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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
327
3787
9641
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
308
3697
9443
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
226
3307
8735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
44
364
1087
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
42
359
1071
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
243
894
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
112
579
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
8
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Malawi
8 Genera with 25 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1897Beachgrass5SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1888Blue mud dauber wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1890Grass-carrying Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1918Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1787Digger wasps13SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malawi
25 Species and 4 Subspecies
Ammophila beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila beniniensis beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila dolichocephala Cameron, 1910
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila saussurei du Buysson, 1897
Chalybion laevigatum Kohl, 1888
Isodontia simoni du Buysson, 1898
Isodontia stanleyi Kohl, 1890
Parapsammophila ludovicus F. Smith, 1856
Parapsammophila ponderosa Gerstaecker, 1871
Podalonia sheffieldi R. Turner, 1918
Prionyx crudelis F. Smith, 1893
Prionyx indus Linnaeus, 1758
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) quartinae Gribodo, 1884
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787
Sphex fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex haemorrhoidalis haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871
Sphex incomptus incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871
Sphex jansei Cameron, 1910
Sphex neavei Arnold, 1928
Sphex paulinierii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843
Sphex satanas Kohl, 1898
Sphex schoutedeni Kohl, 1913
Sphex stadelmanni Kohl, 1895
Sphex stadelmanni integer Arnold, 1928
Sphex tomentosus Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Malawi
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
15
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