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    Crabroninae

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    Crabroninae
    Ectemnius lapidarius
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Hymenoptera
    Family: Crabronidae
    Subfamily: Crabroninae
    Tribes[1]
    • Bothynostethini W. Fox, 1894
    • Crabronini Latreille, 1802
    • Larrini Latreille, 1810
    • Miscophini W. Fox, 1894
    • Oxybelini Leach, 1815
    • Palarini Schrottky, 1909
    • Trypoxylini Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
    • † Discoscapini Poinar, 2020
    • † Protomicroidini Antropov, 2010

    The subfamily Crabroninae (digger wasps) is the most diverse group in the wasp family Crabronidae, containing over 110 genera and 4,800 described species.[1] The subfamily consists of solitary, predatory wasps. The adult females of many groups dig tunnels in the ground for nesting, but others use different techniques, including the construction of tube-like mud nests (e.g., Trypoxylon politum).[1]

    As with all other sphecoid wasps, the larvae are carnivorous; females hunt for prey on which to lay their eggs, supplying the larvae with paralyzed, living prey when they emerge.

    Trypoxylon collinum

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Catalog of Sphecidae". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-05-08.


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