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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5716
17992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
262
4583
15908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
45
508
1541
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
42
495
1529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
16
248
1110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
6
64
300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
4
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
4 Genera with 10 Species
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1858Blue mud dauber wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1845Grass-carrying Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1787Digger wasps8SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chalybion clypeatum Fairmaire, 1858
Isodontia pelopoeiformis Dahlbom, 1845
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex caeruleanus Drury, 1773
Sphex evania Thunberg, 1791
Sphex haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex haemorrhoidalis haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex muticus Kohl, 1885
Sphex nigrohirtus Kohl, 1895
Sphex observabilis R. Turner, 1918
Sphex tomentosus Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Cameroon
SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
2
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