English Dictionary

sphecoid

形容詞

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Of or pertaining to wasps formerly classified in the superfamily Sphecoidea (corresponding to all wasps in Apoidea), now sometimes treated as the series Spheciformes.

日本語の意味

かつて超科『Sphecoidea』に分類されていたハチ類（Apoideaに含まれるすべてのハチに相当）に関する、またはそれらに特徴を備えたもの。現在は、時にSpheciformes系列として扱われる場合がある。

The museum's entomology exhibit featured a sphecoid wasp whose nesting habits fascinated researchers.

博物館の昆虫学展示には、かつてスフェコイデア上科に分類されていたハチが展示されており、その巣作りの習性は研究者たちを魅了した。

意味（1）

Of or pertaining to wasps formerly classified in the superfamily Sphecoidea (corresponding to all wasps in Apoidea), now sometimes treated as the series Spheciformes.

On morphological grounds they fall closest to the sphecoid wasps, although the lack of an adequate fossil record has made it impossible to pinpoint the exact ancestral phyletic line. In a word, the Apoidea can be loosely characterized as sphecoid wasps that have specialized on collecting pollen instead of insect prey as larval food.