 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1023272 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:38PMK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.