Crabroninae

Crabroninae
Ectemnius lapidarius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily:
Tribes[1]

The subfamily Crabroninae 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

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


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