''Bembecinus tridens'' is a species of sand wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae.

Subspecies

* ''Bembecinus tridens caesius'' (Compte Sart, 1959) * ''Bembecinus tridens tridens'' (Fabricius, 1781)

Description

''Bembecinus tridens'' can reach a length of . The body is black and yellow.

Biology

These wasps fly in one generation from early June to late August. The females dig a unicellular nest, though a single female digs 1-8 nests in succession. After an egg is laid in the cell the prey item (various families of Homoptera) is introduced. The species is parasitized by '' Hedychrum chalybaeum''.

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found from Western Europe and North Africa to Japan and China.Fauna europaea
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Bibliography

* Nemkov P. G. (2012). Digger wasps of the genus Bembecinus A. Costa, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. - Bembecinus A. Costa, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae)). // Far Eastern Entomologist. 2012. N 251. C. 1–11. ISSN 1026-051X * Rolf Witt: Wespen. Beobachten, Bestimmen. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, .

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