Sphecidae


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Noun1.Sphecidae - mud daubersSphecidae - mud daubers; some digger wasps  
family Sphecidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Sphecoidea, superfamily Sphecoidea - families Sphecidae and Stizidae
genus Sceliphron, Sceliphron - mud daubers
mud dauber - wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae
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One female (AMNH) from Corvallis, Oregon, was collected in July from a mud dauber's nest (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae).
Revision of the jumping spider genus Sassacus (Araneae, Salticidae, Dendryphantinae) in North America
2004 Hydrophilidae Masters 1979, 1980 Scarabaeidae Dumortier 1963, Masters 1980 Hymenoptera Sphecidae Coelho 1998 Apidae Sen Sarma et al.
Sound generation in Mantis religiosa (Mantodea: Mantidae): stridulatory structures and acoustic signal
The four largest families were Apidae (17%), Sphecidae (17%), Tephritidae (15%) and Scoliidae (11%).
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FLORAL VISITORS OF DALEA PINNATA (J. F. GMEL.) BARNEBY (FABACEAE) IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA
Temporal, spatial, sex-ratio, and body-size heterogeneity of prey species taken by the beewolf Philanthus sanbornii (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae).
Generalization in pollination system, and why it matters
Variable life-history and emergence patterns of the pipe-organ mud-daubing wasp, Trypoxylon politum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae).
Sex ratio and parental investment in Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) agamemnon Richards (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)/ Razao sexual e investimento parental em Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) agamemnon Richards (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)
Dahlbom (Sphecidae); Coleopterans, Brachyloptura vegans Olivier and Typocerus zebra Olivier (Cerambycidae); Lepidopterans, Eusarca confusaria Hubner (Geometridae) and Harrisina sp.
Pollination biology and seed production of a federally endangered perennial, Echinacea laevigata (asteraceae:heliantheae)
Particularly impressive are sections dealing with Braconidae, Formicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae, whose keys provide coverage beyond the UAE.
'Arthropod Fauna of the UAE. Volume 4.'
Diversidade, sazonalidade e aspectos biologicos de vespas solitarias (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Vespidae) em ninhos armadilhas na regiao de Ituitaba, MG.
Nesting biology of four species of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in Chaco Serrano woodland, Central Argentina
Digger-wasps of the genus Mimumesa Malloch (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) of the fauna of the USSR.
The genus mimumesa from China with descriptions of two new species (hymenoptera: apoidea: crabronidae)
Orden Familia Bosque Arbustal Pastizal Diptera Tipulidae 20 19 82 Mycetophilidae 8 9 Culicidae 5 2 Sin determinar 33 101 64 Hymenoptera Braconidae 8 27 16 Ichneumonidae 1 15 6 Evanidae 3 Sphecidae 1 Eurytomidae 1 Tenthredinidae 1 Sin determinar 1 Araneae Tetragnathidae 1 17 19 Theridiidae 2 3 Caponiidae 5 Linyphiidae 3 1 Araneidae 1 Hemiptera Cicadellidae 16 6 Pyrrhocoridae 7 Aphidae 2 1 Delphacidae 1 1 Enicocephalidae 1 Pentatomidae 1 Membracidae 1 Sin determinar 1 Coleoptera Anthribidae 5 3 Curculionidae 7 Lycidae 2 3 Cantharidae 1 1 Sin determinar 2 1 Psocoptera sp.
Comunidad de aranas orbitelares (Araneae: Orbiculariae) asociada al Bosque Altoandino del Santuario Flora y fauna galeras, Narino, Colombia

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