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Subfamily Ammophilinae

Representative Images

Thread-waisted Wasp - Ammophila Unknown Flying Insect - Ammophila Thread Waisted Wasp ID - Ammophila procera Cutworm Wasp - Podalonia Thread-Waisted Wasps - Ammophila - male - female Ammophila pictipennis 3024558 Ammophila - Ammophila Buena Vista Wasp - Podalonia

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 Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)
Subfamily Ammophilinae

Explanation of Names

Ammophilinae André 1886

Numbers

82 spp. in 3 genera in our area(1), ~350 spp. in 6 genera total(2)

Works Cited

1.Lasioderma haemorrhoidale (Ill.) now established in California, with biological data on Lasioderma species (Col.: Anobiidae)
White R.E. 1990. Col. Bull. 44: 344-348.
2.Pulawski W.J. (2003-) Catalog of Sphecidae sensu lato (Apoidea excluding Apidae)
Contributed by v belov on 28 October, 2010 - 12:28pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 1 September, 2023 - 12:21am

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