# Bembicini

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{{Short description|Tribe of wasps}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Wasp July 2008-1.jpg
| image_caption = ''Bembix'' sand wasp
| taxon = Bembicini
| authority = [Latreille](/source/Pierre_Andr%C3%A9_Latreille), 1802
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 
}}
thumb|right|250px|''Bembix sp.'' sand wasp
alt=American Sand Wasp (Bembix americana)|thumb|American Sand Wasp (Bembix americana)
The '''Bembicini''', or '''sand wasps''', are a large [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) of [bembicid](/source/Bembicidae) [wasp](/source/wasp)s, comprising 20 [genera](/source/genera). Bembicines are [parasitoid](/source/parasitoid)s  on various groups of [insect](/source/insect)s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waspweb.org/Apoidea/Crabronidae/Bembicinae/Bembicini/index.htm |title=Bembicini |accessdate=2015-10-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113918/http://www.waspweb.org/Apoidea/Crabronidae/Bembicinae/Bembicini/index.htm |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}</ref> The type of prey captured tends to be rather consistent within each genus, with flies ([Diptera](/source/Diptera)) being the most common type of prey taken. Nests are typically short, simple burrows, with a single enlarged chamber at the bottom which is stocked with freshly paralysed prey items for the developing wasp [larva](/source/larva); the egg may sometimes be laid before the chamber is completely stocked. It is common for numerous females to excavate nests within a small area where the soil is suitable, creating large and sometimes very dense nesting aggregations, which tend to attract various species of [parasitic](/source/parasitism) flies and wasps, many of which are [cleptoparasite](/source/cleptoparasite)s; in some cases, the sand wasps prey on their own [parasite](/source/parasite)s (e.g.,<ref>B.A. Alexander, R.L. Minckley, D. Yanega (1993) Nesting biology of ''Glenostictia pictifrons'' (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Bembicini). ''Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society'' 66:108-120</ref>), a surprisingly rare phenomenon in the animal kingdom.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Howard E. |title=A review of prey choice in bembicine sand wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) |journal=Neotropical Entomology |date=2002 |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1590/S1519-566X2002000100001|doi-access=free|author-link1=Howard E. Evans}}</ref> Although sand wasps are normally yellow and black, some are black and white with bright green eyes.

==Genera==
=== Subtribe [Bembicina](/source/Bembicina) ===
*''[Bembix](/source/Bembix)''
*''[Bicyrtes](/source/Bicyrtes)''
*''[Carlobembix](/source/Carlobembix)''
*''[Editha](/source/Editha)''
*''[Hemidula](/source/Hemidula)''
*''[Microbembex](/source/Microbembex)''
*''[Rubrica](/source/Rubrica)''
*''[Selman](/source/Selman_(wasp))''
*''[Stictia](/source/Stictia)''
*''[Trichostictia](/source/Trichostictia)''
*''[Zyzzyx](/source/Zyzzyx)''

=== Subtribe [Gorytina](/source/Gorytina) ===
*''[Afrogorytes](/source/Afrogorytes)''
*''[Allogorytes](/source/Allogorytes)''
*''[Arigorytes](/source/Arigorytes)''
*''[Aroliagorytes](/source/Aroliagorytes)''
*''[Austrogortyes](/source/Austrogortyes)''
*''[Eogorytes](/source/Eogorytes)''
*''[Epigorytes](/source/Epigorytes)''
*''[Gorytes](/source/Gorytes)''
*''[Hapalomellinus](/source/Hapalomellinus)''
*''[Harpactostigma](/source/Harpactostigma)''
*''[Harpactus](/source/Harpactus)''
*''[Hoplisoides](/source/Hoplisoides)''
*''[Lestiphorus](/source/Lestiphorus)''
*''[Leurogorytes](/source/Leurogorytes)''
*''[Liogorytes](/source/Liogorytes)''
*''[Megistommum](/source/Megistommum)''
*''[Oryttus](/source/Oryttus)''
*''[Psammaecius](/source/Psammaecius)''
*''[Psammaletes](/source/Psammaletes)''
*''[Sagenista](/source/Sagenista_(wasp))''
*''[Saygorytes](/source/Saygorytes)''
*''[Stenogorytes](/source/Stenogorytes)''
*''[Stethogorytes](/source/Stethogorytes)''
*''[Tretogorytes](/source/Tretogorytes)''
*''[Trichogorytes](/source/Trichogorytes)''
*''[Xerogorytes](/source/Xerogorytes)''

=== Subtribe [Exeirina](/source/Exeirina) ===
*''[Argogorytes](/source/Argogorytes)''
*''[Clitemnestra](/source/Clitemnestra)''
*''[Exeirus](/source/Exeirus)''
*''[Neogorytes](/source/Neogorytes)''
*''[Olgia](/source/Olgia)''
*''[Paraphilanthus](/source/Paraphilanthus)''

=== Subtribe [Handlirschiina](/source/Handlirschiina) ===
*''[Handlirschia](/source/Handlirschia)''
*''[Pterygorytes](/source/Pterygorytes)''

=== Subtribe [Spheciina](/source/Spheciina) ===
*''[Ammatomus](/source/Ammatomus)''
*''[Kohlia](/source/Kohlia)''
*''[Sphecius](/source/Sphecius)''
*''[Tanyoprymnus](/source/Tanyoprymnus)''

=== Subtribe [Stictiellina](/source/Stictiellina) ===
*''[Chilostictia](/source/Chilostictia)''
*''[Glenostictia](/source/Glenostictia)''
*''[Microstictia](/source/Microstictia)''
*''[Steniolia](/source/Steniolia)''
*''[Stictiella](/source/Stictiella)''
*''[Xerostictia](/source/Xerostictia)''

=== Subtribe [Stizina](/source/Stizina) ===
*''[Bembecinus](/source/Bembecinus)''
*''[Stizoides](/source/Stizoides)''
*''[Stizus](/source/Stizus)''

==See also==
* ''[Bembix rostrata](/source/Bembix_rostrata)''
* ''[Glenostictia pictifrons](/source/Glenostictia_pictifrons)''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Bembicidae
Category:Hymenoptera tribes
Category:Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille

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