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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
696
12064
41018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
693
12055
41003
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
664
11905
40649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
434
9807
35125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
70
1140
3416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
58
998
3073
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
341
1682
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
108
870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
8
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
8 Genera with 27 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1911Beachgrass9SpeciesTaxom
Celia Shuckard, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1880Blue mud dauber wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Hoplammophila de Beaumont, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1856Grass-carrying Wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1894Black Mud-Dauber Wasps8SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1856Digger wasps10SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
27 Species and 10 Subspecies
Ammophila aemulans (Kohl, 1901)⇒ Hoplammophila aemulans Kohl, 1901
Ammophila atripes F. Smith, 1852
Ammophila clavus Fabricius, 1775
Ammophila clavus japonica Kohl, 1906
Ammophila infesta F. Smith, 1873
Ammophila japonica (Kohl, 1906)⇒ Ammophila clavus japonica Kohl, 1906
Ammophila sabulosa Linnaeus, 1758Red Banded Sand Wasp
Ammophila sabulosa nipponica (Tsuneki, 1967)⇒ Ammophila sabulosa solowiyofkae Matsumura, 1911
Ammophila sabulosa solowiyofkae Matsumura, 1911
Celia dentipes Roelofs, 1874
Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Chalybion bengalense Dahlbom, 1845Mud dauber
Chalybion japonicum Gribodo, 1880
Hoplammophila aemulans Kohl, 1901
Isodontia auripygata Strand, 1913
Isodontia harmandi Perez, 1905
Isodontia maidli Yasumatsu, 1938
Isodontia nigella F. Smith, 1856
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Prosceliphron) deforme Smith, 1856Pelopèe
Sceliphron deforme nipponicum Tsuneki, 1972
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) laetum Smith, 1856Common mud daubler
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) madraspatanum Fabricius, 1781Cancellate semele
Sceliphron madraspatanum formosanum van derVecht, 1968
Sceliphron madraspatanum kohli Sickmann, 1894
Sceliphron inflexum (Sickmann, 1894)⇒ Chalybion japonicum Gribodo, 1880
Sphex antennatus F. Smith, 1856
Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787
Sphex argentatus argentatus Fabricius, 1787
Sphex argentatus fumosus Kohl, 1890
Sphex diabolicus F. Smith, 1858
Sphex diabolicus flammitrichus Strand, 1913
Sphex fukuianus (Tsuneki, 1957)⇒ Sphex inusitatus fukuianus Tsuneki, 1957
Sphex inusitatus Yasumatsu, 1935
Sphex inusitatus fukuianus Tsuneki, 1957
Sphex nigellus (F. Smith, 1856)⇒ Isodontia nigella F. Smith, 1856

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Japan
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
11
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