Biology:Bembix

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Short description: Genus of wasps


Bembix
Wasp July 2008-1.jpg
Bembix oculata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Bembicinae
Tribe: Bembicini
Subtribe: Bembicina
Genus: Bembix
Fabricius, 1775
Type species
Bembix rostrata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

Bembix rostrata
Bembix tarsata
over 350 more species; see text

Bembix is a large cosmopolitan genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 380 species.

Sand wasp in its habitat, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

File:Bembix oculata - 2012-10-17.webm

List of species (Europe)

  • Bembix bicolor Radoszkowski 1877
  • Bembix bidentata Vander Linden 1829
  • Bembix cinctella Handlirsch 1893
  • Bembix flavescens F. Smith 1856
  • Bembix geneana A. Costa 1867
  • Bembix megerlei Dahlbom 1845
  • Bembix merceti J. Parker 1904
  • Bembix oculata Panzer 1801
  • Bembix olivacea Fabricius 1787
  • Bembix pallida Radoszkowski 1877
  • Bembix rostrata (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Bembix sinuata Panzer 1804
  • Bembix tarsata Latreille 1809
  • Bembix turca Dahlbom 1845
  • Bembix wagleri Gistel 1857
  • Bembix zonata Klug 1835

See also

  • Bembix variabilis McCaffrey, S & Gibson, L 2009 It is an Australian native species that is a pest on hives of the native bee, Tetragonula carbonara

External links

  • Hymis.de Photographs of Palearctic species.
  • McCaffrey, S. & Gibson, L. (2009) Crabronid wasp - Bembix variabilis (Bembix variabilis) Updated on 2/27/2013 1:01:55 PM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.

Wikidata ☰ Q311557 entry