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Species Bembix americana

common sand wasp throwing dirt - Bembix americana Sand wasp? - Bembix americana - female Unknown Fly - Bembix americana Unknown Fly - Bembix americana Sand Wasp - Bembix americana - Bembix americana - female Hornet Digging Sand Holes - Bembix americana Bembix americana spinolae (1) - Bembix americana Burrower wasp. Tachytes distinctus? - Bembix americana
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
Genus Bembix
Species americana (Bembix americana)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bembix americana Fabricius
Numbers
4 sspp. in our area(1), 7 across the Americas
B. a. nicolai is endemic to San Nicolas Island, CA(1)
Range
across the Americas
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. 1979. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 27 September, 2006 - 11:56am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Aaron Schusteff, PaleoJon
Last updated 14 August, 2023 - 3:27am

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