Bembix

Bembix
Bembix oculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hymenoptera
Family:Crabronidae
Subfamily:Bembicinae
Tribe:Bembicini
Genus:Bembix
Fabricius, 1775
Type species
Bembix rostrata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

Bembix rostrata
Bembix tarsata
over 350 more species; see text

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

Sand wasp in its habitat, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

List of species (Europe)

  • Bembix bicolor Radoszkowski 1877
  • Bembix bidentata Vander Linden 1829
  • Bembix cinctella Handlirsch 1893
  • Bembix flavescens F. Smith 1856
  • Bembix geneana A. Costa 1867
  • Bembix megerlei Dahlbom 1845
  • Bembix merceti J. Parker 1904
  • Bembix oculata Panzer 1801
  • Bembix olivacea Fabricius 1787
  • Bembix pallida Radoszkowski 1877
  • Bembix rostrata (Linnaeus 1758)
  • Bembix sinuata Panzer 1804
  • Bembix tarsata Latreille 1809
  • Bembix turca Dahlbom 1845
  • Bembix wagleri Gistel 1857
  • Bembix zonata Klug 1835

See also


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