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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
384
6839
18665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1218
3403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
63
1190
3374
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
500
2369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
190
1232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
8
42
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape
8 Genera with 42 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1897Beachgrass13SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1781Blue mud dauber wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1898Grass-carrying Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 18562SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1841Cutworm Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17916SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1787Digger wasps10SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
42 Species
Ammophila beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila bonaespei Lepeletier, 1845
Ammophila braunsi R. Turner, 1919
Ammophila confera
Ammophila conifera Arnold, 1920
Ammophila dolichocephala Cameron, 1910
Ammophila dolichodera Kohl, 1884
Ammophila ferrugineipes Lepeletier d..., 1845
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila mediata Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Ammophila peringueyi Arnold, 1928
Ammophila punctaticeps Arnold, 1920
Ammophila vulcania du Buysson, 1897
Chalybion clypeatum Fairmaire, 1858
Chalybion laevigatum Kohl, 1888
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Chalybion tibiale Fabricius, 1781
Isodontia pelopoeiformis Dahlbom, 1845
Isodontia simoni du Buysson, 1898
Parapsammophila consobrina Arnold, 1928
Parapsammophila ludovicus F. Smith, 1856
Podalonia argentifrons Cresson, 1865
Podalonia canescens Dahlbom, 1843
Podalonia tydei Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Prionyx canadensis Provancher, 1887
Prionyx funebris Berland, 1926
Prionyx indus Linnaeus, 1758
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx subfuscatus Dahlbom, 1845
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) quartinae Gribodo, 1884
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex cyanea (Linnæus, 1758)⇒ Chalybion californicus Saussure, 1867
Sphex decipiens Kohl, 1895
Sphex evania Thunberg, 1791
Sphex fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871
Sphex lanatus Mocsáry, 1883
Sphex nigrohirtus Kohl, 1895
Sphex praedator F. Smith, 1858
Sphex tomentosus Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Cape
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
3
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
18
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