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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Angola (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
393
4119
10535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
391
4115
10530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
377
4038
10288
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3217
8675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
38
308
796
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
38
308
796
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
199
599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
81
263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
9
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Angola
9 Genera with 15 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1839Beachgrass3SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1920Blue mud dauber wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1880
Grass-carrying Wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1841Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1884Black Mud-Dauber Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1787Digger wasps3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Angola
15 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ammophila bonaespei Lepeletier, 1845
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila rubripes Spinola, 1839Fire on the mountain
Chalybion clypeatum Fairmaire, 1858
Chalybion sommereni R.Turner, 1920
Chlorion maxillosum ciliatum Fabricius, 1787
Parapsammophila ludovicus F. Smith, 1856
Podalonia tydei Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Prionyx crudelis F. Smith, 1893
Prionyx indus Linnaeus, 1758
Sceliphron fossuliferum fossuliferum Gribodo, 1895
Sceliphron fossuliferum voeltzkowii Kohl, 1909
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) quartinae Gribodo, 1884
Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787
Sphex haemorrhoidalis haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex tomentosus Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Angola
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
4
6
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