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Gorytini

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Gorytini
Harpactus laevis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Crabronidae
Subfamily: Bembicinae
Tribe: Gorytini
Genera
Saygorytes phaleratus

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]

Taxonomy

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