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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
526
5757
13395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
522
5738
13355
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
504
5673
13247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
319
4508
10911
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
58
875
1967
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
53
862
1948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
20
351
1051
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
179
534
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
9
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Macaronesia
9 Genera with 19 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1856Beachgrass4SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Palmodes Kohl, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1841Cutworm Wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17912SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Stangeella Menke, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Trigonopsis Perty, 18972SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Macaronesia
19 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophila heydeni Dahlbom, 1845Western treehole mosquito
Ammophila induta Kohl, 1901
Ammophila sabulosa Linnaeus, 1758Red Banded Sand Wasp
Ammophila terminata F. Smith, 1856
Chlorion mirandum Kohl, 1890
Palmodes occitanicus Lepeletier &..., 1828
Podalonia affinis W. Kirby, 1798Mud Wasp
Podalonia mauritanica Mercet, 1906
Podalonia minax Kohl, 1901
Podalonia rothi Beaumont, 1951
Podalonia tydei Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Prionyx notinitidus Willink, 1951
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843
Stangeella cyaniventris Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Trigonopsis cyclocephala F. Smith, 1873
Trigonopsis violascens Dalla Torre, 1897

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

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
5
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