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Taxonomy of Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Mud daubers, Mud-daubers, Sand Wasps, Sphecid wasps, Thread-waisted wasps


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
319
21125
328720
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
165
17348
314830
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
62
6400
167168
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
23
2371
70836
Families
Genera
Species
GroupSpheciformes
Brothers, 1975
Sphecoid wasps
2
201
4345
Families
Genera
Species
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
197
4344
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Sphecidae Latreille, 1802
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
7
796
Genera
Species
SubfamilyChloriontinae
Fernald, 1905
0
0
Genera
Species
SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
7
479
Genera
Species
SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
15
1615
Genera
Species
GenusAinocrabro
Tsuneki, 1954
0Species
GenusAlicrabro
Tsuneki, 1968
0Species
GenusAlyson
Jurine, 1807
  ⇒ Alysson
14Species
GenusAmaripa
Pate, 1944
1Species
GenusAmmohilla
Gusakovskibi, 1928
  ⇒ Ammophila
0Species
GenusAmmophilus
Latreille, 1829
  ⇒ Podium
5Species
GenusAmmophylus
Latreille, 1802
0Species
GenusAmmotomus
A. Costa in O. Costa, 1859
  ⇒ Ammatomus
0Species
GenusAmophila
Billberg, 1820
  ⇒ Ammophila
1Species
GenusAnacrucis
7Species
GenusApocrabro
Pate, 1943
0Species
GenusApoides
Tsuneki, 1968
0Species
GenusApycnemia
Leclercq, 1961
0Species
GenusArgyrammophila
Gussakovski?, 1928
0Species
GenusArpactus
Rafinesque, 1815
  ⇒ Gorytes
78Species
GenusAstatus
Latreille, 1796
  ⇒ Trachelus
43Species
GenusAstaurus
Rayment, 1955
  ⇒ Clitemnestra
2Species
GenusAstuta
Rafinesque, 1815
0Species
GenusAustrostigmus
Turner, 1912
6Species
GenusBembex
Fabricius, 1777
  ⇒ Bembix
278Species
GenusBembicinus
A. Costa, 1859, 1859
  ⇒ Bembecinus
5Species
GenusBishamonis
Tsuneki, 1983
0Species
GenusBlepharips
1Species
GenusBnunius
Tsuneki, 1971
0Species
GenusBurmastatus
Antropov, 2000
1Species
GenusCaenopsen
Cameron, 1899
1Species
GenusCallosphex
1Species
GenusCalosphex
Kohl, 1890
1Species
GenusCameronitus
Leclercq, 1950
0Species
GenusCelia
Shuckard, 1837
  ⇒ Ixalma
202Species
GenusCeratocolus
Lepeletier & Brullé, 1835
18Species
GenusCeratocrabro
Tsuneki, 1970
  ⇒ Ectemnius
1Species
GenusCercercis
1Species
GenusChalybium
Agassiz, 1846
0Species
GenusChalyrion
1Species
GenusChicostictia
1Species
GenusChilichuca
Leclercq, 1981
0Species
GenusChlorium
Billberg, 1820
1Species
GenusCirrosphex
Antropov, 2000
1Species
GenusClorion
Rafinesque, 1815
  ⇒ Chlorion
0Species
GenusColloliris
Tsuneki, 1974
0Species
GenusColoptera
Latreille, 1845
  ⇒ Ammophila
5Species
GenusCorenius
Tsuneki, 1974
0Species
GenusCorenocrabro
Tsuneki, 1974
2Species
GenusCretoecus
Budrys, 1993
1Species
GenusCyanoventrozoon
Lauterbach, 1996
0Species
GenusDiamena
Dahlbom, 1844
  ⇒ Cerceris
0Species
GenusDiamma
Westwood, 1835
  ⇒ Cerceris
2Species
GenusDidesmus
Dahlbom, 1845
2Species
GenusDociliris
Tsuneki, 1967
0Species
GenusEbisus
Tsuneki, 1983
0Species
GenusEnotmognathus
1Species
GenusEuplilus
1Species
GenusExirus
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Exeirus
0Species
GenusFentis
Tsuneki, 1971
0Species
GenusFernaldina
Bohart & Menke, 1963
1Species
GenusFlorkinus
Leclercq, 1956
0Species
GenusGasterosericeus
Dahlbom, 1845
0Species
GenusGastrosphaeria
Costa, 1858
  ⇒ Prionyx
1Species
GenusGorites
Kozlovi Nesterov, 1993
1Species
GenusHandlirschi
1Species
GenusHarpactes
Dahlbom, 1844
  ⇒ Machozetus
17Species
GenusHarpactophilus
Kohl, 1896
5Species
GenusHarpactopus
Smith, 1856
  ⇒ Prionyx
11Species
GenusHarpaetopus
1Species
GenusHensenia
Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1989
0Species
GenusHoplisus
Lepeletier, 1832
  ⇒ Gorytes
95Species
GenusHuevea
1Species
GenusHyloliris
Williams, 1919
  ⇒ Dalara
0Species
GenusHypomellinus
Ashmead, 1899
  ⇒ Lestiphorus
5Species
GenusIlerdosphex
Rasnitsyn, 2000
1Species
GenusIskutana
Pate, 1942
0Species
GenusIsodonta
Cameron, 1910
  ⇒ Isodontia
0Species
GenusLamocrabro
Leclercq, 1951
2Species
GenusLarrada
Smith, 1856
  ⇒ Larra
135Species
GenusLeclercquia
Tsuneki, 1968
0Species
GenusLeontosphex
Arnold, 1945
0Species
GenusLestophorus
Agassiz, 1846
  ⇒ Lestiphorus
1Species
GenusLirisis
Rafinesque, 1815
0Species
GenusMataeosphex
Zhang, 1985
1Species
GenusMelanocrabro
Perkins, 1902
  ⇒ Ectemnius
2Species
GenusMelinus
Hofmann, 1834
  ⇒ Mellinus
0Species
GenusMesopora
Wesmael, 1852
  ⇒ Mesepora
2Species
GenusMicadophila
Tsuneki, 1962
0Species
GenusMicristictia
1Species
GenusMicroglossa
Rayment, 1930
17Species
GenusMicroglossella
Rayment, 1935
0Species
GenusMiscostethus
Lomholdt, 1985
0Species
GenusMiscothyris
Smith, 1869
  ⇒ Clitemnestra
5Species
GenusMiscus
Jurine, 1807
  ⇒ Ammophila
3Species
GenusMotes
Kohl, 1896
  ⇒ Liris
78Species
GenusMysson
Smith, 1856
0Species
GenusNeodiodontus
Tsuneki, 1972
0Species
GenusNeosphex
Reed, 1894
  ⇒ Prionyx
2Species
GenusNesocrabro
Perkins, 1899
  ⇒ Ectemnius
7Species
GenusNigliris
Tsuneki, 1967
0Species
GenusNotogonidea
Rohwer, 1911
  ⇒ Liris
72Species
GenusNotorhopalum
Leclercq, 1978
0Species
GenusNysso
Latreille, 1796
  ⇒ Nysson
0Species
GenusNyssonus
Rafinesque, 1815
0Species
GenusOrnicrabro
Leclercq, 1973
0Species
GenusOrtocrabro
Tsuneki, 1990
0Species
GenusOthyreus
Marshakov, 1977
0Species
GenusOxycrabro
Leclercq, 1961
0Species
GenusPacneo
1Species
GenusPalaeapis
Hong, 1984
1Species
GenusPamphredon
1Species
GenusPapuacesa
Kocak & Kemal, 2008
  ⇒ Podagritus
0Species
GenusPapuacrabro
Tsuneki, 1983
0Species
GenusParapison
Smith, 1869
5Species
GenusParapodium
Taschenberg, 1869
  ⇒ Podium
1Species
GenusParasphex
Smith, 1856
  ⇒ Prionyx
6Species
GenusParechuca
Leclercq, 1970
0Species
GenusParoxycrabro
Leclercq, 1963
0Species
GenusPelopaeus
Latreille, 1804
  ⇒ Sceliphron
36Species
GenusPelopeus
9Species
GenusPelopoeus
Latreille, 1803
  ⇒ Sceliphron
63Species
GenusPelopooeus
1Species
GenusPelopus
Rafinesque, 1815
0Species
GenusPemphredron
Linden, 1829
  ⇒ Pemphredon
0Species
GenusPeolopeus
1Species
GenusPhilantus
Fabricius, 1793
  ⇒ Philanthus
0Species
GenusPhopalum
1Species
GenusPisum
Agassiz, 1846
Pea
0Species
GenusPlisomena
Antropov, 2014
1Species
GenusPodidum
Griffith, 1832
0Species
GenusPodiumdenticulatum
F.Smith, 1856
0Species
GenusPriononyx
Dahlbom, 1843
  ⇒ Abraxas
34Species
GenusPronaeus
Latreille, 1809
  ⇒ Ampulex
8Species
GenusPronoeus
Latreille, 1809
  ⇒ Ampulex
2Species
GenusProsceliphron
Vecht, 1968
0Species
GenusProterosphex
Fernald, 1905
  ⇒ Sphex
9Species
GenusProtoctemnius
Leclercq, 1951
0Species
GenusProtosceliphron
Antropov, 2014
1Species
GenusPsammophila
Dahlbom, 1842
  ⇒ Agrotis
37Species
GenusPsenia
Stephens, 1829
  ⇒ Psen
16Species
GenusPsenus
Rafinesque, 1915
0Species
GenusPterogorytes
1Species
GenusPunctipsen
van Lith, 1968
0Species
GenusRasnitsynapus
Antropov, 2011
1Species
GenusRhectognathus
Pate, 1936
0Species
GenusRhinonitela
Williams, 1928
  ⇒ Nitela
2Species
GenusRhinopsis
Westwood, 1844
  ⇒ Ampulex
7Species
GenusSceliphrum
Schulz, 1906
1Species
GenusSialon
1Species
GenusSilaon
Piccioli, 1869
  ⇒ Solierella
10Species
GenusSpadicocrabro
Tsuneki, 1990
0Species
GenusSpex
2Species
GenusSphecide
0Species
GenusSpinocrabro
Leclercq, 1954
1Species
GenusStangeela
Menke, 1962
0Species
GenusStethorectus
F. Smith, 1847
  ⇒ Dynatus
2Species
GenusSusanowo
Tsuneki, 1972
0Species
GenusSylaon
Kohl, 1884
3Species
GenusTaimyrisphex
Evans, 1973
1Species
GenusTalthybius
Rafinesque, 1815
0Species
GenusTaukumia
Kazenas, 1991
1Species
GenusToncahua
Pate, 1944
0Species
GenusTrachagorytes
1Species
GenusTracheloides
1Species
GenusTrigampulex
Antropov, 2000
1Species
GenusTrypoxylum
Agassiz, 1846
2Species
GenusTytthopsen
Antropov, 2014
1Species
GenusXanthosphecium
Simon Thomas, 1994
2Species
GenusXestocemonus
1Species
GenusYambal
Tsuneki, 1990
0Species
GenusZoyphidium
Pate, 1937
2Species
GenusZoyphium
Kohl, 1893
  ⇒ Zuphium
23Species

Synonyms
Coloptera (Lepeletier, 1845)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Sphecidae
GermanGrabwespen, Langstiel-Grabwespen
EnglishDigger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Mud daubers, Mud-daubers, Sand Wasps, Sphecid wasps, Thread-waisted wasps
DutchLangsteel graafwespen, Langsteelgraafwespen, Sphecide graafwespen
DanishGravehvepse
SwedishGrävsteklar, Sandsteklar
FinnishPetopistiäiset


Distribution and Species lists of Sphecidae Latreille, 1802
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Afghanistan
1 Genus  1 Species
Algeria
6 Genera  17 Species
Andorra
1 Genus  1 Species
Angola
9 Genera  15 Species
Argentina
13 Genera  30 Species
Armenia
2 Genera  2 Species
Australia
16 Genera  118 Species
Austria
7 Genera  23 Species
Bangladesh
2 Genera  2 Species
Belarus
3 Genera  3 Species
Belgium
7 Genera  18 Species
Belize
1 Genus  1 Species
Benin
2 Genera  2 Species
Bhutan
1 Genus  1 Species
Bolivia
4 Genera  7 Species
Botswana
3 Genera  7 Species
Brazil
16 Genera  75 Species
Bulgaria
8 Genera  16 Species
Cambodia
2 Genera  2 Species
Cameroon
4 Genera  10 Species
Canada
12 Genera  56 Species
Cape Verde
6 Genera  7 Species
Central African Republic
4 Genera  10 Species
Chad
1 Genus  1 Species
Chile
5 Genera  10 Species
China
11 Genera  46 Species
Colombia
12 Genera  50 Species
Comoros
1 Genus  1 Species
Cook Islands
1 Genus  2 Species
Costa Rica
15 Genera  40 Species
Croatia
7 Genera  14 Species
Cuba
9 Genera  21 Species
Cyprus
5 Genera  6 Species
Czech Republic
5 Genera  16 Species
Democratic Republic of the Congo
9 Genera  28 Species
Denmark
4 Genera  11 Species
Djibouti
1 Genus  1 Species
Dominican Republic
1 Genus  1 Species
East Timor
1 Genus  1 Species
Ecuador
7 Genera  13 Species
Egypt
10 Genera  26 Species
El Salvador
2 Genera  2 Species
Equatorial Guinea
1 Genus  2 Species
Eritrea
4 Genera  4 Species
Estonia
3 Genera  6 Species
Ethiopia
9 Genera  31 Species
Fiji
1 Genus  1 Species
Finland
3 Genera  7 Species
France
13 Genera  57 Species
Gabon
4 Genera  4 Species
Gambia
6 Genera  13 Species
Georgia
7 Genera  11 Species
Germany
12 Genera  46 Species
Ghana
2 Genera  3 Species
Greece
14 Genera  37 Species
Grenada
2 Genera  1 Species
Guatemala
5 Genera  4 Species
Guinea
4 Genera  6 Species
Guyana
4 Genera  9 Species
Honduras
7 Genera  7 Species
Hungary
6 Genera  12 Species
Iceland
2 Genera  1 Species
India
9 Genera  22 Species
Indonesia
8 Genera  22 Species
Iran
4 Genera  4 Species
Ireland
7 Genera  19 Species
Israel
4 Genera  4 Species
Italy
11 Genera  44 Species
Ivory Coast
2 Genera  3 Species
Jamaica
5 Genera  7 Species
Japan
8 Genera  27 Species
Kazakhstan
5 Genera  7 Species
Kenya
9 Genera  27 Species
Kuwait
2 Genera  2 Species
Kyrgyzstan
1 Genus  1 Species
Latvia
2 Genera  2 Species
Lebanon
2 Genera  2 Species
Lesotho
6 Genera  19 Species
Liberia
11 Genera  21 Species
Libya
6 Genera  7 Species
Liechtenstein
1 Genus  1 Species
Lithuania
3 Genera  3 Species
Luxembourg
4 Genera  8 Species
Madagascar
8 Genera  14 Species
Malawi
8 Genera  25 Species
Malaysia
4 Genera  6 Species
Mali
3 Genera  4 Species
Mauritania
1 Genus  1 Species
Mauritius
5 Genera  6 Species
Mexico
15 Genera  72 Species
Micronesia
4 Genera  4 Species
Mongolia
5 Genera  50 Species
Montenegro
1 Genus  2 Species
Morocco
6 Genera  19 Species
Mozambique
8 Genera  29 Species
Myanmar
5 Genera  4 Species
Namibia
10 Genera  34 Species
Nepal
1 Genus  1 Species
Netherlands
10 Genera  43 Species
New Zealand
7 Genera  15 Species
Nicaragua
3 Genera  4 Species
Niger
2 Genera  2 Species
Nigeria
6 Genera  11 Species
Norway
5 Genera  13 Species
Oman
1 Genus  1 Species
Pakistan
4 Genera  2 Species
Palau
2 Genera  2 Species
Palestine
1 Genus  1 Species
Panama
11 Genera  15 Species
Papua New Guinea
2 Genera  3 Species
Paraguay
11 Genera  28 Species
Peru
14 Genera  56 Species
Philippines
6 Genera  13 Species
Poland
4 Genera  10 Species
Portugal
8 Genera  19 Species
Republic South Africa
9 Genera  68 Species
Romania
5 Genera  9 Species
Russia
8 Genera  15 Species
Rwanda
1 Genus  1 Species
Saint Lucia
5 Genera  7 Species
Saudi Arabia
2 Genera  2 Species
Senegal
4 Genera  5 Species
Serbia
2 Genera  3 Species
Seychelles
5 Genera  6 Species
Sierra Leone
6 Genera  6 Species
Singapore
5 Genera  6 Species
Slovakia
4 Genera  6 Species
Slovenia
2 Genera  3 Species
Solomon Islands
4 Genera  7 Species
Somalia
4 Genera  6 Species
South Korea
9 Genera  21 Species
Spain
10 Genera  33 Species
Sri Lanka
5 Genera  11 Species
Sudan
4 Genera  9 Species
Suriname
7 Genera  11 Species
Sweden
8 Genera  18 Species
Switzerland
8 Genera  21 Species
Syria
2 Genera  1 Species
Taiwan
8 Genera  61 Species
Tajikistan
4 Genera  7 Species
Tanzania
9 Genera  41 Species
Thailand
4 Genera  7 Species
Togo
1 Genus  1 Species
Tonga
1 Genus  1 Species
Trinidad and Tobago
4 Genera  5 Species
Tunisia
6 Genera  14 Species
Turkey
7 Genera  15 Species
Turkmenistan
4 Genera  6 Species
Uganda
5 Genera  16 Species
Ukraine
5 Genera  12 Species
United Arab Emirates
1 Genus  1 Species
United Kingdom
13 Genera  43 Species
Uruguay
5 Genera  4 Species
USA
28 Genera  214 Species
Uzbekistan
2 Genera  3 Species
Vanuatu
1 Genus  1 Species
Venezuela
3 Genera  3 Species
Vietnam
4 Genera  8 Species
Yemen
5 Genera  6 Species
Zambia
9 Genera  34 Species
Zimbabwe
9 Genera  56 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Ecozone
Mountains, Riversides


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