The Bembicidae comprise a large subfamily of apoid wasps 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 example Diptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Odonata in the burrows. Some species are kleptoparasites of other Bembicidae.[2] The different subgroups of Bembicidae are each quite distinctive, and rather well-defined, with clear morphological and behavioral differences between them.[2]
| Bembicidae | |
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| Bembix sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Bembicidae Latreille, 1802[1] |
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Subfamily Bembicinae Subfamily Nyssoninae | |
Taxonomy and phylogeny
editBembicids were originally a part of a single large family, the Sphecidae, then for many years were treated as a separate family, and recently have been placed back into a larger family, the Crabronidae.[2]
Gallery
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Bembix sp. in its habitat, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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.
- ^ a b c Howard Ensign Evans; Kevin M. O'Neill (2007). The Sand Wasps: Natural History and Behavior. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674024625.
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