Crabronidae
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Crabronidae
Latreille, 1802
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Astatinae |
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The Crabronidae are a large paraphyletic group (nominally a family) of wasps, including nearly all of the species formerly comprising the now-defunct superfamily Sphecoidea. It collectively includes well over 200 genera, containing well over 9000 species. Crabronids were originally a part of Sphecidae, but the latter name is now restricted to a separate family based on what was once the subfamily Sphecinae. As this change is very recent, the subfamilies of Crabronidae likely will each eventually be treated as families in their own right, as they have been treated as such by many authorities in the past (as in the catalog linked below).
Phylogeny
This cladogram is based on Debevic et al, 2012, which used molecular phylogeny to demonstrate that the bees (Anthophila) arose from deep within the Crabronidae, which is therefore paraphyletic. The Heterogynaidae are also broken up.[1] The small subfamily Mellininae was not included in their analysis.
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Subgroups
- Subfamily Astatinae (including Dinetinae)
- Astata, etc.
- Subfamily Bembicinae
- Tribe Alyssontini
- Tribe Bembicini
- Tribe Gorytini
- Tribe Heliocausini
- Tribe Nyssonini
- Tribe Stizini
- Subfamily Crabroninae (incl. Eremiaspheciinae)
- Subfamily Mellininae
- Subfamily Pemphredoninae
- Microstigmus
- Lithium
- Pemphredon, etc.
- Subfamily Philanthinae
- Cerceris
- Philanthus, etc.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Sources
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crabronidae. |
- Image Gallery from Gembloux
- Larra spp., mole cricket hunters on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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