family Sphecidae

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Noun1.family Sphecidae - mud daubersfamily Sphecidae - mud daubers; some digger wasps  
Sphecidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Sphecoidea, superfamily Sphecoidea - families Sphecidae and Stizidae
genus Sceliphron, Sceliphron - mud daubers
mud dauber - wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae
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The family Sphecidae have approximately 19 genera and 724 species (Pulawski, 2012) of predatory wasps of some insect orders.
Nesting biology of Podium angustifrons Kohl (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) in an Araucaria Forest Fragment/Biologia de nidificacao de Podium angustifrons Kohl (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) em um fragmento de floresta com araucarias
In Trypoxylon and in other genera in the family Crabronidae and in the related family Sphecidae, females hunt spiders to provide food for their larvae (Coville, 1987).
Prey selection in the trap-nesting wasp Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) opacum Brethes (Hymenprtera; Crabronidae)/Selecao de presas por vespa que nidifica em ninhos-armadilha Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) opacum Brethes (Hymenprtera; Crabronidae)
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