Ammoplanina is a subtribe of aphid wasps in the family

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 9 ...

, subfamily

Pemphredoninae The subfamily Pemphredoninae also known as the aphid wasps, is a large group in the wasp family Crabronidae, with over 1000 species. Historically, this subfamily has frequently been accorded family status. In some recent phylogenetic analyses, on ...

. There are about 10 genera and at least 130 described species in Ammoplanina. In some phylogenetic analyses, this group is the sister lineage to the

bees Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamil ...

, and accorded family rank as Ammoplanidae so as to keep families monophyletic.Manuela Sann, Oliver Niehuis, Ralph S. Peters, Christoph Mayer, Alexey Kozlov, Lars Podsiadlowski, Sarah Bank, Karen Meusemann, Bernhard Misof, Christoph Bleidorn, and Michael Ohl (2018) Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees. ''BMC Evolutionary Biology'' 18:71. doi:10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8

Genera

These 10 genera belong to the subtribe Ammoplanina: * '' Ammoplanellus'' Gussakovskij, 1931^{i c g} * '' Ammoplanops'' Gussakovskij, 1931^{i c g b} * ''

Ammoplanus ''Ammoplanus'' is a genus of aphid wasps in the family 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 ...

'' Giraud, 1869^{i c g b} * '' Ammostigmus'' Antropov, 2010^{i c g} * '' Mohavena'' Pate, 1939^{i c g} * '' Parammoplanus'' Pate, 1939^{i c g b} * '' Protostigmus'' Turner, 1918^{i c g} * ''

Pulverro ''Pulverro'' is a genus of aphid wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are about 13 described species in ''Pulverro''. Species These 13 species belong to the genus ''Pulverro'': * ''Pulverro boharti'' N. Smith, 1983 * ''Pulverro californicus'' ...

'' Pate, 1937^{i c g b} * '' Riparena'' Pate, 1939^{i c g} * '' Timberlakena'' Pate, 1939^{i c g b} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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