Bembix

Bembix
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Bembix oculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Bembicidae
Subfamily:	Bembicinae
Tribe:	Bembicini
Subtribe:	Bembicina
Genus:	Bembix Fabricius, 1775
Type species
Bembix rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
Bembix rostrata Bembix tarsata over 350 more species; see text

Bembix is a large cosmopolitan genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 380 species.

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Sand wasp in its habitat, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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Bembix oculata female at her nest

List of species (Europe)

• Bembix bicolor Radoszkowski 1877
• Bembix bidentata Vander Linden 1829
• Bembix cinctella Handlirsch 1893
• Bembix flavescens F. Smith 1856
• Bembix geneana A. Costa 1867
• Bembix megerlei Dahlbom 1845
• Bembix merceti J. Parker 1904
• Bembix oculata Panzer 1801
• Bembix olivacea Fabricius 1787
• Bembix pallida Radoszkowski 1877
• Bembix rostrata (Linnaeus 1758)
• Bembix sinuata Panzer 1804
• Bembix tarsata Latreille 1809
• Bembix turca Dahlbom 1845
• Bembix wagleri Gistel 1857
• Bembix zonata Klug 1835

See also

• List of Bembix species
• Bembix variabilis McCaffrey, S & Gibson, L 2009 It is an Australian native species that is a pest on hives of the native bee, Tetragonula carbonara

External links

• Hymis.de Photographs of Palearctic species.
• McCaffrey, S. & Gibson, L. (2009) Crabronid wasp - Bembix variabilis (Bembix variabilis) http://www.padil.gov.au