Subfamily
Bembicinae
Microbembex californica. Photo: (c) Andres Rodriguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Bembicinae comprise a large subfamily of crabronid wasps that includes over 80 genera and over 1800 species which have a worldwide distribution. They excavate nests in the soil, frequently in sandy soils, and store insects of several orders, for example Diptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera and Odonata in the burrows. Some species are kleptoparasites of other Bembicinae. They are sometimes classified into three tribes: Alyssontini with 71 species, the Bembicini with 1,411 species and the Nyssonini…
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