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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Northern Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
317
2422
5011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
316
2415
4984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
301
2376
4934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
209
1978
4391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
49
443
1171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
48
442
1170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
22
281
1056
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
9
124
623
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
7
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Northern Cape
7 Genera with 23 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1897Beachgrass10SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1781Blue mud dauber wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1843Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17915SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1883Digger wasps3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Cape
23 Species
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 vulcania du Buysson, 1897
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Chalybion tibiale Fabricius, 1781
Parapsammophila ludovicus F. Smith, 1856
Podalonia canescens Dahlbom, 1843
Prionyx funebris Berland, 1926
Prionyx indus Linnaeus, 1758
Prionyx kirbii Vander Linden, 1827
Prionyx subfuscatus Dahlbom, 1845
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex decipiens Kohl, 1895
Sphex evania Thunberg, 1791
Sphex lanatus Mocsáry, 1883

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

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
2
8
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