Pemphredon
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| Pemphredon depicted in Edward Saunders Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands (figures 3, 4, 5) | |
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| Genus: | Pemphredon Latreille , 1796
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Pemphredon is a Holarctic and northern Oriental genus of medium sized solitary wasps belonging to the subtribe Pemphredonina. 37 species are recognized (6 Holarctic, 13 Palearctic,11 Nearctic and 7 northern Oriental). The species are both be similar and morphologically variable and it is oten very difficult to distinguishthem. Pemphredon are predatory.[1]
Species (Europe)
- Pemphredon austriaca (Kohl 1888)
- Pemphredon baltica Merisuo 1972
- Pemphredon beaumonti Hellen 1955
- Pemphredon flavistigma Thomson 1874
- Pemphredon inornata Say 1824
- Pemphredon lethifer (Shuckard 1837)
- Pemphredon lugens Dahlbom 1842
- Pemphredon lugubris (Fabricius 1793)
- Pemphredon montana Dahlbom 1845
- Pemphredon morio Vander Linden 1829
- Pemphredon podagrica Chevrier 1870
- Pemphredon rugifer (Dahlbom 1844) [2]
References
- ^ Dollfuss, H. 1995. A worldwide revision of Pemphredon Latreille 1796 (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 27:905–1019. online at Zobodat
- ^ Fauna Europaea online