Crabroninae

Subfamily of wasps

Crabroninae

Ectemnius lapidarius
Scientific 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.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q148664
* Wikispecies: Crabroninae
* AFD: Crabroninae
* BugGuide: 12520
* CoL: JDR
* Fauna Europaea: 196460
* Fauna Europaea (new): 9746b6f9-f346-42d7-bc67-23da18f975bf
* Fossilworks: 179786
* iNaturalist: 337421
* ITIS: 768174
* NBN: NHMSYS0000875737
* NCBI: 253722

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