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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Florida (USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
567
7570
18391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
565
7566
18388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
533
7444
18087
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
346
6063
14862
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
66
1104
2538
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
58
1073
2497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
365
1305
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
161
683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
13
42
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Florida
13 Genera with 42 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1843Beachgrass12SpeciesTaxom
Celliforma Brown, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1867Blue mud dauber wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Eremnophila Menke, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1845Grass-carrying Wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Palmodes Kohl, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1845Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Podium Fabricius, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17754SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1773Black Mud-Dauber Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps9SpeciesTaxom
Trigonopsis Perty, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Florida
42 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophila aberti Haldeman, 1852Winged stilt crab
Ammophila cleopatra Menke, 1964
Ammophila conditor F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila formosensis Tsuneki, 1971
Ammophila harti Fernald, 1931
Ammophila heydeni Dahlbom, 1845Western treehole mosquito
Ammophila kennedyi Murray, 1938
Ammophila nigricans Dahlbom, 1843
Ammophila pictipennis Walsh, 1869
Ammophila procera Dahlbom, 1843Common Thread Waisted Wasp
Ammophila punctaticeps Arnold, 1920
Ammophila urnaria (Dahlbom, 1843)⇒ Ammophila aberti Haldeman, 1852
Celliforma nuda Brown, 1935
Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Chalybion bengalense Dahlbom, 1845Mud dauber
Chalybion californicum Saussure, 1867Blue mud dauber
Chlorion aerarium Patton, 1879Aphid Wasp
Eremnophila aureonotata Cameron, 1888Common Thread-waisted Wasp
Isodontia apicalis F. Smith, 1856Mud dauber
Isodontia auripes Fernald, 1906Brown-legged Grass-carrier
Isodontia exornata Fernald, 1903
Isodontia mexicana Saussure, 1867Grass-carrying wasp
Isodontia philadelphica Lepeletier d..., 1845
Palmodes dimidiatus De Geer, 1773
Podalonia violaceipennis Lepeletier d..., 1845
Podium luctuosum F. Smith, 1856
Podium rufipes Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Prionyx atratus Lepeletier d..., 1845
Prionyx bifoveolatus Taschenberg, 1869
Prionyx parkeri Bohart & Menke, 1963Parker'S Thread-Waisted Wasp
Prionyx thomae Fabricius, 1775Mud dauber
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sphex (Fernaldina) lucae Saussure, 1867
Sphex dorsalis Lepeletier d..., 1845
Sphex flavovestitus F. Smith, 1856
Sphex habenus Say, 1832
Sphex ichneumoneus Linnaeus, 1758Great Golden Digger
Sphex jamaicensis (Drury, 1773)⇒ Sceliphron jamaicense Fabricius, 1775
Sphex nudus (Fernald, 1903)⇒ Ammophila azteca Cameron, 1888
Sphex pensylvanicus Linnaeus, 1763Chaparral bushmallow
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843
Trigonopsis cyclocephala F. Smith, 1873

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Florida
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
3
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
6
21
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