Ammophila
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Ammophila is the Latin name of two genera:
- Ammophila (Poaceae), a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae
- Ammophila (Sphecidae)Ammophila (Sphecidae)Ammophila is the type genus of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the hunting wasp family Sphecidae. They sometimes are referred to as "Thread-waisted wasps", but the name is not definitive, because many other members of the Sphecidae are thread-waisted too, and referred to as such...
, a genus of insects in the family SphecidaeSphecidaeSphecidae is a cosmopolitan family of wasps that include digger wasps, mud daubers and other familiar types that all fall under the category of thread-waisted wasps.The are predominently solitary wasp,distributed world wide.At present this family consist of eight subfamilies and three tribes...