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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Doña Ana County (New Mexico, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
307
1735
2582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
307
1735
2582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
298
1711
2538
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
200
1389
2139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
45
332
711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
42
324
706
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
210
612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
117
420
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
8
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Doña Ana County
8 Genera with 16 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1868Beachgrass8SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1867Blue mud dauber wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1865Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1773Black Mud-Dauber Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Trigonopsis Perty, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Doña Ana County
16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophila aberti Haldeman, 1852Winged stilt crab
Ammophila cleopatra Menke, 1964
Ammophila femurrubra W. Fox, 1894
Ammophila fernaldi Murray, 1938
Ammophila ferruginosa Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Ammophila placida F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila pruinosa Cresson, 1865Winged surfclam
Ammophila wrightii Cresson, 1868
Chalybion californicum Saussure, 1867Blue mud dauber
Chlorion aerarium Patton, 1879Aphid Wasp
Podalonia argentifrons Cresson, 1865
Prionyx foxi Bohart & Menke, 1963Woodland mosquito
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sphex (Fernaldina) lucae Saussure, 1867
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843
Trigonopsis cyclocephala F. Smith, 1873

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Doña Ana County
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
4
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