Philanthinae
Bee Wolf ( Philanthus triangulum )
Philanthinae is a subfamily of Crabronidae within the grave wasps ( Spheciformes ), which comprises about 1100 species worldwide. It includes after Pulawski (2009) 8 genera in four tribes. In Europe, the subfamily with 59 species is represented in three genera. The subfamily includes the genus Cerceris the most species-rich genus of Crabronidae, which comprises about two-thirds of the types of Philanthinae.
Features
Most medium-sized grave wasps usually have a black base color with a yellow or white drawing, which often includes in particular bands on the abdomen. The face plate ( clypeus ) ends in three lobes, of which the side lobes are densely hairy fringe or brush-like in males.
Way of life
The nests are laid in the ground and provisioned with Hymenoptera, especially bees and wasps and beetles.
System
In the following, all currently recognized extant subtaxa lists down to the genus as well as the European species:
- Aphilanthopini R. Bohart, 1966. Aphilanthops Patton, 1881
- Clypeadon Patton, 1897
- Node wasps ( Cerceris Latreille, 1802) Cerceris abdominalis (Fabricius, 1804)
- Cerceris albicolor Shestakov 1918
- Cerceris albofasciata ( Rossi 1790)
- Cerceris Amathusia Beaumont 1958
- Cerceris angustirostris Shestakov 1918
- Cerceris arenaria (Linnaeus 1758)
- Cerceris bellona Mercet 1914
- Cerceris bicincta Klug 1835
- Cerceris boetica ( Perez 1913)
- Cerceris bracteata Eversmann 1849
- Cerceris bucculata A. Costa 1860
- Cerceris bupresticida Dufour 1841
- Cerceris cheskesiana Mari Giner 1945
- Cerceris circularis (Fabricius, 1804)
- Cerceris dispar Dahlbom 1845
- Cerceris dorsalis Eversmann 1849
- Cerceris dusmeti Giner Mari 1941
- Cerceris elegans Eversmann 1849
- Cerceris eryngii Marquet 1875
- Cerceris Euryanthe carbon 1888
- Cerceris eversmanni Schulz 1912
- Cerceris fimbriata ( Rossi 1790)
- Cerceris flavilabris (Fabricius 1793)
- Cerceris flaviventris Vanderlinden 1829
- Cerceris fodiens Eversmann 1849
- Cerceris hortivaga carbon 1880
- Cerceris ibericella Leclercq 1979
- Cerceris impercepta Beaumont 1950
- Cerceris interrupta ( Panzer, 1799)
- Cerceris lunate A. Costa 1869
- Cerceris maculicrus Beaumont 1967
- Cerceris media Klug 1835
- Cerceris odontophora Schletterer 1887
- Cerceris quadricincta ( Panzer, 1799)
- Cerceris quadrifasciata ( Panzer, 1799)
- Cerceris quinquefasciata ( Rossi, 1792)
- Cerceris rossica Shestakov 1914
- Cerceris rubida ( Jurine 1807)
- Cerceris ruficornis (Fabricius 1793)
- Cerceris rutila Spinola 1839
- Cerceris rybyensis (Linnaeus 1771)
- Cerceris sabulosa ( Panzer, 1799)
- Cerceris somotorensis Balthasar 1956
- Cerceris specularis A. Costa 1869
- Cerceris spinipectus F. Smith in 1856
- Cerceris stratiotes Schletterer 1887
- Cerceris tenuivittata Dufour 1849
- Cerceris tuberculata ( Villers 1787)
- Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 Philanthus coarctatus Spinola 1839
- Philanthus coronatus ( Thunberg 1784)
- Philanthus dufourii Lucas 1849
- Philanthus pulchellus Spinola 1843
- Philanthus sculpturatus Gayubo 1991
- Philanthus triangulum (Fabricius 1775)
- Philanthus venustus ( Rossi 1790)
- Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski, 1876. Pseudoscolia dewitzi (Kohl 1889)
- Pseudoscolia martinezi Suarez 1981