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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Metropolitan France (France)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
752
9687
27461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
749
9681
27454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
679
9430
26835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
413
7648
23452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
72
1272
3805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
61
1168
3471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
23
503
2231
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
209
1186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
12
40
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Metropolitan France
12 Genera with 40 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1856Beachgrass13SpeciesTaxom
Celliforma Brown, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1781Blue mud dauber wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Eremnophila Menke, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Hoplammophila de Beaumont, 18832SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1858Grass-carrying Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Palmodes Kohl, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1841Cutworm Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17754SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1915Black Mud-Dauber Wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Trigonopsis Perty, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Metropolitan France
40 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophila beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila braunsi R. Turner, 1919
Ammophila cleopatra Menke, 1964
Ammophila dolichocephala Cameron, 1910
Ammophila femurrubra W. Fox, 1894
Ammophila fernaldi Murray, 1938
Ammophila heydeni Dahlbom, 1845Western treehole mosquito
Ammophila hungarica Mocsáry, 1883
Ammophila kennedyi Murray, 1938
Ammophila laevicollis E. André, 1886
Ammophila procera Dahlbom, 1843Common Thread Waisted Wasp
Ammophila sabulosa Linnaeus, 1758Red Banded Sand Wasp
Ammophila terminata F. Smith, 1856
Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Chalybion laevigatum Kohl, 1888
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Chalybion tibiale Fabricius, 1781
Eremnophila aureonotata Cameron, 1888Common Thread-waisted Wasp
Hoplammophila armata Illiger, 1807
Hoplammophila clypeata Mocsáry, 1883
Isodontia mexicana Saussure, 1867Grass-carrying wasp
Isodontia splendidula A. Costa, 1858
Palmodes occitanicus Lepeletier &..., 1828
Podalonia affinis W. Kirby, 1798Mud Wasp
Podalonia hirsuta Scopoli, 1763Hairy Sand Wasp
Podalonia tydei Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Prionyx crudelis F. Smith, 1893
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx subfuscatus Dahlbom, 1845
Prionyx thomae Fabricius, 1775Mud dauber
Sceliphron (Prosceliphron) curvatum F. Smith, 1870Pèlopèe
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) destillatorium Illiger, 1807
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sceliphron tertiarius F. Meunier, 1915
Sphex cyanea (Linnæus, 1758)⇒ Chalybion californicus Saussure, 1867
Sphex flavipennis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pepsis flavipennis Fabricius, 1793
Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843
Trigonopsis cyclocephala F. Smith, 1873

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Metropolitan France
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
4
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
3
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
5
11
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