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Checklist for Subfamily Bembicinae Latreille, 1802 (Sand wasps)
and region West USA (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
782
15067
62702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
777
15046
62673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
739
14833
62018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
479
12088
52316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
82
2125
9466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
70
1965
8919
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
27
692
5489
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
310
3833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCrabronidae
Latreille, 1802
Bee Wolves, Cicadakillers, Crabronid wasps, Mud daubers
102
807
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyBembicinae
Latreille, 1802
Sand wasps
35
184
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West USA
35 Genera with 184 Species
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Alysson Panzer, 18874SpeciesTaxom
Arigorytes Rohwer, 19475SpeciesTaxom
Bembecinus A. Costa, 19183SpeciesTaxom
Bembix Fabricius, 1893Sand Wasps16SpeciesTaxom
Bicyrtes Lepeletier d..., 1889Stink Bug Hunter Wasps7SpeciesTaxom
Brachystegus A. Costa, 01SpeciesTaxom
Clitemnestra Spinola, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Didineis Wesmael, 18725SpeciesTaxom
Epinysson Pate, 19047SpeciesTaxom
Foxia Lapeyr., 19213SpeciesTaxom
Glenostictia Gillaspy, 189513SpeciesTaxom
Gorytes Latreille, 186520SpeciesTaxom
Hapalomellinus Ashmead, 19463SpeciesTaxom
Harpactus Shuckard, 19806SpeciesTaxom
Hoplisoides Gribodo, 186810SpeciesTaxom
Hyponysson Cresson, 19172SpeciesTaxom
Lestiphorus Lepeletier d..., 18881SpeciesTaxom
Microbembex Patton, 18887SpeciesTaxom
Microbembix Patton, 03SpeciesTaxom
Microstictia Gillaspy, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Nysson Latreille, 188219SpeciesTaxom
Oryttus Spinola, 19684SpeciesTaxom
Psammaecius Lepeletier d..., 19592SpeciesTaxom
Psammaletes Pate, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Sagenista Bohart, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Saygorytes Nemkov, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Sphecius Dahlbom, 1773Cicada killer wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Steniolia Say, 196410SpeciesTaxom
Stictia Illiger, 01SpeciesTaxom
Stictiella J. Parker, 19829SpeciesTaxom
Stizoides Guérin-Ménev..., 18232SpeciesTaxom
Stizus Latreille, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Trichogorytes Rohwer, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Xerostictia Gillaspy, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Zanysson Rohwer, 18722SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West USA
184 Species and 1 Subspecies
Alysson conicus Provancher, 1889
Alysson melleus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Alysson oppositus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Alysson triangulifer Provancher, 1887Lens pod milkvetch
Arigorytes coachellae Bohart, 1971
Arigorytes coquillettii Fox, 1896
Arigorytes insolitus Fox, 1896
Arigorytes ruficrus Bohart, 1971
Arigorytes smohalla Pate, 1947
Bembecinus bishoppi Krombein & W..., 1951
Bembecinus quinquespinosus Say, 1823
Bembecinus strenuus Mickel, 1918
Bembix americana Fabricius, 1793American Sand Wasp
Bembix amoena Handlirsch, 1893
Bembix belfragei Cresson, 1873
Bembix cameroni Rohwer, 1912Pointy Mosquito
Bembix dentilabris (Handlirsch, 1893)⇒ Bembix u-scripta Fox, 1895
Bembix gillaspyi Evans & Matt..., 1968
Bembix inyoensis Kimsey & Kimsey, 1981
Bembix melanaspis Parker, 1917
Bembix nubilipennis Cresson, 1872
Bembix occidentalis Fox, 1893
Bembix pallidipicta F. Smith, 1873
Bembix rugosa Parker, 1917
Bembix sayi Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Bembix stenebdoma J. Parker, 1917
Bembix texana Cresson, 1872
Bembix troglodytes Handlirsch, 1893
Bicyrtes affinis Cameron, 1897
Bicyrtes capnopterus Handlirsch, 1889
Bicyrtes insidiatrix Handlirsch, 1889
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus Say, 1824Four-Banded Stink Bug Hunter Wasp
Bicyrtes simillimus F. Smith, 1856
Bicyrtes ventralis Say, 1824
Bicyrtes viduatus Handlirsch, 1889
Brachystegus pacificus
Clitemnestra bipunctata Say, 1824
Clitemnestra costaricae R. Bohart, 2000
Didineis latimana Malloch & Ro..., 1930
Didineis nodosa Fox, 1894
Didineis peculiaris Fox, 1894
Didineis solidescens ♰ S. H. Scudder, 1890
Didineis texana (Cresson, 1872)⇒ Didineis latimana Malloch & Ro..., 1930
Epinysson albomarginatus Cresson, 1882
Epinysson bellus Cresson, 1882
Epinysson mellipes Cresson, 1882
Epinysson moestus Cresson, 1882
Epinysson opulentus Gerstaecker, 1867
Epinysson pacificus Rohwer, 1917
Epinysson tramosericus Viereck, 1904
Foxia navajo Pate, 1938
Foxia pacifica Ashmead, 1898
Foxia secunda Rohwer, 1921
Glenostictia angulata Gillaspy, 1985
Glenostictia angulifera Bohart, 1985
Glenostictia argentata Fox, 1923
Glenostictia bifurcata Fox, 1923
Glenostictia bituberculata Parker, 1917
Glenostictia californica Bohart, 1983
Glenostictia clypeata Gillaspy, 1959
Glenostictia gilva Gillaspy, 1963
Glenostictia megacera Parker, 1917
Glenostictia pictifrons Smith, 1856
Glenostictia pulla Handlirsch, 1890
Glenostictia scitula Fox, 1895
Glenostictia tenuicornis Fox, 1895
Gorytes abdominalis Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Gorytes albosignatus Fox, 1892
Gorytes angustus Provancher, 1895
Gorytes archoryctes Cockerell, 1922
Gorytes atricornis Packard, 1867
Gorytes atrifrons Fox, 1892
Gorytes californicus R. Bohart, 1969
Gorytes canaliculatus Packard, 1867
Gorytes coquillettii W.Fox, 1896
Gorytes diversus W.Fox, 1896
Gorytes fasciatus W. Fox, 1896Common beet
Gorytes flagellatus Bohart, 1971
Gorytes imperialis R. Bohart, 1969
Gorytes limbellis R.Bohart, 1971
Gorytes nevadensis Fox, 1892
Gorytes ocellatus R. Bohart, 1969
Gorytes provancheri Handlirsch, 1895
Gorytes rufomaculatus W. Fox, 1896Common beet
Gorytes simillimus Smith, 1856
Gorytes venustus Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Hapalomellinus albitomentosus Bradley, 1920
Hapalomellinus pulvis Bohart, 1971
Hapalomellinus teren Pate, 1946
Harpactus clypeatus R. Bohart, 1980
Harpactus guichardi Beaumont, 1968
Harpactus mendicus Handlirsch, 1893
Harpactus pictifrons W. Fox, 1894
Harpactus rugulosus R. Bohart, 1980
Harpactus russulus R. Bohart, 1980
Hoplisoides confertus Fox, 1896
Hoplisoides denticulatus Packard, 1867
Hoplisoides diversus Fox, 1896
Hoplisoides glabratus Bohart, 1968
Hoplisoides hamatus Handlirsch, 1888
Hoplisoides nebulosus Packard, 1867
Hoplisoides punctifrons Cameron, 1890Fuchsia begonia
Hoplisoides semipunctatus Taschenberg, 1875Sphecid wasp
Hoplisoides splendidulus Bradley, 1920
Hoplisoides tricolor Cresson, 1868
Hyponysson bicolor Cresson, 1882
Hyponysson raui Rohwer, 1917
Lestiphorus piceus Handlirsch, 1888
Microbembex argyropleura Bohart, 1970
Microbembex aurata Parker, 1917
Microbembex californica Bohart, 1970
Microbembex elegans Griswold, 1996
Microbembex hirsuta Parker, 1917
Microbembex monodonta Say, 1824
Microbembex nigrifrons Provancher, 1888
Microbembix argyropleura
Microbembix californica
Microbembix rufiventris
Microstictia femorata W. Fox, 1895
Microstictia lobata Bohart, 1985
Microstictia minutula (Handlirsch, 1890)⇒ Microstictia exigua W. Fox, 1895
Nysson aequalis Patton, 1879
Nysson aridulus Bohart, 1968
Nysson aurinotus Say, 1837Vegetable hummingbird
Nysson bakeri Bohart, 1968
Nysson chumash Pate, 1940
Nysson euphorbiae Bohart, 1968
Nysson fidelis Cresson, 1882
Nysson gagates Bradley, 1920
Nysson hesperus Bohart, 1968
Nysson intermedius Viereck, 1908
Nysson lateralis Packard, 1867
Nysson neorusticus Bohart, 1968
Nysson plagiatus Cresson, 1882
Nysson pumilus Cresson, 1882
Nysson recticornis Bradley, 1920
Nysson rufiventris Cresson, 1882
Nysson rusticus (Cresson, 1882)⇒ Nysson gagates Bradley, 1920
Nysson timberlakei Bohart, 1968
Nysson tristis Cresson, 1882
Oryttus gracilis Patton, 1879Peregrine saltbush
Oryttus laminiferus Fox, 1896
Oryttus umbonatus Baker, 1907
Oryttus yumae Bohart, 1968
Psammaecius sepultus Cockerell, 1906
Psammaecius versicolor de Beaumont, 1959
Psammaletes bigeloviae Cockerell, 1897
Psammaletes crucis Cockerell, 1897
Psammaletes schlingeri R. Bohart, 2000
Sagenista kimseyorum R. Bohart, 2000
Saygorytes apicalis F. Smith, 1856
Saygorytes phaleratus Say, 1837
Sphecius convallis Patton, 1879Pacific cicada killer
Sphecius grandis Say, 1823Western cicada killer
Sphecius speciosus Drury, 1773Cicada hawk
Steniolia californiensis Gillaspy, 1964
Steniolia duplicata Provancher, 1888Freckled milkvetch
Steniolia elegans Parker, 1929
Steniolia eremica Gillaspy, 1964
Steniolia nigripes Parker, 1917
Steniolia obliqua Cresson, 1865
Steniolia scolopacea Handlirsch, 1889
Steniolia sulfurea Fox, 1901
Steniolia tibialis Handlirsch, 1889
Steniolia vanduzeei Gillaspy, 1964
Stictia megacera
Stictiella boharti Gillaspy, 1985
Stictiella corniculata Mickel, 1918
Stictiella emarginata Cresson, 1865
Stictiella fergusoni Bohart, 1985
Stictiella flavescens Gillaspy, 1985
Stictiella pulchella Cresson, 1865
Stictiella speciosa Cresson, 1865
Stictiella tuberculata Fox, 1895
Stictiella villegasi Bohart, 1982Algodones Sand Wasp
Stizoides fenestratus boreus Ohl, 1999
Stizoides renicinctus Say, 1823
Stizus brevipennis Walsh, 1869
Stizus iridis Dow, 1942
Stizus occidentalis Parker, 1929
Trichogorytes argenteopilosus Rohwer, 1912Pointy Mosquito
Xerostictia longilabris Gillaspy, 1963
Zanysson plesius Rohwer, 1921
Zanysson texanus Cresson, 1872

Subnodes of Bembicinae with occurrences in West USA
TribeAlyssontini
Dalla Torre, 1897
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeBembicini
Latreille, 1802
Sand Wasps
27
141
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeNyssonini
Latreille, 1804
6
34
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Bembicinae at artfakta.se
Bembicinae at dyntaxa.se
Bembicinae at itis.gov