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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
288
1986
3848
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
287
1983
3844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
273
1955
3809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
164
1398
2793
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
35
266
559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
33
263
556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
215
524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
90
290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
6
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Lesotho
6 Genera with 19 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1920Beachgrass8SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1781Blue mud dauber wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1843Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17913SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1858Digger wasps4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lesotho
19 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophila beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila bonaespei Lepeletier, 1845
Ammophila confera
Ammophila conifera Arnold, 1920
Ammophila dolichocephala Cameron, 1910
Ammophila ferrugineipes Lepeletier d..., 1845
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila punctaticeps Arnold, 1920
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Chalybion tibiale Fabricius, 1781
Podalonia canescens Dahlbom, 1843
Prionyx insignis Kohl, 1885
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) quartinae Gribodo, 1884
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex haemorrhoidalis basuto Arnold, 1947
Sphex lanatus Mocsáry, 1883
Sphex praedator F. Smith, 1858

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Lesotho
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
2
6
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