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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Mpumalanga (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
367
3203
5874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
366
3200
5869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
344
3109
5725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
232
2687
5114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
45
354
812
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
42
351
810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
225
702
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
91
369
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
8
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mpumalanga
8 Genera with 29 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1897Beachgrass10SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1845Blue mud dauber wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1845Grass-carrying Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1843Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 18452SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps9SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mpumalanga
29 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 dolichodera Kohl, 1884
Ammophila ferrugineipes Lepeletier d..., 1845
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila punctaticeps Arnold, 1920
Ammophila saussurei du Buysson, 1897
Chalybion clypeatum Fairmaire, 1858
Chalybion laevigatum Kohl, 1888
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Isodontia pelopoeiformis Dahlbom, 1845
Parapsammophila ludovicus F. Smith, 1856
Podalonia canescens Dahlbom, 1843
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx subfuscatus Dahlbom, 1845
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) quartinae Gribodo, 1884
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex bohemanni Dahlbom, 1845
Sphex decipiens Kohl, 1895
Sphex fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex incomptus Gerstaecker, 1871
Sphex lanatus Mocsáry, 1883
Sphex praedator F. Smith, 1858
Sphex rufiscutis R. Turner, 1918
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Mpumalanga
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
12
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