The Crabronidae is a large family of wasps within the superfamily Apoidea. This family was historically treated as a subfamily in the now-defunct Spheciformes...

paraphyletic, so most of the old subfamilies have been moved to the Crabronidae. The biology of the Sphecidae, even under the restricted definition,...

commonly applied to a number of wasps from either the family Sphecidae or Crabronidae which build their nests from mud; this excludes members of the family...

phylogeny demonstrates that the bees arose from within the traditional "Crabronidae", so that grouping is paraphyletic, and this has led to a reclassification...

along with Nyssoninae. This subfamily was formerly classified under Crabronidae, but phylogeletic revision indicated that this treatment was paraphyletic...

the 110 extant genera in the Crabronidae, a family in the order Hymenoptera (249 genera were considered in the Crabronidae sensu lato before being split...

(2006). "Improved key to New World species of Sphecius (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99 (5): 793–798. doi:10...

wasps) Ammoplanidae Ampulicidae (cockroach wasps) Astatidae Bembicidae Crabronidae Mellinidae Pemphredonidae Philanthidae Psenidae Sphecidae (thread-waisted...

arenaria. Many wasp lineages, including those in the families Vespidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae, and Pompilidae, attack and sting prey items that they use...

though most apart from the Sphecinae have now been moved to the family Crabronidae. There are over 130 known Sphex species. In preparation for egg laying...