Summary table for the 8 genera in the tribe Bembicini, with photographic examples of various key distinguishing features (plus other related material)

Summary table for the 31 species of Austrogorytes, a genus endemic to Australia.

Summary table for the three Australian species of Ammatomus, along with copies of the original species descriptions.

Summary table for the five Australian genera of Larrini, along with various references & diagrams.

Summary table for the eight Australian genera of Miscophini, along with various diagrams, images & references.

Summary table comparing the seven species of Australian Nitela and Auchenophorus, along with various diagrams and references.

The Bembicini genera Argogorytes and Austrogorytes are superficially similar. Here's a definitive comparison for two WA species that I have previously struggled to differentiate from written descriptions alone.
(cover image: Kerry Stuart, iNaturalist sighting
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/235308189

Comparing the 14 Australian species within these three, very similar genera.

Notes on distinguishing between the 13 Australian genera of the tribe Crabronini, with a special mention on gaster shape.

Published descriptions of Australia’s two species: P. interstitialis lutescens (Turner, 1907) and P. carinifrons scutellatus (Turner, 1912) … with links back to iNaturalist sightings.

Exploring published descriptions of Australia’s Dasyproctus and Neodasyproctus species – there are just six currently described, but discriminating between them is an ongoing challenge.

Matrix for the subfamily, illustrated with specimen 2406A

Identification of our local Cerceris, based on Evans 1981 review of species from eastern Australia.

Identification notes based on collected specimen

Identification notes based on collected specimen
[cover image a different individual: imaged nearby, 16/11/22]

Collected mid November, 2021 … 5 cells, 41 spiders, and an egg or larva in each cell. The handiwork of a Pison wasp