Biology:Philanthidae
Philanthidae is one of the largest families of wasp in the superfamily Apoidea, with 1167 species in 8 genera. Most of the species (more than 870) are in the genus Cerceris.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and phylogeny
Historically, this group has frequently been accorded family status.[4] Later interpretations include status as a subfamily of a broadly defined Sphecidae[1] or Crabronidae. Subsequent revision of the superfamily Apoidea has elevated the group back to family status.[5]
Behavior
As with all other apoid wasps, the larvae are carnivorous; females hunt for prey on which to lays their eggs, mass provisioning the nest cells with paralyzed, living prey that the larva feeds upon after it hatches from the egg, as seen in the species Philanthus gibbosus.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alexander, B.A. (1992). "A cladistic analysis of the subfamily Philanthinae (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)". Systematic Entomology 17 (2): 91–108. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1992.tb00324.x.
- ↑ Bohart, Richard Mitchell; Menke, Arnold S. (1976). Sphecid Wasps of the World: A Generic Revision. University of California Press. p. 555. ISBN 978-0-520-02318-5. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FExMjuRhjpIC.
- ↑ Pulawski, Wojciech J. (2024). "Catalog of Genera and Species". http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/entomology/entomology_resources/Hymenoptera/sphecidae/Genera.
- ↑ Cresson, Ezra Townsend (1865). "Monograph of the Philanthidae of North America". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 5: 84-132. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=8hUpAAAAYAAJ&pg=GBS.PA82&hl=en. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ↑ Sann, Manuela; Niehuis, Oliver; Peters, Ralph S.; Mayer, Christoph; Kozlov, Alexey; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Bank, Sarah; Meusemann, Karen et al. (2018). "Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees.". BMC Evolutionary Biology 18 (71). doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8.
- ↑ Colman, D.R.; Toolson, E.C.; Takacs-Vesbach, C.D. (2012). "Do diet and taxonomy influence insect gut bacterial communities?". Molecular Ecology 21 (20): 5124–5137. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05752.x. ISSN 1365-294X. PMID 22978555.
External links
- BWARS: Philanthinae (photographs of each species)
Wikidata ☰ Q2085852 entry
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