Crabroninae

Subfamily of wasps

Crabroninae
Ectemnius lapidarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Crabroninae
Tribes[1]
  • Bothynostethini W. Fox, 1894
  • Crabronini Latreille, 1802
  • Larrini Latreille, 1810
  • Miscophini W. Fox, 1894
  • Oxybelini Leach, 1815
  • Palarini Schrottky, 1909
  • Trypoxylini Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845
  • † Discoscapini Poinar, 2020
  • † Protomicroidini Antropov, 2010

The subfamily Crabroninae (digger wasps) 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.
Taxon identifiers
Crabroninae


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