Bembicinae
| Bembicinae | |
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| Bembixsp. | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Subfamily: | Bembicinae Latreille,1802[1] |
| Tribes | |
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Alyssontini | |
TheBembicinaecomprise a large subfamily ofcrabronidwasps that includes over 80 genera and over 1800 species which have a worldwide distribution. They excavate nests in the soil, frequently in sandy soils, and store insects of several orders, for exampleDiptera,Orthoptera,Hemiptera,LepidopteraandOdonatain the burrows. Some species arekleptoparasitesof other Bembicinae.[2]The different subgroups of Bembicinae are each quite distinctive, and rather well-defined, with clear morphological and behavioral differences between them.[2]
Bembicines were originally a part of a single large family, theSphecidae,then for many years were treated as a separate family, and recently have been placed back into a larger family, the Crabronidae this time.[2]
References
[edit]- ^Sandor Christiano Buys (2012)."Bembicine wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae: Bembicini, except Gorytina) of Rio de Janeiro State (southeast Brazil): inventory of species and notes on biology".Biota Neotropica.12(3): 73–77.doi:10.1590/S1676-06032012000300007.
- ^abcHoward Ensign Evans; Kevin M. O'Neill (2007).The Sand Wasps: Natural History and Behavior.Harvard University Press.ISBN978-0674024625.
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