. . . . "The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of parasitoidal wasps that includes sand wasps, mud daubers and other thread-waisted wasps.The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be paraphyletic, so most of the old subfamilies have been moved to the Crabronidae."@en . . "Sphecidae"@en . . . . .