Chloriontinae
Fernald, 1905
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1- Chlorion(cricket hunter wasps)
Chloriontinae is a of thread-waisted wasps within the Sphecidae, established by Fernald in 1905. The group is centered on the *Chlorion*, which comprises solitary known for their specialized hunting . Members of this subfamily are part of the apoid wasp lineage, though they are sometimes classified within broader sphecid or crabronid groupings depending on taxonomic treatment. The subfamily is relatively small and morphologically cohesive.
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Taxonomic uncertainty
The classification of Chloriontinae varies across sources. iNaturalist and some treatments place *Chlorion* within Sphecidae, while modern phylogenetic studies often merge sphecid into Crabronidae or treat Chloriontinae as part of a broader . The NCBI entry unusually groups this under 'bees,' which appears to reflect a database artifact rather than biological affinity.