Subspecies
Bembix americana comata (Western sand wasp)
Bembix americana comata. Photo: (c) mnharris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Bembix americana is a species of sand wasp in the family Crabronidae. It is found in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
- Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
- Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
- Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)
- Family: Crabronidae (Square-headed wasps, sand wasps, and allies)
- Subfamily: Bembicinae
- Tribe: Bembicini (Sand wasps)
- Subtribe: Bembicina
- Genus: Bembix
- Species: Bembix americana (American sand wasp)
- Subspecies: Bembix americana comata (Western sand wasp)
- Species: Bembix americana (American sand wasp)
- Genus: Bembix
- Subtribe: Bembicina
- Tribe: Bembicini (Sand wasps)
- Subfamily: Bembicinae
- Family: Crabronidae (Square-headed wasps, sand wasps, and allies)
- Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)
- Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
- Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
- Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)