the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > member of genus Sphecius (cicada-killer) (1)
a large American digger-wasp, Sphecius speciosus, which kills the annual cicada and stores it as food.