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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Scandinavia (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
805
15523
74568
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
800
15509
74545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
756
15287
74011
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
490
12882
67015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
89
2482
16601
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
74
2279
14583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
26
665
3665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
11
328
2281
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
8
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Scandinavia
8 Genera with 22 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1758Beachgrass4SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1867Blue mud dauber wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1880
Grass-carrying Wasps0SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1940Cutworm Wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1856Black Mud-Dauber Wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps6SpeciesTaxom
Trigonopsis Perty, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Scandinavia
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophila aberti Haldeman, 1852Winged stilt crab
Ammophila campestris Latreille, 1809Apache bush
Ammophila pubescens Curtis, 1836Heath Sand Wasp
Ammophila sabulosa Linnaeus, 1758Red Banded Sand Wasp
Chalybion californicum Saussure, 1867Blue mud dauber
Podalonia affinis W. Kirby, 1798Mud Wasp
Podalonia asiatica Danilov, 2017
Podalonia canescens Dahlbom, 1843
Podalonia hirsuta Scopoli, 1763Hairy Sand Wasp
Podalonia luffii Saunders, 1903
Podalonia mickeli Murray, 1940
Prionyx indus Linnaeus, 1758
Sceliphron (Prosceliphron) curvatum F. Smith, 1870Pèlopèe
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) caementarium (Drury, 1773)⇒ Chalybion ammophiloides Hensen, 1988
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) laetum Smith, 1856Common mud daubler
Sphex cyanea (Linnæus, 1758)⇒ Chalybion californicus Saussure, 1867
Sphex flavipennis (Fabricius, 1793)⇒ Pepsis flavipennis Fabricius, 1793
Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934
Sphex ichneumoneus Linnaeus, 1758Great Golden Digger
Sphex rufocinctus (Brullé, 1833)⇒ Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843
Trigonopsis cyclocephala F. Smith, 1873

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Scandinavia
SubfamilyAmmophilinae
André, 1886
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
7
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