Bembecinus tridens is a species of sand wasps belonging to the family Crabronidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Crabronidae |
| Tribe: | Bembicini |
| Subtribe: | Stizina |
| Genus: | Bembecinus |
| Species: | B. tridens
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| Binomial name | |
| Bembecinus tridens (Fabricius, 1781)
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Subspecies edit
- Bembecinus tridens caesius (Compte Sart, 1959)
- Bembecinus tridens tridens (Fabricius, 1781)
Description edit
Bembecinus tridens can reach a length of 7–11 millimetres (0.28–0.43 in). The body is black and yellow.
Biology edit
These wasps fly in one generation from early June to late August. The females dig a unicellular nest, though a single female digs 1-8 nests in succession. After an egg is laid in the cell the prey item (various families of Homoptera) is introduced.[2][3] The species is parasitized by Hedychrum chalybaeum.[4]
Distribution and habitat edit
This species can be found from Western Europe and North Africa to Japan and China.[5] They are common inhabitants of sandy areas.
Bibliography edit
- Nemkov P. G. (2012). Digger wasps of the genus Bembecinus A. Costa, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. - Bembecinus A. Costa, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae)). // Far Eastern Entomologist. 2012. N 251. C. 1–11. ISSN 1026-051X
- Rolf Witt: Wespen. Beobachten, Bestimmen. Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-89440-243-1.
References edit
- ^ Biolib
- ^ C. Polidori , V. Zangheratti , A. Martinoli & F. Andrietti Temporal transition of nesting activities in the digger wasp Bembecinus tridens (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) Italian Journal of Zoology, 74:3, 265-275, DOI: 10.1080/11250000701282042
- ^ Howard Ensign Evans, Kevin M. O'Neill The Sand Wasps: natural history and behavior
- ^ "Inventaire des Hyménoptères Sphécides" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-07. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
- ^ Fauna europaea
External links edit
- Bembecinus tridens - Biodiversity Heritage Library - Bibliography
- Bembecinus tridens - NCBI Taxonomy Database
- Bembecinus tridens - Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Bembecinus tridens - Encyclopedia of Life
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