Ammophila | |
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Ammophila pubescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Sphecidae |
Subfamily: | Ammophilinae |
Genus: | Ammophila W. Kirby, 1798 |
Type species | |
Ammophila sabulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Species | |
Many (>200 species + subspecies[1]) |
Ammophila is the type genus of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the hunting wasp family Sphecidae. Ammophila is a large and cosmopolitan genus, with over 200 species, mostly occurring in the warmer regions of all continents apart from Antarctica.