Pemphredonidae is a family ofaphid wasps formerly treated as the subfamilyPemphredoninae. There are 19 genera and 556 described species in the family.[1][2][3]
The primary morphological distinction between the Pemphredonidae and the Psenidae is that Pemphredonidae never have more than two submarginal cells in their forewing while Psenidae have three submarginal cells.[4]
The subfamily consists of solitary wasps, each genus having its own distinct and consistent prey preferences. The adult females dig tunnels in the ground, or plant material, for nesting.[5] As with all other apoid wasps, the larvae are carnivorous; females hunt for prey on which to lay their eggs,mass provisioning the nest cells with paralyzed, living prey that the larvae feed upon after hatching from the egg.[citation needed]
As Pemphredoninae, this taxon was previously divided into fourtribes: Entomosericini, Odontosphecini, Psenini, and Pemphredonini. The Pemphredonini were considered to have by far the largest number of species. Phylogenetic analyses to resolve theparaphyly ofCrabronidae through erecting additional families also found the Pemphredoninae to bepolyphyletic. As a result, more recent classifications treatPsenidae (comprising the former tribes Psenini and Odontosphecini) as a separate family, and sister to the newly-erected familyAmmoplanidae. Ammoplanidae is also rendered as the most sister family to thebees (Anthophila). The Pemphredonidae (Pemphredonini excluding Ammoplanina) is instead sister taxon to the Philanthidae.[2] In continued revision, Entomosericini has also been elevated to family status asEntomosericidae.[3]
Two fossil wasp genera from theWeald Clay were originally considered to possibly be in the Pemphredoninae.[6] They are currently classified among the 15 genera of the extinct family,Angarosphecidae.[7]
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^Jarzembowski, E.A. (1991). "New insects from the Weald Clay of the Weald".Proceedings of the Geologists' Association.102 (2):93–108.doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(08)80069-7.
^Zheng, Yan; Chen, Jun; Zhang, Haichun; Rasnitsyn, Alexandr P. (2021). "New angarosphecid wasp (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Angarosphecidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber".Cretaceous Research.121.doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104742.
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