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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
417
4719
10309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
415
4717
10307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
393
4621
10120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
251
3828
8886
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
48
462
1348
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
46
457
1338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
316
1165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
7
104
502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
8
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mozambique
8 Genera with 29 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1920Beachgrass7SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1781Blue mud dauber wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1890Grass-carrying Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 19013SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17913SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1787Digger wasps10SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mozambique
29 Species and 8 Subspecies
Ammophila beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila beniniensis beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila bonaespei Lepeletier, 1845
Ammophila ferrugineipes Lepeletier d..., 1845
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila insignis insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila punctaticeps Arnold, 1920
Chalybion bengalense Dahlbom, 1845Mud dauber
Chalybion clypeatum Fairmaire, 1858
Chalybion laevigatum Kohl, 1888
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Chalybion tibiale Fabricius, 1781
Chlorion maxillosum ciliatum Fabricius, 1787
Isodontia simoni du Buysson, 1898
Isodontia stanleyi Kohl, 1890
Parapsammophila herero Arnold, 1928
Parapsammophila ludovicus F. Smith, 1856
Parapsammophila unguicularis Kohl, 1901
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx subfuscatus Dahlbom, 1845
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) fossuliferum Gribodo, 1895Northern house mosquito
Sceliphron fossuliferum fossuliferum Gribodo, 1895
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) quartinae Gribodo, 1884
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex fumicatus fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex haemorrhoidalis haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871
Sphex incomptus incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871
Sphex praedator F. Smith, 1858
Sphex satanas Kohl, 1898
Sphex stadelmanni integer Arnold, 1928
Sphex tomentosus Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Mozambique
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
4
13
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