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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
469
5254
11068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
468
5253
11067
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
447
5167
10846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
288
4147
8799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
59
777
1448
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
54
758
1430
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
20
340
1065
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
177
688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
6
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Mexico
6 Genera with 14 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1865Beachgrass6SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1844
Blue mud dauber wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1867Grass-carrying Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1773Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1867Digger wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Trigonopsis Perty, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Mexico
14 Species
Ammophila aberti Haldeman, 1852Winged stilt crab
Ammophila breviceps F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila picipes Cameron, 1888
Ammophila pictipennis Walsh, 1869
Ammophila procera Dahlbom, 1843Common Thread Waisted Wasp
Ammophila pruinosa Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Isodontia mexicana Saussure, 1867Grass-carrying wasp
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) assimile Dahlbom, 1843Clayman's Mud Dauber
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sphex caliginosus Erichson, 1849
Sphex evania Thunberg, 1791
Sphex ichneumoneus Linnaeus, 1758Great Golden Digger
Sphex tepanecus Saussure, 1867
Trigonopsis cyclocephala F. Smith, 1873

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Central Mexico
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
2
5
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