Alice Springs Fauna •

BembicinaeBembecinus Bembix

Alice Springs WaspsAbispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bethylidae Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor Delta latreillei Delta philantes Eumeninae Liris (Wasp) Mud Nests and Potter Wasps Orchid Dupe Wasp Paralastor (Potter Wasp) Pison Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Sceliphron laetum Sphex (Wasp) Thynnid Flower Wasps Velvet Ant Family (Tribe Dasymutillini) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis)

A member of the genus Bembecinus, subfamily Bembicinae, this Sand Wasp was unfortunately deceased when scooped out of a swimming pool in Alice Springs.

Bembecinus (Sand Wasp), Alice Springs NT
Bembecinus (Sand Wasp), Alice Springs NT

The subfamily Bembicinae, is a large group of crabronid wasps, with a worldwide distribution of over 80 genera and over 1,800 species.

Bembecinus (Sand Wasp), Alice Springs NT
Bembecinus (Sand Wasp), Alice Springs NT
Bembecinus (Sand Wasp), Alice Springs NT
Bembecinus (Sand Wasp), Alice Springs NT

More information under Insects > Wasps > Bembicinae


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Hymenoptera
  • Superfamily: Apoidea
  • Informal: Spheciformes
  • Family: Crabronidae
  • Subfamily: Bembicinae
  • Genus: suggestion is
    • Genus: Bembecinus

Footnote & References

  1. Many thanks to Ken Walker for ID suggestion Bembecinus, Entomology Australia “Invertebratology”, https://www.facebook.com/groups/507004496955277/
  2. Bembecinus Costa, 1859, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Bembecinus
  3. Genus Bembecinus, ausemade, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/251012256

BembicinaeBembecinus Bembix

Alice Springs WaspsAbispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bethylidae Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor Delta latreillei Delta philantes Eumeninae Liris (Wasp) Mud Nests and Potter Wasps Orchid Dupe Wasp Paralastor (Potter Wasp) Pison Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Sceliphron laetum Sphex (Wasp) Thynnid Flower Wasps Velvet Ant Family (Tribe Dasymutillini) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis)

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