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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. Sometimes Ammophiline wasps are referred to as "sand wasps"; this may be better because it is consistent with the name Ammophila, which derives from the Greek for "sand lover", presumably because many...

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1. (c) Vitaliy Khustochka, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/8289389@N04/3999612919
2. (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammophila_(Sphecidae)

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