Bembecinus tridens
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| Bembecinus tridens | |
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| Bembecinus tridens, Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Bembicidae |
| Tribe: | Bembicini |
| Subtribe: | Stizina |
| Genus: | Bembecinus |
| Species: | B. tridens |
| Binomial name | |
| Bembecinus tridens (Fabricius, 1781) | |
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Bembecinus tridens is a species of sand wasps belonging to the family Bembicidae.[1]
- Bembecinus tridens caesius (Compte Sart, 1959)
- Bembecinus tridens tridens (Fabricius, 1781)
Description
Bembecinus tridens can reach a length of 7–11 millimetres (0.28–0.43 in). The body is black and yellow.
Biology
These wasps fly in one generation from early June to late August. The females dig a unicellular nest, though a single female digs 1-8 nests in succession. After an egg is laid in the cell the prey item (various families of Homoptera) is introduced.[2][3] The species is parasitized by Hedychrum chalybaeum.[4]
Distribution and habitat
This species can be found from Western Europe and North Africa to Japan and China.[5] They are common inhabitants of sandy areas.
