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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Okinawa Prefecture (Southern Kyushu, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
353
2726
4216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
353
2726
4216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
338
2668
4123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
225
2163
3400
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
34
171
224
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
31
166
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
17
127
183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
48
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
5
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Okinawa Prefecture
5 Genera with 7 Species
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1880Blue mud dauber wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1856Grass-carrying Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1781Black Mud-Dauber Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1787Digger wasps1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Okinawa Prefecture
7 Species
Chalybion bengalense Dahlbom, 1845Mud dauber
Chalybion japonicum Gribodo, 1880
Isodontia auripygata Strand, 1913
Isodontia nigella F. Smith, 1856
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) madraspatanum Fabricius, 1781Cancellate semele
Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Okinawa Prefecture
SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
4
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