Genus

Bembix

Bembix americana comata. Photo: (c) mnharris, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Bembix is a large cosmopolitan genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 380 species.

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) (1)

Subtaxa

Species: Bembix americana (American sand wasp)

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