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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Flanders (Belgium)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
478
4504
11879
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
475
4494
11866
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
454
4438
11745
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
312
3668
10194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
55
609
1851
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
46
513
1505
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
20
172
811
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
82
561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
6
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Flanders
6 Genera with 15 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1758Beachgrass3SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1867Grass-carrying Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1903Cutworm Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Flanders
15 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophila campestris Latreille, 1809Apache bush
Ammophila pubescens Curtis, 1836Heath Sand Wasp
Ammophila sabulosa Linnaeus, 1758Red Banded Sand Wasp
Isodontia mexicana Saussure, 1867Grass-carrying wasp
Podalonia affinis W. Kirby, 1798Mud Wasp
Podalonia hirsuta Scopoli, 1763Hairy Sand Wasp
Podalonia luffii Saunders, 1903
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Sceliphron (Prosceliphron) curvatum F. Smith, 1870Pèlopèe
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) destillatorium Illiger, 1807
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex cyanea (Linnæus, 1758)⇒ Chalybion californicus Saussure, 1867
Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Flanders
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
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