Bembix Fabricius 1775

Bembix is a large cosmopolitan genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 380 species.

Sand wasp in its habitat, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

List of species (Europe)

• Bembix bicolor Radoszkowski 1877
• Bembix bidentata Vander Linden 1829
• Bembix cinctella Handlirsch 1893
• Bembix flavescens F. Smith 1856
• Bembix geneana A. Costa 1867
• Bembix megerlei Dahlbom 1845
• Bembix merceti J. Parker 1904
• Bembix oculata Panzer 1801
• Bembix olivacea Fabricius 1787
• Bembix pallida Radoszkowski 1877
• Bembix rostrata (Linnaeus 1758)
• Bembix sinuata Panzer 1804
• Bembix tarsata Latreille 1809
• Bembix turca Dahlbom 1845
• Bembix wagleri Gistel 1857
• Bembix zonata Klug 1835

See also

• List of Bembix species

• Bembix variabilis McCaffrey, S & Gibson, L 2009 It is an Australian native species that is a pest on hives of the native bee, Tetragonula carbonara