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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Egypt (Near East)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
355
2690
5936
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
2687
5927
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
344
2654
5866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
218
1990
4696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
42
346
899
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
39
341
895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
19
218
698
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
100
377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
10
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Egypt
10 Genera with 26 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1839Beachgrass7SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1845Blue mud dauber wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 18043SpeciesTaxom
Eremochares Gribodo, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Parasphex Smith, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1841Cutworm Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17914SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Egypt
26 Species and 2 Subspecies
Ammophila dubia Kohl, 1901
Ammophila gibba (Alfieri, 1961)⇒ Parapsammophila algira Kohl, 1901
Ammophila haimatosoma Kohl, 1884
Ammophila haimatosoma sinaitica Alfieri, 1946
Ammophila lutea (Taschenberg, 1869)⇒ Eremochares luteus Taschenberg, 1869
Ammophila mitlaensis Alfieri, 1961Saltmarsh mosquito
Ammophila rubripes Spinola, 1839Fire on the mountain
Chalybion (Chalybion) flebile Lepeletier, 1845
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Chlorion hemipyrrhum Sichel, 1863
Chlorion hirtum Kohl, 1885
Chlorion splendidum Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Eremochares dives Brullé, 1833
Eremochares luteus Taschenberg, 1869
Parapsammophila algira Kohl, 1901
Parasphex albisecta (Lepeletier d..., 1828)⇒ Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Podalonia ebenina Spinola, 1839
Podalonia schmiedeknechti Kohl, 1898
Podalonia tydei Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Prionyx crudelis F. Smith, 1893
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx niveatus Dufour, 1854
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex flavipennis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pepsis flavipennis Fabricius, 1793
Sphex pruinosus Germar, 1817
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Egypt
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
4
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
10
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