Gorytini

Gorytini
	Harpactus laevis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Crabronidae
Subfamily:	Bembicinae
Tribe:	Gorytini
Genera
	Afrogorytes; Allogorytes; Ammatomus; Argogorytes; Aroliagorytes; Arigorytes; Austrogortyes; Clitemnestra; Eogorytes; Epigorytes; Exeirus; Gorytes; Handlirschia; Hapalomellinus; Harpactostigma; Harpactus; Hoplisoides; Kohlia; Leiogorytes; Lestiphorus; Leurogorytes; Liogorytes; Malaygorytes; Megistommum; Neogorytes; Olgia; Oryttus; Paraphilanthus; Psammaecius; Psammaletes; Pseudoplisus; Pterygorytes; Sagenista; Saygorytes; Sphecius; Stenogorytes; Stethogorytes; Tanyoprymnus; Tretogorytes; Trichogorytes; Xerogorytes;

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

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]

Gorytina
- Afrogorytes
- Allogorytes
- Arigorytes
- Aroliagorytes
- Austrogortyes
- Eogorytes
- Epigorytes
- Gorytes (=Leiogorytes, =Pseudoplisus)
- Hapalomellinus
- Harpactostigma
- Harpactus
- Hoplisoides
- Lestiphorus
- Leurogorytes
- Liogorytes
- Megistommum
- Oryttus
- Psammaecius
- Psammaletes
- Sagenista
- Saygorytes
- Stenogorytes
- Stethogorytes
- Tretogorytes
- Trichogorytes
- Xerogorytes
Exeirina
- Argogorytes (=Malaygorytes)
- Clitemnestra
- Exeirus
- Neogorytes
- Olgia
- Paraphilanthus
Handlirshina
- Handlirschia
- Pterygorytes
Spheciina
- Ammatomus
- Kohlia
- Sphecius
- Tanyoprymnus

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

References

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

Bugguide.net. Subtribe Gorytina

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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.

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