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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
527
6198
14500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
524
6193
14493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
502
6089
14260
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
316
4628
11471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
47
462
1094
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
45
457
1091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
256
819
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
8
78
276
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
5
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sri Lanka
5 Genera with 11 Species
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1988Blue mud dauber wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1897Grass-carrying Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1845Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
11 Species and 2 Subspecies
Chalybion bengalense Dahlbom, 1845Mud dauber
Chalybion fuscum Lepeletier, 1845
Chalybion gracile Hensen, 1988
Isodontia edax Bingham, 1897
Prionyx crudelis F. Smith, 1893
Sceliphron coromandelicum Lepeletier, 1845
Sceliphron spinolae Lepeletier, 1845
Sphex evania Thunberg, 1791
Sphex fumicatus Christ, 1791
Sphex sericeus Fabricius, 1804Hairy cockle
Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843
Sphex subtruncatus krombeini (van der Vecht, 1984)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

Subnodes of Sphecidae with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
6
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