Bembicini
| Bembicini | |
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| Bembixsand wasp | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Subfamily: | Bembicinae |
| Tribe: | Bembicini Latreille,1802 |
| Genera | |
TheBembicini,orsand wasps,are a largetribeofcrabronidwasps,comprising 20genera.Bembicines arepredatorson various groups ofinsects.[1]The type of prey captured tends to be rather consistent within each genus, with flies (Diptera) being the most common type of prey taken. Nests are typically short, simple burrows, with a single enlarged chamber at the bottom which is stocked with freshly paralysed prey items for the developing wasplarva;the egg may sometimes be laid before the chamber is completely stocked. It is common for numerous females to excavate nests within a small area where the soil is suitable, creating large and sometimes very dense nesting aggregations, which tend to attract various species ofparasiticflies and wasps, many of which arecleptoparasites;in some cases, the sand wasps prey on their ownparasites(e.g.,[2]), a surprisingly rare phenomenon in the animal kingdom.[3]Although sand wasps are normally yellow and black, some are black and white with bright green eyes.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Bembicini".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.Retrieved2015-10-31.
- ^B.A. Alexander, R.L. Minckley, D. Yanega (1993) Nesting biology ofGlenostictia pictifrons(F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Bembicini).Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society66:108-120
- ^Evans, Howard E.(2002)."A review of prey choice in bembicine sand wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)".Neotropical Entomology.31(1): 1–11.doi:10.1590/S1519-566X2002000100001.
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