Crabronidae

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Crabronidae
Bembix sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera Superorder: Endopterygota Order: Hymenoptera Suborder: Apocrita Superfamily: Apoidea Family: Crabronidae
Subfamilies
Astatinae Bembicinae Crabroninae Mellininae Pemphredoninae Philanthinae

Crabronidae (Latreille, 1802) is a large family of wasps, that includes nearly all of the species formerly comprising the now-defunct superfamily Sphecoidea. It collectively includes well over 200 genera, containing well over 9000 species. Crabronids were originally a part of Sphecidae, but the latter name is now restricted to a separate family based on what was once the subfamily Sphecinae. As this change is very recent, it seems likely that the subfamilies of Crabronidae will each eventually be treated as families in their own right, as they have been treated as such by many authorities in the past (as in the catalog linked below).

[edit] Subgroups

• Subfamily Astatinae (incl. Dinetinae)

• Astata, etc.

• Subfamily Bembicinae

• Tribe Bembicini

• Bembix Fabricius 1775
• Zyzzyx Pate 1937, etc.

• Tribe Gorytini

• Sphecius, etc.

• Subfamily Crabroninae (incl. Eremiaspheciinae)

• Crabro, etc

• Subfamily Mellininae

• Mellinus
• Xenosphex

• Subfamily Pemphredoninae

• Microstigmus
• Pemphredon, etc.

• Subfamily Philanthinae

• Cerceris
• Philanthus, etc.

• etc.

[edit] Reference

• Catalog of Sphecidae that includes Crabronidae, at Cal Academy

[edit] External links

• Image Gallery from Gembloux