Campsomerini

Campsomerini
Dielis plumipes fossulana at Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Florida, USA
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Scoliidae
Subfamily: Campsomerinae
Tribe: Campsomerini
Betrem, 1972
Synonyms
  • Campsomerinae Betrem, 1972
  • Colpacampsomerini Argaman, 1996
  • Dasyscoliini Argaman, 1996
  • Dielidini Argaman, 1996
  • Dobrobetini Argaman, 1996
  • Megacampsomerini Argaman, 1996
  • Pseudotrielidini Argaman, 1996
  • Tetrascitonini Argaman, 1996
  • Trisciloini Argaman, 1996
  • Campsomerina Betrem, 1972

Campsomerini is a cosmopolitan tribe of the family Scoliidae. An older, alternative representation of this group is as a subfamily, Campsomerinae. As with other scoliid wasps, these are solitary parasitoids of scarabaeid beetle larvae that live in soil or leaf litter.