Bembix
Bembix is a large cosmopolitan genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 380 species.
Sand wasp in its habitat, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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| Bembix oculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Subfamily: | Bembicinae |
| Tribe: | Bembicini |
| Genus: | Bembix Fabricius, 1775 |
| Type species | |
| Bembix rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Bembix rostrata | |
List of species (Europe)
- Bembix bicolor Radoszkowski 1877
- Bembix bidentata Vander Linden 1829
- Bembix cinctella Handlirsch 1893
- Bembix flavescens F. Smith 1856
- Bembix geneana A. Costa 1867
- Bembix megerlei Dahlbom 1845
- Bembix merceti J. Parker 1904
- Bembix oculata Panzer 1801
- Bembix olivacea Fabricius 1787
- Bembix pallida Radoszkowski 1877
- Bembix rostrata (Linnaeus 1758)
- Bembix sinuata Panzer 1804
- Bembix tarsata Latreille 1809
- Bembix turca Dahlbom 1845
- Bembix wagleri Gistel 1857
- Bembix zonata Klug 1835
See also
- Bembix variabilis McCaffrey, S & Gibson, L 2009 It is an Australian native species that is a pest on hives of the native bee, Tetragonula carbonara
External links
- Hymis.de Photographs of Palearctic species.
- McCaffrey, S. & Gibson, L. (2009) Crabronid wasp - Bembix variabilis (Bembix variabilis) Updated on 2/27/2013 1:01:55 PM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.
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