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Subtribe Bembicina

sand wasp (digging) - Bicyrtes ventralis - female Subtribe Bembicina - Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus - female Wasp for id - Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus Some kind of wasp? - Bembix Four-banded Stink Bug Hunter - Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus Bembix / Bicyrtes? - Microbembex monodonta Bembix occidentalis ? - visiting Helianthus petiolaris - Bembix Bembix americana spinolae? - Bembix
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps)
Family Crabronidae (Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies)
Subfamily Bembicinae
Tribe Bembicini (Sand Wasps)
Subtribe Bembicina
Numbers
ca. 40 spp. in 4 genera in our area(1), >450 spp. in 11 genera worldwide (of which ~350 Bembix spp.)(2)
Identification
CA fauna treated in(3)
Works Cited
1.Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2017) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)
2.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
3.California Bembicine Sand Wasps
R. M. Bohart and D. S. Horning, Jr. 1971. Bull. Calif. Insect Survey, Vol. 13, 49 pp. -- University of California Press.
Contributed by Matthias Buck on 4 April, 2008 - 2:35pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 March, 2019 - 7:00pm

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