Gorytini

Gorytini

Gorytini

Tribe of wasps

Gorytini is a large and morphologically very diverse group of hunting wasps distributed worldwide and particularly species-rich in tropical areas. Most species hunt various hemipterans, especially among the Auchenorrhyncha, which they sting, paralyze, and provision in underground nests as food for their larvae.[citation needed]

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Saygorytes phaleratus

Taxonomy

The Catalog of Sphecidae doesn't recognise Gorytini as a tribe and instead places the genera in subtribes Exeirina, Gorytina, Handlirschina and Spheciina within tribe Bembicini.[1]

Trachogorytes is recognised as a synonym of Mellinus, a genus in the family Mellinidae.

References

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  1. [1]
    Pulawski, Wojciech J. "Family-Group Names and Classification" (PDF). CATALOG OF SPHECIDAE. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 January 2023.


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