Pemphredon
Pemphredon is a Holarctic genus of medium sized solitary wasps belonging to the subtribe Pemphredonina. Around 37 species are recognized (6 Holarctic, 13 Palearctic, 11 Nearctic and 7 northern Asia). The species are both similar and morphologically variable and it is often very difficult to distinguish them. Pemphredon are predatory.[2]
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| Pemphredon depicted in Edward Saunders Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Subtribe: | Pemphredonina |
| Genus: | Pemphredon Latreille, 1796 |
Species (Europe)
Species in Europe include:[3]
- Pemphredon austriaca (Kohl 1888)
- Pemphredon baltica Merisuo 1972
- Pemphredon beaumonti Hellen 1955
- Pemphredon flavistigma Thomson 1874
- Pemphredon inornata Say 1824
- Pemphredon lethifer (Shuckard 1837)
- Pemphredon lugens Dahlbom 1842
- Pemphredon lugubris (Fabricius 1793)
- Pemphredon montana Dahlbom 1845
- Pemphredon morio Vander Linden 1829
- Pemphredon podagrica Chevrier 1870
- Pemphredon rugifer (Dahlbom 1844)
References
- Edward Saunders. 1896. The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Isles. London.
- Dollfuss, H. 1995. A worldwide revision of Pemphredon Latreille 1796 (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 27:905–1019.
- "Pemphredon Latreille, 1796". fauna-eu.org. Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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