sphecid English

Meaning sphecid meaning

What does sphecid mean?

sphecid adjective

— of or pertaining to the Sphecidae family of wasps

— of or pertaining to those wasps formerly classified in the Sphecidae before the discovery that bees belong to that group (now known as the order Apoidea); the members of the current Apoidea that aren't bees, including other families such as the Crabronidae.

sphecid noun

— A wasp in the Sphecidae family.