Crabronini

Crabronini
Ectemnius lapidarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Crabroninae
Tribe: Crabronini
Latreille, 1802
Subtribes
Rhopalum coarctatum
Crabro cribrarius
Ectemnius maculosus with pollen

Crabronini is a tribe of square-headed wasps in the family Crabronidae. There are 48 genera and over 1,500 described species in Crabronini. Wasps of this tribe are mostly small to very small wasps. Typical of this tribe are the forewings with a single submarginal cell, the lack of membranous metanotal and propodeal modifications, and (in most genera) a square-shaped head.[1][2][3]

Typical Crabronini prey upon flies and make simple nests, either in the ground or in rotting logs.[4]

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  3. ^ Evans, Howard E.; Matthews, Robert W. (1971). "Notes on the Prey and Nests of Some Australian Crabronini (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)†". Australian Journal of Entomology. 10: 1–4. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1971.tb00001.x.