Crabronidae

Crabronidae
Crabronidae
Tachysphex sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Crabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies

Astatinae
Bembicinae
Crabroninae
Mellininae
Pemphredoninae
Philanthinae

Crabronidae is a large family of wasps, that includes 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, it seems likely that the subfamilies of Crabronidae 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).

Subgroups

  • Subfamily Astatinae (incl. Dinetinae)
  • Astata, etc.
Sand Wasp in its habitat, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Subfamily Bembicinae
  • Tribe Bembicini
  • Tribe Gorytini
  • Subfamily Crabroninae (incl. Eremiaspheciinae)
  • Crabro
  • Aha, etc
  • Subfamily Larrinae
  • Subfamily Mellininae
  • Mellinus
  • Xenosphex
  • Subfamily Pemphredoninae
  • Subfamily Philanthinae
  • etc.

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