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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
503
7105
22102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
501
7100
22096
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
482
7015
21853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
302
5811
19641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
53
752
2499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
51
743
2475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
353
1761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
131
687
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
9
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
9 Genera with 27 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1919Beachgrass4SpeciesTaxom
Celliforma Brown, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1845Blue mud dauber wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1845Grass-carrying Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 18273SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1787Digger wasps10SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
27 Species and 7 Subspecies
Ammophila beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila ferrugineipes Lepeletier d..., 1845
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila tuberculiscutis Turner, 1919
Chalybion kenyae Hensen, 1988
Chalybion laevigatum Kohl, 1888
Chalybion mochii Hensen, 1988
Chalybion parvulum Hensen, 1988
Chalybion sommereni R.Turner, 1920
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Chlorion maxillosum ciliatum Fabricius, 1787
Isodontia pelopoeiformis Dahlbom, 1845
Parapsammophila ponderosa Gerstaecker, 1871
Prionyx crudelis F. Smith, 1893
Prionyx funebris Berland, 1926
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Sceliphron fossuliferum voeltzkowii Kohl, 1909
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787
Sphex fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex fumicatus fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex haemorrhoidalis haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex incomptus incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871
Sphex neavei Arnold, 1928
Sphex satanas Kohl, 1898
Sphex stadelmanni integer Arnold, 1928
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843
Sphex tomentosus Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
5
14
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