Bembicinae
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Bembicinae is one of the two subfamilies of Bembicidae, along with Nyssoninae.


Taxonomy and phylogeny

This subfamily was formerly classified under
Crabronidae The Crabronidae is a large family of wasps within the superfamily Apoidea. Taxonomy and phylogeny This family has historically been treated as a subfamily in the now-defunct Spheciformes group under the family Sphecidae. The Spheciformes inclu ...
, but phylogeletic revision indicated that this treatment was
paraphyletic Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...
. Taxonomic work to resolve this paraphyly resulted in the erection of additional families, including Bembicidae.


References

Bembicidae Apocrita subfamilies {{Apoidea-stub