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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2340
4567
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
2338
4562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
297
2276
4408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
1928
3874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
46
311
674
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
45
310
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
230
585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
80
278
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Botswana
3 Genera with 7 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1856Beachgrass4SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1845Blue mud dauber wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 19281SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
7 Species
Ammophila bechuana R. Turner, 1929
Ammophila bonaespei Lepeletier, 1845
Ammophila ferrugineipes Lepeletier d..., 1845
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Chalybion laevigatum Kohl, 1888
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Parapsammophila herero Arnold, 1928

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Botswana
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
1
2
Genus
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