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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Alajuela (Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
408
5803
10301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
407
5802
10301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
5734
10113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
280
5013
9221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
51
813
1577
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
46
802
1567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
20
334
884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
141
358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
11
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alajuela
11 Genera with 14 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1888Beachgrass1SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1844
Blue mud dauber wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Dynatus Lepeletier d..., 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Eremnophila Menke, 18383SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1880
Grass-carrying Wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Penepodium Menke, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827
0SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1801
Black Mud-Dauber Wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1888Digger wasps7SpeciesTaxom
Trigonopsis Perty, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alajuela
14 Species
Ammophila picipes Cameron, 1888
Chlorion viridicoeruleum Lepeletier d..., 1828
Eremnophila aureonotata Cameron, 1888Common Thread-waisted Wasp
Eremnophila melanaria Dahlbom, 1843
Eremnophila opulenta Guérin-Ménev..., 1838
Penepodium albovillosum Cameron, 1888
Sphex caliginosus Erichson, 1849
Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier d..., 1845
Sphex evania Thunberg, 1791
Sphex ichneumoneus Linnaeus, 1758Great Golden Digger
Sphex melanopus Dahlbom, 1843
Sphex nitidiventris (Spinola, 1851)⇒ Sphex resplendens Kohl, 1885
Sphex tinctipennis Cameron, 1888
Trigonopsis cyclocephala F. Smith, 1873

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Alajuela
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
5
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Sphecidae at artfakta.se
Sphecidae at dyntaxa.se
Sphecidae at gbif.org
Sphecidae at irmng.org
Sphecidae at itis.gov