Gorytini

Gorytini
Harpactus laevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Bembicinae
Tribe: Gorytini
Genera
  • Afrogorytes
  • Allogorytes
  • Ammatomus
  • Argogorytes
  • Aroliagorytes
  • Arigorytes
  • Austrogortyes
  • Clitemnestra
  • Eogorytes
  • Epigorytes
  • Exeirus
  • Gorytes
  • Handlirschia
  • Hapalomellinus
  • Harpactostigma
  • Harpactus
  • Hoplisoides
  • Kohlia
  • Leiogorytes
  • Lestiphorus
  • Leurogorytes
  • Liogorytes
  • Malaygorytes
  • Megistommum
  • Neogorytes
  • Olgia
  • Oryttus
  • Paraphilanthus
  • Psammaecius
  • Psammaletes
  • Pseudoplisus
  • Pterygorytes
  • Sagenista
  • Saygorytes
  • Sphecius
  • Stenogorytes
  • Stethogorytes
  • Tanyoprymnus
  • Trachogorytes
  • Tretogorytes
  • Trichogorytes
  • Xerogorytes

Gorytini is a large and morphologically very diverse group of hunting wasps distributed worldwide and particularly species-rich in tropical areas. Most species hunt various hemipterans, especially among the Auchenorrhyncha, which they sting, paralyze, and provision in underground nests as food for their larvae.

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