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Checklist for Family Sphecidae Latreille, 1802 (Digger & Sand wasps)
and region Transvaal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
3140
5821
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
3054
5696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
229
2399
4651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
41
331
573
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
38
327
570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
18
196
440
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Apoidea
Latreille, 1802
Apoid Wasps, Bees, Social Bees, Solitary Bees
7
83
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySphecidae
Latreille, 1802
Digger & Sand wasps, Digger Wasp, Digger wasps, Sand Wasps
8
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Transvaal
8 Genera with 26 Species
Ammophila W. Kirby, 1897Beachgrass10SpeciesTaxom
Chalybion Dahlbom, 1845Blue mud dauber wasps3SpeciesTaxom
Isodontia Patton, 1898Grass-carrying Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Parapsammophila Taschenberg, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Podalonia Fernald, 1843Cutworm Wasps1SpeciesTaxom
Prionyx Vander Linden, 17912SpeciesTaxom
Sceliphron Klug, 1758Black Mud-Dauber Wasps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphex Linnaeus, 1957Digger wasps5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Transvaal
26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ammophila beniniensis Palisot de B..., 1806
Ammophila bonaespei Lepeletier, 1845
Ammophila calva Arnold, 1920
Ammophila confera
Ammophila dolichocephala Cameron, 1910
Ammophila ferrugineipes Lepeletier d..., 1845
Ammophila insignis F. Smith, 1856
Ammophila punctaticeps Arnold, 1920
Ammophila saussurei du Buysson, 1897
Ammophila vulcania du Buysson, 1897
Chalybion clypeatum Fairmaire, 1858
Chalybion laevigatum Kohl, 1888
Chalybion spinolae Lepeletier d..., 1845
Isodontia pelopoeiformis Dahlbom, 1845
Isodontia simoni du Buysson, 1898
Parapsammophila ludovicus F. Smith, 1856
Podalonia canescens Dahlbom, 1843
Prionyx indus Linnaeus, 1758
Prionyx viduatus Christ, 1791
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) quartinae Gribodo, 1884
Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex Linnaeus, 1758
Sphex bohemanni Dahlbom, 1845
Sphex haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781
Sphex lanatus Mocsáry, 1883
Sphex rufiscutis R. Turner, 1918
Sphex subtruncatus orius (van der Vecht, 1957)⇒ Sphex subtruncatus Dahlbom, 1843

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

Taxom

SubfamilySceliphrinae
Ashmead, 1899
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphecinae
Latreille, 1802
3
9
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