Biology
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Unknown, but other species of Bembecinus excavate burrows in
hard or sandy soil, often in large colonies. Females progressively feed
their developing larvae with leafhoppers and other Homoptera (Hemiptera)
(Bohart & Menke, 1976). |
References
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Bohart, R.M. &
Menke, A. S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a
Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
Brothers D.J. 1999. Phylogeny and
evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and
Apoidea) Zoologica Scripta 28: 233–250.
Finnamore, A.T. & Michener, C.D. 1993. Superfamily Apoidea (pp.
279-357). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World:
an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture
Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.
Gess FW, Pulawski, WJ, Gess, SK.
2015. A Revision of the rhopalocerus Species Group of
Bembecinus Costa (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae).
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62: 207-256. |
