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Stizini
The Stizini are a tribe of small to large-sized sand wasps, similar to those in the tribe Bembicini, distinguished primarily by features of wing venation. Members of the genus ''Stizus'' are large, and superficially resemble cicada-killer wasps (genus ''Sphecius'', in the related tribe Gorytini), and members of the genus ''Stizoides'' are cleptoparasite Kleptoparasitism (etymologically, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, which can mean when foo ...s in the nests of other Crabronids. References Crabronidae Hymenoptera tribes Biological pest control wasps {{Apoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crabronidae
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. Several of the subfamilies of Crabronidae are often treated as families in their own right, as is true of the most recent phylogenies (example below). Phylogeny This phylogenetic tree is based on Sann ''et al.'', 2018, which used phylogenomics to demonstrate that both the bees (Anthophila) and the Sphecidae arose from within the former Crabronidae, which is therefore paraphyletic, and which they suggested should be split into several families; the former family Heterogynaidae nests within the Bembicidae, as here defined. These findings differ in several details from st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bembecinus
''Bembecinus'' is a cosmopolitan genus of sand wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae. There are at least 200 described species in ''Bembecinus''. European species *'' Bembecinus carinatus'' Lohrman 1942 *'' Bembecinus carpetanus'' (Mercet 1906) *'' Bembecinus crassipes'' (Handlirsch 1895) *'' Bembecinus cyprius'' Beaumont 1954 *'' Bembecinus hungaricus'' (Frivaldszky 1876) *'' Bembecinus insulanus'' Beaumont 1954 *'' Bembecinus meridionalis'' A. Costa 1859 *'' Bembecinus peregrinus'' (F. Smith 1856) *'' Bembecinus pulchellus'' (Mercet 1906) *'' Bembecinus tridens'' (Fabricius 1781) See also * List of Bembecinus species References Further reading * * External links * Crabronidae Apoidea genera Taxa named by Achille Costa {{Apoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stizoides
''Stizoides'' is a genus of kleptoparasitic sand wasp A sand wasp is a wasp of one of the following groups: * '' Ammophila'', a narrow-waisted genus of hunting wasps that often nests in sandy soil * Bembicini The Bembicini, or sand wasps, are a large tribe of crabronid wasps, comprising 20 genera ...s in the family Crabronidae. There are at least 30 described species in ''Stizoides''. Species References Further reading * * * Crabronidae {{apoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stizus
''Stizus'' is a genus of sand wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae. There are over 100 species. These wasps can reach a length of about . They are yellow and black, rarely reddish. Species within this genus can be found in Europe, in Africa, and in North America. European species Species within this genus include: *'' Stizus aestivalis'' Mercet, 1906 *'' Stizus annulatus'' ( Klug, 1845) *'' Stizus bipunctatus'' ( Smith, 1856) *'' Stizus continuus'' (Klug, 1835) *'' Stizus fasciatus'' (Fabricius Fabricius ( la, smith, german: Schmied, Schmidt) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *people from the Ancient Roman gens Fabricia: **Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome * Johann Goldsmid (1587 ..., 1781) *'' Stizus hispanicus'' Mocsary, 1883 *'' Stizus perrisi'' DuFour, 1838 *'' Stizus pubescens'' (Klug, 1835) *'' Stizus ruficornis'' (Forster, 1771) *'' Stizus rufipes'' (Fabricius, 1804) *'' Stizus tricolor'' Handlirsch, 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bembicini
The Bembicini, or sand wasps, are a large tribe of crabronid wasps, comprising 20 genera. Bembicines are predators on various groups of insects. The type of prey captured tends to be rather consistent within each genus, with flies ( Diptera) being the most common type of prey taken. Nests are typically short, simple burrows, with a single enlarged chamber at the bottom which is stocked with freshly paralysed prey items for the developing wasp larva; the egg may sometimes be laid before the chamber is completely stocked. It is common for numerous females to excavate nests within a small area where the soil is suitable, creating large and sometimes very dense nesting aggregations, which tend to attract various species of parasitic flies and wasps, many of which are cleptoparasites; in some cases, the sand wasps prey on their own parasite Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphecius
Cicada killer wasps ( genus ''Sphecius'') are large, solitary, ground-dwelling, predatory wasps. They are so named because they hunt cicadas and provision their nests with them, after stinging and paralyzing them. Twenty-one species worldwide are recognized. The highest diversity occurs in the region between North Africa and Central Asia. In North America, the term "cicada killer wasp" usually refers to the most well-known species, the eastern cicada killer (''S. speciosus''). A few other related genera also are sometimes referred to as "cicada killers", e.g. ''Liogorytes'' in South America and '' Exeirus'' in Australia. The use of cicadas as prey is in keeping with the typical behavior of the tribe Gorytini, which tend to specialize on various members of the Cicadomorpha as prey items. Species This list of species is probably complete as of March 31, 2009. It has been adapted from thCatalog of ''Sphecius'' species(California Academy of Sciences). Notable subspecies are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorytini
Gorytini is a large and morphologically very diverse group of hunting wasps distributed worldwide and particularly species-rich in tropical areas. Most species hunt various hemipterans, especially among the Auchenorrhyncha, which they sting, paralyze, and provision in underground nests as food for their larvae. Taxonomy The ''Catalog of Sphecidae'' doesn't recognise Gorytini as a tribe and instead places the genera in subtribes Exeirina, Gorytina, Handlirschina and Spheciina within tribe Bembicini. * Gorytina **'' Afrogorytes'' **'' Allogorytes'' **'' Arigorytes'' **'' Aroliagorytes'' **'' Austrogortyes'' **'' Eogorytes'' **'' Epigorytes'' **''Gorytes'' (='' Leiogorytes'', ='' Pseudoplisus'') **'' Hapalomellinus'' **'' Harpactostigma'' **'' Harpactus'' **'' Hoplisoides'' **'' Lestiphorus'' **'' Leurogorytes'' **''Liogorytes'' **'' Megistommum'' **'' Oryttus'' **'' Psammaecius'' **'' Psammaletes'' **''Sagenista'' **'' Saygorytes'' **'' Stenogorytes'' **'' Stethogorytes' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleptoparasite
Kleptoparasitism (etymologically, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, which can mean when food is scarce or when victims are abundant. Many kleptoparasites are arthropods, especially bees and wasps, but including some true flies, dung beetles, bugs, and spiders. Cuckoo bees are specialized kleptoparasites which lay their eggs either on the pollen masses made by other bees, or on the insect hosts of parasitoid wasps. They are an instance of Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasites tend to be closely related to their hosts. The behavior occurs, too, in vertebrates including birds such as skuas, which persistently chase other seabirds until they disgorge their food, and carnivorous mammals such as spotted hyenas and lions. Other species opportunistically indulge in kleptoparasitism. Strategy Kleptoparasitism is a fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymenoptera Tribes
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or places that are otherwise inaccessible. This ovipositor is often modified into a stinger. The young develop through holometabolism (complete metamorphosis)—that is, they have a wormlike larval stage and an inactive pupal stage before they mature. Etymology The name Hymenoptera refers to the wings of the insects, but the original derivation is ambiguous. All references agree that the derivation involves the Ancient Greek πτερόν (''pteron'') for wing. The Ancient Greek ὑμήν (''hymen'') for membrane provides a plausible etymology for the term because species in this order have membranous wings. However, a key characteristic of this order is that the hindwings are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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