Crabronidae

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Crabronidae
Tachysphex sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Crabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Subfamilies

Astatinae
Bembicinae
Crabroninae
Mellininae
Pemphredoninae
Philanthinae

Astata sp. male
Cerceris sp. male
Sand wasp in its habitat, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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 the 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 the Crabronidae are often treated as families in their own right, as is true of the most recent phylogenies (example below).

Phylogeny

This

Anthophila
.

Apoidea

Ampulicidae

Astatidae

Bembicidae

sensu stricto
)

sensu stricto
)

Mellinidae

Psenidae

Ammoplanidae

Anthophila
(bees)

Subgroups

Life cycle

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