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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Near East (West Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
687
11472
52844
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
682
11445
52791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
651
11312
52466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
8936
44750
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
73
1136
5796
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
62
1049
5509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
25
499
4092
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
10
196
2097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
11
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Near East
11 Genera with 43 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1868Beachgrass11SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1845Blue mud dauber wasps5SpeciesTaxom
Chlorion Latreille, 18043SpeciesTaxom
Eremochares Gribodo, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Palmodes Kohl, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Parasphex Smith, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1841Cutworm Wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17915SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps4SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Near East
43 Species and 6 Subspecies
Ammophila barbarorum Arnold, 1951
Ammophila dubia Kohl, 1901
Ammophila gibba (Alfieri, 1961)⇒ Parapsammophila algira Kohl, 1901
Ammophila haimatosoma Kohl, 1884
Ammophila haimatosoma sinaitica Alfieri, 1946
Ammophila heydeni Dahlbom, 1845Western treehole mosquito
Ammophila insignis insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila lutea (Taschenberg, 1869)⇒ Eremochares luteus Taschenberg, 1869
Ammophila mitlaensis Alfieri, 1961Saltmarsh mosquito
Ammophila rubripes Spinola, 1839Fire on the mountain
Ammophila wrightii Cresson, 1868
Chalybion (Chalybion) flebile Lepeletier, 1845
Chalybion (Hemichalybion) femoratum Fabricius, 1781
Chalybion bengalense Dahlbom, 1845Mud dauber
Chalybion femoratus Fabricius, 1781
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Chlorion hemipyrrhum Sichel, 1863
Chlorion hirtum Kohl, 1885
Chlorion splendidum Fabricius, 1804Aleutian macoma
Eremochares dives Brullé, 1833
Eremochares luteus Taschenberg, 1869
Palmodes occitanicus Lepeletier &..., 1828
Parapsammophila algira Kohl, 1901
Parasphex albisecta (Lepeletier d..., 1828)⇒ Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Podalonia canescens canescens Dahlbom, 1843
Podalonia dispar Taschenberg, 1869
Podalonia ebenina Spinola, 1839
Podalonia hirsuta Scopoli, 1763Hairy Sand Wasp
Podalonia schmiedeknechti Kohl, 1898
Podalonia tydei Le Guillou, 1841Blue land crab
Prionyx crudelis F. Smith, 1893
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx kirbii kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx niveatus Dufour, 1854
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Prosceliphron) curvatum F. Smith, 1870Pèlopèe
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) madraspatanum Fabricius, 1781Cancellate semele
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex cinereorufocinctus Dahlbom, 1845
Sphex flavipennis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pepsis flavipennis Fabricius, 1793
Sphex fumicatus fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex pruinosus Germar, 1817
Sphex rufiscutis R. Turner, 1918
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Near East
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
4
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
4
14
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