Bembix

Bembix
Bembix oculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Crabronidae
Subfamily:	Bembicinae
Tribe:	Bembicini
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.

Sand wasp in its habitat, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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) Updated on 2/27/2013 1:01:55 PM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.