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Philanthinae
The subfamily Philanthinae is one of the largest groups in the wasp family Crabronidae, with about 1100 species in 9 genera, most of them in ''Cerceris''; Alexander treats it as having only 8 genera. Historically, this subfamily has frequently been accorded family status. The subfamily consists of solitary, predatory wasps, each genus having its own distinct and consistent prey preferences. The adult females dig tunnels in the ground for nesting. As with all other sphecoid 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 ''Philanthus gibbosus'', which is commonly referred to as a beewolf due to its predation practices, is a species of bee-hunting wasp and is the most common and widespread member of the genus in North America. ''P. gibbosus'' is of the order Hym ...''. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crabronidae
The Crabronidae are a large paraphyletic group (nominally a family) of wasps, including nearly all of the species formerly comprising the now-defunct superfamily Sphecoidea. It collectively includes well over 200 genera, containing well over 9000 species. Crabronids were originally a part of Sphecidae, but the latter name is now restricted to a separate family based on what was once the subfamily Sphecinae. Several of the subfamilies of Crabronidae are often treated as families in their own right, as is true of the most recent phylogenies (example below). Phylogeny This phylogenetic tree is based on Sann ''et al.'', 2018, which used phylogenomics to demonstrate that both the bees (Anthophila) and the Sphecidae arose from within the former Crabronidae, which is therefore paraphyletic, and which they suggested should be split into several families; the former family Heterogynaidae nests within the Bembicidae, as here defined. These findings differ in several details from st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philanthus
Beewolves (genus ''Philanthus''), also known as bee-hunters or bee-killer wasps, are solitary, predatory wasps, most of which prey on bees, hence their common name. The adult females dig tunnels in the ground for nesting, while the territorial males mark twigs and other objects with pheromones to claim the territory from competing males. As with all other sphecoid wasps, the larvae are carnivorous, forcing the inseminated females to hunt for other invertebrates (in this case bees), on which she lays her eggs, supplying the larvae with prey when they emerge. The adults consume nectar from flowers. The prevalent European species, '' P. triangulum,'' specializes in preying upon honey bees, thus making it a minor pest for beekeepers. Other ''Philanthus'' may specialize in other bee species or they may be generalists which prey upon a wide variety of bees such as the American bumblebee, ''Bombus pensylvanicus'', or other hymenopterans, including conspecifics. They are notable for st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerceris
__NOTOC__ ''Cerceris'' is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. It is the largest genus in the family, with over 1030 described species and subspecies. Cerceris Catalog The genus has a , with species on every continent.Genaro, J. A. (2004) A new species of ''Cerceris'' from Hispaniola, West Indies (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae). ''Journal of the Kansas Entomological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wasp
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. The wasps do not constitute a clade, a complete natural group with a single ancestor, as bees and ants are deeply nested within the wasps, having evolved from wasp ancestors. Wasps that are members of the clade Aculeata can Stinger, sting their prey. The most commonly known wasps, such as yellowjackets and hornets, are in the family Vespidae and are Eusociality, eusocial, living together in a nest with an egg-laying queen and non-reproducing workers. Eusociality is favoured by the unusual haplodiploid system of sex-determination system, sex determination in Hymenoptera, as it makes sisters exceptionally closely related to each other. However, the majority of wasp species are solitary, with each adult female living and breeding independently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphecidae
The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be paraphyletic, so most of the old subfamilies have been moved to the Crabronidae. Biology The biology of the Sphecidae, even under the restricted definition, is still fairly diverse; some sceliphrines even display rudimentary forms of sociality, and some sphecines rear multiple larvae in a single large brood cell. Many nest in pre-existing cavities, or dig simple burrows in the soil, but some species construct free-standing nests of mud and even (in one genus) resin. All are predatory and parasitoidal, but the type of prey ranges from spiders to various dictyopterans, orthopteroids and larvae of either Lepidoptera or other Hymenoptera; the vast majority practice mass provisioning, providing all the prey items prior to laying the egg. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philanthus Gibbosus
''Philanthus gibbosus'', which is commonly referred to as a beewolf due to its predation practices, is a species of bee-hunting wasp and is the most common and widespread member of the genus in North America. ''P. gibbosus'' is of the order Hymenoptera and the genus '' Philanthus''. It is native to the Midwestern United States and the western Appalachians. ''P. gibbosus'' are often observed to visit flowers and other plants in search of insect prey to feed their young. The prey that ''P. gibbosus'' catches is then coated in a layer of pollen and fed to the young wasps. Taxonomy and phylogeny ''Philanthus gibbosus'' is a member of the family Crabronidae of wasps within the order Hymenoptera. Below is a cladogram that is based on a 2012 study conducted by Debevic et al. and published in the journal Zoologica Scriptica. The study investigated molecular phylogeny to reveal that the bees, Anthophila, came from within the family Crabronidae, meaning the family is, therefore, paraph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aphilanthops
''Aphilanthops'' is a genus of ant queen kidnapping wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are at least four described species in ''Aphilanthops''. Species These four species belong to the genus ''Aphilanthops'': * '' Aphilanthops foxi'' Dunning, 1898 * '' Aphilanthops frigidus'' (F. Smith, 1856) * '' Aphilanthops hispidus'' W. Fox, 1894 * '' Aphilanthops subfrigidus'' Dunning, 1898 References Crabronidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{apoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clypeadon
''Clypeadon'' is a genus of wasps A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. T ... belonging to the family Crabronidae. The species of this genus are found in Northern America. Species: * '' Clypeadon bechteli'' (R.Bohart, 1959) * '' Clypeadon californicus'' (R.Bohart, 1959) References {{Taxonbar, from=Q105679313 Crabronidae Hymenoptera genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucerceris
''Eucerceris'' is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are more than 40 described species in ''Eucerceris''. Species The genus ''Eucerceris'' contains 41 extant species: * '' Eucerceris angulata'' Rohwer, 1912 * '' Eucerceris arenaria'' Scullen, 1948 * '' Eucerceris atrata'' Scullen, 1968 * '' Eucerceris baccharidis'' Scullen, 1968 * '' Eucerceris barri'' Scullen, 1968 * '' Eucerceris bitruncata'' Scullen, 1939 * '' Eucerceris brunnea'' Scullen, 1948 * '' Eucerceris canaliculata'' (Say, 1823) * '' Eucerceris cavagnaroi'' Scullen, 1968 * '' Eucerceris cerceriformis'' Cameron, 1891 * '' Eucerceris conata'' Scullen, 1939 * '' Eucerceris cressoni'' (Schletterer, 1887) * '' Eucerceris ferruginosa'' Scullen, 1939 * '' Eucerceris flavocincta'' Cresson, 1865 * '' Eucerceris geboharti'' G. Ferguson, 1982 * '' Eucerceris lacunosa'' Scullen, 1939 * '' Eucerceris lapazensis'' Scullen, 1968 * '' Eucerceris melanosa'' Scullen, 1948 * '' Eucerceris melanovittata'' Scullen, 1948 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trachypus
''Trachypus'' is a genus of wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are more than 30 described species in ''Trachypus''. Species These 31 species belong to the genus ''Trachypus'': * '' Trachypus annulatus'' Spinola, 1851 * '' Trachypus basalis'' F. Smith, 1873 * '' Trachypus batrachostomus'' Schrottky, 1909 * '' Trachypus boharti'' Rubio-Espina, 1975 * '' Trachypus caenosus'' Rubio-Espina, 1975 * '' Trachypus cementarius'' (F. Smith, 1860) * '' Trachypus cisminutus'' Rubio-Espina, 1975 * '' Trachypus clypeatus'' Rubio-Espina, 1975 * '' Trachypus denticollis'' Spinola, 1851 * '' Trachypus disjunctus'' F. Smith, 1873 * '' Trachypus elongatus'' (Fabricius, 1804) * '' Trachypus fasciatus'' Rubio-Espina, 1975 * '' Trachypus flavidus'' (Taschenberg, 1875) * '' Trachypus fulvipennis'' (Taschenberg, 1875) * '' Trachypus gerstaeckeri'' Dewitz, 1881 * '' Trachypus gracilis'' (Cameron, 1890) * '' Trachypus hirticeps'' (Cameron, 1890) * '' Trachypus mandibularis'' Rubio-Espina, 1975 * '' Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
