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''Philanthus gibbosus'', which is commonly referred to as a beewolf due to its predation practices, is a species of bee-hunting wasp and is the most common and widespread member of the genus in North America. ''P. gibbosus'' is of the order Hymenoptera and the genus ''Philanthus''. It is native to the Midwestern United States and the western Appalachians. ''P. gibbosus'' are often observed to visit flowers and other plants in search of insect prey to feed their young. The prey that ''P. gibbosus'' catches is then coated in a layer of pollen and fed to the young wasps. == Taxonomy and phylogeny == ''Philanthus gibbosus'' is a member of the family Crabronidae of wasps within the order Hymenoptera. Below is a cladogram that is based on a 2012 study conducted by Debevic et al. and published in the journal Zoologica Scriptica. The study investigated molecular phylogeny to reveal that the bees, Anthophila, came from within the family Crabronidae, meaning the family is, therefore, paraphyletic. }} }} }} }}|style = font-size:85%;line-height:85%|label1 = Apoidea}} The genus ''Philanthus'' contains about 135 other species in addition to ''P. gibbosus.'' The predation habits of the family Crabronidae shed light on the question whether bees or wasps came first. There is evidence that, based on the predation habits of species in the Crabronidae family, bees are a lineage of pollen-collecting wasps that descend directly from a group of predatory wasps in Crabronidae. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Philanthus gibbosus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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